News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Nixa, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in the murder of a Mexican national who was executed to help her avoid paying a debt owed in a drug-trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Joshua Carey, age 37, of Stamford, New York, and Ariel Machia, age 27, of Middleburgh, New York, were arrested on February 22 and charged with sexual exploitation of a 1-year-old, whom they used to produce child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: The public is invited to kickoff events being held March 5 through 12 for the Escalante Interagency Visitor Center’s designation as a Leave No Trace Hot Spot. The events are being hosted by the Interagency Visitor Center and its partner agencies, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (NPS), Grand Staircase-Escalante...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that brothers Lorenzo Vince Green, age 29, and Javontay Jamal Green, age 25, of Beaufort, South Carolina, were sentenced in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for carjacking. Lorenzo Vince Green was also convicted of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A former Las Vegas City Councilman pleaded guilty today to orchestrating a scheme to steal tens of thousands of dollars from his reelection campaign, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson of the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the FBI’s Las Vegas Field Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a Designated Leasing Area Siting Forum for the Southern Nevada District on March 13 in the ballroom at the Santa Fe Station in Las Vegas. The forum is open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Marisol Carmona Arreola Avalos, 43, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced this morning before U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 216 months in federal prison following her guilty plea in June 2017 to one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Former Homeland Security Investigations Confidential Informant Miguel Rodriguez-Sierra was sentenced today by United States District Judge Darrin P. Gayles for obstructing justice by attempting to sell cooperation to a federal inmate to allow that inmate to obtain an unwarranted sentencing reduction...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Lake Meredith National Recreation Area will conduct a summer youth work program under the authority of the Youth Conservation Corps through the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joseph P. Kelly announced that Niquisha Taylor, age 37, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today by the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp having previously pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims. Taylor was sentenced to 3 years of supervised release, 120 hours of community service, and $280,442 in restitution to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DARRYL MORRIS, also known as “King Sincere," 33, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 168 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for sex trafficking of a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - South Campground will open on March 1, 2018 as a reservations only campground. Reservations can be made two weeks prior to arrival, and can be made by going to www.recreation.gov or by calling (877) 444-6777.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Annual recreational closures to protect pupping harbor seals at Point Reyes National Seashore go into effect on Thursday, March 1, 2018. The closures are in Drakes Estero and the westernmost point of Limantour Spit, and remain in effect through June 30, 2018. Park rangers ask visitors to respect the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in jail and ordered to pay $62,653.00 in restitution on his conviction of conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims and aggravated identify theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. The 60 month sentence is consecutive to Johnson’s 120 month sentence he received on October 8, 2013 for a federal firearm conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Bethany Lynn Kendall, age 28, of McAlester, Oklahoma; Steven Alan Phifer, age 40, of McAlester, Oklahoma; Dustin Lee Hall, age 31, of Savanna, Oklahoma; Dylan Joseph Dempsey, age 25, of Fort Smith...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - On Wednesday, Gary Beach, 66, of Dallas, Texas, was convicted of four bankruptcy related felony counts following a seven-day trial before U.S. District Judge David Godbey. The announcement was made by Tanya K. Pierce, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Erik M. Schabert, 48, a physician, and his ex-wife, Mika Kamissa Harris, 49, both from Gainesville, Florida, have surrendered on a federal indictment charging them with health care fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The indictment also charges Harris with multiple counts of money laundering. The charges were announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Pernell Jackson, 56, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to making materially false statements in a matter involving the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jonah Jeter, 24, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the federal firearms laws by being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Last week, Israel Torres, 35, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg to 41 months followed by three years of supervised release. Torres had previously pleaded guilty to felon in possession of a firearm.
