News from July 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, AK, 10AM AKDT - The National Park Service (NPS) received notification from the US Coast Guard (USCG) at 4:41PM Wednesday of a plane down near Crillon Lake southeast of Lituya Bay on Glacier Bay’s outer coast. Park rangers prepared an marine emergency response.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Dejuan Rabb, also known as “Slim," 36, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 140 months in prison and six years of supervised release for distribution of furanyl fentanyl, a fentanyl analogue, and possession with intent to distribute, furanyl fentanyl and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack." Rabb pled guilty on March 12, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Yesterday, in a seemingly coordinated attempt to quell widespread criticism of President Donald Trump’s child separation policy and his Administration’s failure to reunite these children with their parents, the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services conducted three separate briefings at 11 am, 1 pm, and 4 pm for the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, and Homeland Security, respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Keith Young, 46, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 20
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley sentenced Sarah Laray Sandoval, 40, of West Sacramento, today to three years and three months in prison for her participation in a scheme that involved stealing U.S. Mail and DMV data to commit bank fraud and identity theft, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: United States Attorney Bobby L. Christine announces the conviction and sentence of John Jordan, Jr. (52), of Bloomingdale, Georgia. Today, United States District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood sentenced John Jordan, Jr. to 225 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Eugene Harvey, a former baggage handler for Delta Air Lines at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to carry hundreds or weapons onto passenger planes, as a part of a scheme to traffic firearms from Georgia to New York.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Finland is a Nordic country located north of the Baltic States bordering Russia, Sweden, and Norway, possessing a stable and modern economy, including a world-class investment climate. It is a member of the European Union and part of the euro area. The country has a highly-skilled, educated and multilingual labor force, with strong expertise in Information Communications Technology (ICT), ship building, forestry, and renewable energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Ance Payton, 42, of Jackson, pled guilty today before United States District Judge Tom S. Lee, to possessing several illegal drugs with the intent to distribute them, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that Luis Lopez Arce, age 26, of Phoenix, Arizona pled guilty to Possession With Intent To Distribute Heroin, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2, punishable by not less than 5 years nor not more than 40 years imprisonment, up to a $5,000,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury returned a 16-count indictment yesterday charging three companies, including the company that produces bottled water under the name “Crystal Geyser," with violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA") and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (“HMTA").
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: For Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Iceland is an island country located between North America and Europe in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Arctic Circle. Until recently, U.S. investment in Iceland has mostly been centered in the aluminum sector, with Alcoa and Century Aluminum operating plants in Iceland. However, U.S. portfolio investments ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA-National Park Service (NPS) Northeast Regional Director Gay Vietzke has named Sula Jacobs as the next superintendent of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. She succeeds John Donahue, who retired last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Deandre Smith, age 28, Karron Wheeler, age 35, and Brandon Kellum, age 25, all of Baltimore, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, to a drug conspiracy involving the distribution of heroin and fentanyl, just before jury selection for their trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Joey Alan Yamada, age 55, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on April 17, 2018, to possessing with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, Anthony “Ant" Pineda was arrested on charges related to methamphetamine distribution in Queens, New York, and California. Pineda was arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Cheryl L. Pollak and ordered detained pending trial. Fourteen additional defendants were previously arrested and arraigned on four indictments unsealed last month in federal court in Brooklyn.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail handler today admitted stealing approximately 16 packages containing marijuana, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The 727-acre Paine Fire in Duck Creek Basin, 15 miles northeast of Ely, Nev., is 50-percent contained. Full containment is expected by 8 p.m., Friday, July 20.
