News from July 2018
By DOL Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: DALLAS, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Manhattan Construction Company recently signed a partnership to help protect approximately 1,000 workers during construction of Globe Life Field in Arlington. The 1.7 million-square-foot project will be the new home of the Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that a federal jury convicted Michael Elder, 38, of Tonawanda, N.Y., of possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - Robert Steven Jones, 30, of Anna, Ohio, was sentenced to life (plus 10 years) in prison for sexually exploiting minors, including an infant, a seven-year-old girl and numerous teenage girls.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On July 26, 2018, Roy Anthony Williams, of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge, to serve 120 months in federal prison for traveling from the United Kingdom to Tennessee for the purpose of having sex with a minor...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - On the first day of deliberations, a federal jury found Nazim Burton guilty of one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: A former police officer with the Village of Biscayne Park pleaded guilty today in federal court in Miami to conspiracy to deprive a person of his civil rights and deprivation of civil rights under color of law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman announced that the Louisville Federal Grand Jury returned 20 felony indictments charging 23 individuals this month with multiple counts, including firearms violations and possession and distribution of scheduled drugs. These charges continue ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Trent Shores announced today that a jury found Skylor Ramazani Norman, 24, of Broken Arrow, guilty of Enticement of a Minor. The jury determined that, on Feb. 19, 2018, a 12-year-old girl had dinner at a restaurant with her mother, where Norman worked. Norman gave the 12-year-old girl...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Cedrick Hill has been arraigned on a federal charge for assaulting an FBI agent with his truck in an attempt to evade arrest. Hill was a fugitive at the time his arrest, having been previously indicted on federal charges for alleged drug offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury has found Courtney Rashon Johnson (43, Orlando) guilty of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Johnson faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 11, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: DENVER - A jury yesterday found Daniel Coddington, age 63, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, guilty of wire and securities fraud, U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Calvin Shivers announced. The guilty verdicts came following a 12-day trial before U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson in U.S. District Court in Denver. Coddington, who is free on bond, will be sentenced by Judge Jackson on November 9, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Nygul Anderson, 19, and Albert Gonzalez, 19, were sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, to 36 and 30 months, respectively, in federal prison, announced Erin Nealy Cox U.S. Attorney of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TONY RILEY, age 49, of Empire, Louisiana, was sentenced today to six months of home detention and three years of probation by U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo for committing mail fraud in relation to the BP settlement fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. Judge Milazzo also ordered RILEY to pay restitution in the amount of $166,261.16 to the Deepwater Horizon Economic Claims Center.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The Obi Fire, which started on July 21st, is approximately 578 acres. Daytime growth was slower despite active surface fire in downed logs and needle cast and a few instances of single tree torching. The fire continues to move to the north and east displaying moderated fire behavior due to overcast skies and scattered light rain showers.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah- On Aug. 1, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will begin the removal of excess wild horses from areas within and outside the Bible Springs Complex and Sulphur Herd Management Area in Iron and Beaver Counties. The gather supports the BLM’s good neighbor and shared conservation stewardship goals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Lynn Terrance Breckenridge II, age 28, of Hot Springs, Arkansas was sentenced today to 405 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release for the remainder of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Providence man previously convicted on firearm and drug trafficking charges in Rhode Island state court, and who subsequently obtained two firearms through a straw-purchase, was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison on drug trafficking and firearm charges.
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded committee passage of their bipartisan legislation demanding Turkey end the unjust detention of U.S. citizens in Turkey, including Pastor Andrew ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A New Jersey resident has been sentenced in federal court to five months incarceration, five months home detention, and three years supervised release and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $109,485.26 on his conviction of conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - An alleged member of the Hanover Boyz street gang has been ordered detained in federal custody on federal firearm charges after a Cranston Police motor vehicle stop and Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation resulted in the discovery and seizure of a loaded firearm and a stamp collection reported stolen from a Cranston residence.
