News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that John Martin, 39, of Houlton, Maine pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to illegally possessing firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Vicksburg, MS: North Union Avenue between Grant Avenue and the USS Cairo Museum within Vicksburg National Military Park is closed to all vehicle traffic. On the morning of Feb. 22, 2018, park staff identified a section of road near the Navy Monument that has been impacted by soil erosion from the recent heavy rains. Park staff is assessing the situation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announced today that his office collected over $12 million in criminal and civil actions in fiscal year 2017. Of this amount, $7,115,289.63 was collected in criminal actions and $5,008,219.81 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Armando Navarrete-Dominguez, 29, of Mexico, who was convicted of illegally re-entering the United States after a conviction for an aggravated felony, was sentenced to time served (one year) by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT DEWAYNE WATKINS, also known as “D," 42, of Bristol, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing narcotics that contributed to an overdose death last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: LMPD and FBI Form Joint Corruption Task Force.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - The Bureau of Reclamation will begin moving water down the Pecos River from Brantley Reservoir to Avalon Reservoir next week.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions and law enforcement partners announced today the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in history. The cases involve more than two hundred and fifty defendants from around the globe who victimized more than a million Americans, most of whom were elderly.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - David Guevara-Pimentel, 24, of Elk Grove, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for dealing firearms without a license, illegal possession of a machine gun, and distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who was found guilty by a jury for receiving over 100 child pornography photos and 100 videos was sentenced today to 150 months in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada, Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI’s Las Vegas Division, and Sheriff Joseph Lombardo for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Jill Sanborn Named Special Agent in Charge of the Minneapolis Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: A man who illegally possessed multiple firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina has Enhanced Public Awareness Efforts and Prosecution of Fraudsters Targeting the Elderly.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Kassandra Mattox, age 25, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Sept. 19, 2017, by a federal grand jury on multiple counts of making false statements to federally licensed firearms dealers. The indictment was unsealed yesterday following the arrest of Mattox.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - U.S. Penitentiary inmate Deldrick D. Jackson has been sentenced to an additional one year, six months in federal prison for running an inmate taxi service and a contraband smuggling operation and with his fiancée Kelly Bass.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a federal grand jury in Anchorage has returned a series of indictments over the last few months charging individuals for various alleged firearms offenses arising from a number of vehicle thefts investigated by the Anchorage Police Department (APD).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: LUMPKIN: Stewart County Middle School students will participate in a program designed to teach them how to have positive encounters with law enforcement on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. “Successful Tips for Youth on Law Enforcement Encounters" (STYLE) is a program developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to bridge the gap between our youth and our law enforcement community.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: Two men who robbed the Citizens State Bank in Hopkinton, Iowa were sentenced today to more than 10 years’ in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Vidalia man pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2018
News Release: On Feb. 21, 2018, a federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois returned two separate indictments against former United States Postal Service employees who had been employed in Post Offices in Belleville, Illinois, and Godfrey, Illinois, announced Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
