News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes, who is charged with the first-degree murder of U.nited S.tates Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, was extradited from Mexico to the United States today, announced Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Southern District of California U.S. Attorney Adam Braverman for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Fred Swan, Jr., 29, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act Robbery, Attempted Hobbs Act Robbery, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. The robbery charges...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: A congressional subcommittee met with federal, state, and local officials and private sector experts today in Somerset, Pennsylvania to examine the impacts of the opioids crisis on economic development and the workforce in Appalachia, and discuss ways to address this critical issue.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Lawrence Shelton, age 69, of El Dorado, Arkansas was sentenced on July 30, 2018 to 36 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, on one count of conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Warrensburg, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for using a 13-year-old victim to produce child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Kevin J. Washington, Jr., of Glenolden, Pennsylvania, has admitted to a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart will hold a press conference at approximately 10:00am on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, to discuss the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two former San Juan police officers have been ordered to federal prison for lying to federal agents, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Following two jury trials in December 2017 and May 2018, Salvador Hernandez, 30, of Mission, and Richard Leon Castillo, 27, of Pharr, were convicted of making materially false statements to agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) who were conducting an investigation into missing bundles of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, after a two-day trial and a 20-minute deliberation, a jury found Ehbrin Castro-Correa, a.k.a. “Chino" guilty of possessing and training an animal for purposes of having the animal participate in an animal fighting venture, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, U.S. Attorney for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Brandon D. Martin, 29, of Winchester, has been sentenced to 110 months in federal prison, by Senior United States District Joseph M. Hood, for possessing stolen firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - Access across Shasta Dam, the Shasta Dam Visitor Center and the Shasta Dam Tours will remain closed until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Eric Young, 45, Chancellor Smith, 22, both of Huntsville, Alabama, and Lance Parker, 41, of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Five individuals, who conspired to operate a payment-processing scheme for proceeds received by telemarketing call centers and other activities associated with fraudulent telemarketing programs, have been sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Hershel Jay (“Jay") Arrowood, Lesa Arrowood, Terry Herald, and Arrow-Med Ambulance, Inc. (“Arrow-Med") have each pled guilty to health care fraud, in connection with fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary ambulance transports.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man and woman were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a three-month-long spree of armed robberies at metropolitan area businesses.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Wyoming Governor Matt Mead today announced the Department will prioritize the conservation of a mule deer migration corridor in southwest Wyoming through both deferred lease sales and lease stipulations. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will defer nearly...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: Reported crimes with guns were down significantly during the first half of this year compared to last year in the city of Memphis and unincorporated parts of Shelby County, according to figures from the Project Safe Neighborhoods G.U.N. (Government United for Non-Violence) Unit.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Meet the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore’s fire crew and learn about their jobs and equipment at several national lakeshore locations this summer. The programs will run from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm on the following Saturdays: August 11 at the Paul H. Douglas Center and September 8 at the Dunewood Campground.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: A man who committed sexual battery within Yellowstone National Park has been sentenced to serve 12 months in prison. Micah Nathanial Heck, age 25, must then serve a year of supervised release and pay over $1,600 in restitution and fines. Additionally, pursuant to sentencing Heck must comply with the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (34 U.S.C. 20901).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2018
News Release: MACON, Ga. - United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Charles E. Peeler, announces that Delma Goddard, a/k/a “Shug" and “Big Hxmie" age 38, of Milledgeville, Georgia, was found guilty by a jury of his peers of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute more than 280 Grams of Crack...
