News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Two Kansas men were indicted Wednesday in separate cases on charges of distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: VALDOSTA: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that on July 11, 2018, Senior United States District Court Judge Hugh Lawson sentenced Karron Blackwell, Jr., age 31, of Doerun, Georgia, to 80 months imprisonment for the for Possession of a Firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NAVNOOR KANG, the former Director of Fixed Income and Head of Portfolio Strategy at the New York State Common Retirement Fund (“NYSCRF"), was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 21 months in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kenny Furdge, 24, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson for armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during the robbery. Furdge was sentenced to...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Colorado is conducting its annual public hearing to discuss the use of motorized vehicles and aircraft in the monitoring and management of wild horses on public lands July 20 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the BLM Little Snake Field Office, 455 Emerson St. in Craig.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: WORLAND, Wyoming - The Terek Fire is now 85 percent contained.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa-- On July 12, 2018, Anthony Dwayne Clay, age 42, of Davenport, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 84 months in prison following his guilty plea to felon in possession of a firearm, according to United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Clay was ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow his prison term and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund. Additionally, the firearm was forfeited.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today praised the Trump Administration’s recent legislative proposal that takes a similar approach to addressing supply chain security risks as McCaskill’s bipartisan bill introduced last month. Both legislative frameworks would establish a Council to equip...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Defendant Left Country Soon After Verdict.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee hearing on “Oversight of FBI and DOJ Actions Surrounding the 2016 Election: Testimony by FBI Deputy Director Peter Strzok."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Daryl Williams has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for committing drug trafficking and firearm crimes, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, wrote a letter asking Chairman Trey Gowdy to issue a subpoena to compel the White House to produce documents it has been withholding regarding Martese Edwards, a National Security Council contractor who was arrested on June 5, 2018, at a Secret Service checkpoint based on an outstanding arrest warrant for attempted first-degree murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Garrion McCellan, age 30, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to a drug conspiracy and to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime causing death, in connection with his participation in a drug trafficking organization that operated in the 300 block of McMechan Avenue in Baltimore. McCellan was an active member of the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) gang during his participation in the drug conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Andrew T. Maliska, 27, of Nashville, Tennessee, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia following an investigation into the creation and circulation of doctored images, related postings, and the personal information of the victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Western Pennsylvania will receive a full-time federal prosecutor to focus on further reducing the supply of synthetic opioids in Washington County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: VALDOSTA: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that on July 12, 2018, Frederico Pimentel Perez, age 62, a citizen of Mexico, most recently from Omega, Georgia, pled guilty before Senior United States District Court Judge Hugh Lawson in Valdosta to Making a False Statement in an Application for a Passport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Sherri Hobson (619) 961-0287.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Skagway - Join Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park to celebrate Junior Ranger Day on Thursday, July 19th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Moore Homestead, located on 5th Avenue and Spring Street. All events are free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - DENNIS LEE, 45, of Nichols Hills, has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for possession of stolen property that crossed a state boundary and possession of a firearm after a felony conviction, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced two Birmingham brothers for their roles in trafficking methamphetamine supplied by a Mexican cartel from Arizona to Birmingham in 2017, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Secretary Hal Taylor.
