News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Patrick D. Cummings (43, Pinellas County) to 27 years in federal prison for interference with commerce by robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. He pleaded guilty to the robbery count on July 26, 2017. Following a bench trial on Nov. 28, 2017, Chief Judge Merryday found him guilty of the firearm offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joseph Cavico, Jr., 49, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being a felon-in-possession of a firearm and with possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man convicted in two separate trials of three counts of Child Abuse, three counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Receipt of Images Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of Minors was sentenced on January 4, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ricardo Javier Garza, 41, of Carlsbad, N.M., pled guilty this morning in Las Cruces, N.M., federal court to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Nine men - eight of whom are alleged gang members and associates - have been charged in connection with committing drug and firearms violations around the Mildred C. Hailey Apartments in Jamaica Plain. Seven were arrested this morning and will appear in federal court in Boston this afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Arizona State Route 89A Incident. The FBI is investigating an officer involved shooting/assault on a federal officer incident that occurred on Friday afternoon, January 5, 2018, on Arizona State Route 89A, north of Sedona. A Forest Service Officer stopped to render assistance to a vehicular traffic accident.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Three Richland County, Illinois men were indicted on January 4, 2018, on methamphetamine related charges in separate indictments returned by a federal grand jury, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: In Del Rio today, a federal judge sentenced a 21-year-old Guatemalan national to five years in federal prison for assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent in 2016 announced United States Attorney John F. Bash and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is waiving the entrance fee to Point Park, atop Lookout Mountain, on January 15 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced today that on January 8, 2018, Chief United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Keith McCormick, age 60, of Omaha, Nebraska for his conviction for misapplication of bank funds. McCormick was sentenced to a term of supervised release of three years and was ordered to pay restitution of $122,000 to Security National Bank.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: The Birth Home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. closed for safety repairs in August 2016. In January 2017 the 1st floor of the Birth Home was repaired and open to the public, but the 2nd floor remained closed for needed repair. The National Park Service is pleased to announce that the 2nd floor of the home has been repaired and it will re-open to the visiting public on the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday, Jan. 15, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: BLAST (Building Lasting Relationships Between Police and Community) Program Brings Law Enforcement and Communities Together.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on January 8, 2018, Chief United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Alan Russell, age 30, of Omaha, Nebraska for his conviction for armed bank robbery. Russell was sentenced to six years imprisonment to be followed by a term of supervised release of five years and was ordered to pay his share of restitution of $21,000 to U.S. Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2018
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Dennis R. Holmes announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man convicted in two separate trials of three counts of Child Abuse, three counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Receipt of Images Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of Minors was sentenced on January 4, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 7, 2018
News Release: Kemmerer, WY- The Fossil Butte National Monument visitor center will be closed on Monday, Jan. 15, in observance of Martin Luther King Day and on Monday, Feb. 19, in observance of President’s Day. With the exception of these Federal holidays, the visitor center’s normal winter hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 7, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A Troy, Pennsylvania man was arrested Jan. 7, as he attempted to board an international flight from Philadelphia International Airport to the Philippines, to engage in illicit sexual contact with minors, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Philadelphia.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 7, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Administration’s immigration and border security demands...
By DOT News Wire | Jan 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced that FAA Deputy Administrator Daniel K. Elwell will serve as Acting FAA Administrator upon the conclusion of Administrator Michael Huerta’s term. Elwell was appointed FAA Deputy Administrator in June 2017 and will become Acting Administrator at 12:01 a.m. on January 7, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2018
News Release: Big Thicket National Preserve is proud to announce the installation of a new temporary art exhibit in the park’s visitor center. Entitled “All the Little Things," this art installation, a part of the Dream Rocket Project, encouraged students throughout Texas to create more than 70 pieces of art highlighting...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 6, 2018
Release: JAMAICA, N.Y. - A Queens, New York, man got off to a bad start this new year when he was caught trying to carry a loaded gun past the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at John F. Kennedy International Airport Jan. 5, the first gun caught at a New York airport so far this new year.
