News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: Alutiiq Diversified Services, LLC Also has Agreed to Remediate a Shoot House Used in Live-Fire Training Exercises.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PETER G. KRUZYNSKI, 51, of Shelton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 156 months of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for child exploitation offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Deonte “Terry" Cooper, 23, Ricky Turner, 48, Argentis Albino Herrera, 24, Diones Bowens, 22, Shane Shumaker, 31, Victoria Orlando, 36, Vicky Hoffstetter, 37, Koree Runyan, 24, and Jenna Ann Redding, 31, all of Ashtabula, Ohio, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to traffic in firearms. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, and a 250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Mingo County felon was sentenced today to a year and a month in federal prison for a gun charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Robert Lee Brewer, 58, of Kermit, previously pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Mingo County Sheriff’s Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - A federal jury has found Mark Charles Barnett (50, Ocala) guilty of attempted arson, possession of an unregistered National Firearms Act (NFA) destructive device, and making an unregistered NFA destructive device. Barnett faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for the attempted arson count and up to 10 years in federal prison on each of the destructive device convictions. His sentencing hearing has been set for Oct. 17, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Jordan Foster, of Piedmont, West Virginia, and Brandon Suter, of Keyser, West Virginia, have were sentenced today for drug distribution charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months of probation, ordered to perform 75 hours of community service and ordered to pay $30,223 in restitution on her conviction of filing a false tax return, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: Defendant Shot a Metrobus Passenger in March 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that John Chinnici, 33, of Bennington, Vermont, was convicted on July 27, 2018, in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, following a jury trial. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss ordered Chinnici to remain in custody after the jury returned its verdict.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: On July 27, 2018, Christopher Brinson, 32, of Broward County, was sentenced to 210 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth A. Marra, after a trial jury convicted him of being a felon unlawfully in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Northern Utah has seen an increase in fire activity in the past week. The Bureau of Land Management and its partners are actively engaged in firefighting operations, focusing on a heavy initial attack with the goal of full suppression.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STIVEN SIRI-REYNOSO was found guilty of the June 11, 2016, murder of Jessica White, who was killed by a stray bullet while watching her children play in the playground of the John Adams Houses in the Bronx, New York. SIRI-REYNOSO was convicted after an eight-day trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Central California Area Office is seeking volunteers to assist at the American River Water Education Center.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: On July 31, Zach Alley concluded his Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) experience at Big South Fork NRRA. A fifth grade teacher in Fentress County, Tennessee, Zach worked as Big South Fork’s TRT, where his main focus was to create new educational resources that highlighted the amazing adaptations of the animals...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Leitscha Poncedeleon, 28, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. The charge...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Gavilon Grain LLC - operator of a grain bin based in Wichita, Kansas - after two workers were fatally engulfed in a soybean storage bin. The company faces proposed penalties of $507,374, and OSHA has placed Gavilon Grain LLC in the Agency’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Raytown, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for robbing a credit union with a plastic gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A local man has been sentenced to 140 months imprisonment for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Zan Morgan, 41, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to four years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Morgan pleaded guilty to this charge on May 9, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2018
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - Entry deadline for the 2018 Hidden History Photo Contest is almost here, August 6. Celebrate the rich cultural heritage of southern West Virginia through photography. Capture stories of the past with a creative eye and a camera, sharing the diverse history preserved in this region’s National...
