News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: Victim Hit Five Times in February 2017 Attack Near Nationals Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on July 13, 2018, Jason Edward Boonie, 40, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced to nine years and 10 months (118 months) in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine. Following the prison term, Boonie will serve five years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: Virginia Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking a Minor and Producing Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - On July 19, 2018, District Court Judge Wilma Lewis sentenced Maurice Doyle, age 27, of St. Croix, to time served of 19 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today. Judge Lewis also sentenced Doyle to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay a $1,000.00 fine and a special assessment of $100.00.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - High-flying kites, Chief Washakie and the Indian Wars fill the programming docket Saturday, Aug. 4 and Sunday, Aug. 5 at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC).The BLM supports working landscapes across the West through its many programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: A former Boca Raton resident, who purported to operate a tax preparation business in Pompano Beach, was sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for his involvement in a multi-million dollar stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA - Richard Lee Clark, a 59-year-old resident of Belgrade, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison followed by four years supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances. U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen handed down the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Lisa McLaren Janick (47, Port Charlotte) today pleaded guilty to two counts of health care fraud. McLaren Janick faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: DALLAS, TX-Two suspects responsible for the July 19, 2018 attempted robbery of Veritex Bank, at 2424 Merrick Street in Fort Worth, are now in custody. Three individuals were initially detained and questioned soon after the attempted robbery. It was determined that one of these individuals was involved in the attempted robbery and the others were released. Today, the second suspect was arrested at a separate location by the FBI and Fort Worth Police.
By State Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming committee events...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: PRICE, Utah - As part of its commitment to healthy and productive landscapes, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Price Field Office is seeking public comments on an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing the Tavaputs Plateau Sage-Grouse Restoration Project.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: DENVER - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of strengthening America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 20 parcels totaling approximately 8,160 acres in Kiowa, Lincoln, Washington, Weld, Mesa and Garfield counties at its September 6, 2018 quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online via www.energynet.com. Bidding will begin at 9 a.m. Mountain Time.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: Residents, visitors and business owners in the Denali Borough can rest easy after the arrest last night of an Anchorage man accused of stealing from local businesses. Posts on a community Facebook page alerted people in the local area to a string of troubling incidents at local businesses in the Nenana River Canyon just outside the park’s entrance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment against José Soto-Febus for committing three carjackings in the Dorado area, and firearms violations, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is in charge of the investigation with the collaboration of the Puerto Rico Police Department and the Puerto Rico Department of Justice, Dorado District Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging Fanny Melina Zelaya-Mendez (39, Jacksonville) with making false statements to a federal agent, aggravated identity theft, and three counts of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of federal...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management has taken the next step to increase recreational access to public lands in the Johnny Behind the Rocks area by signing the decision record for a master trails plan. This decision authorizes the addition of 40 miles of new trail for non-motorized recreation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: SEATTLE - A six month investigation of significant heroin and methamphetamine trafficking in the north Puget Sound region culminated in 11 federal arrests on July 17, 2018. Agents and officers served 33 search warrants which resulted in the seizure of 18 firearms, ten pounds of heroin, 20 pounds of methamphetamine, and more than $500,000.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) signed a strategic partnership with the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute’s Safety, Health, and Environmental Services Group; Associated General Contractors of Georgia Inc. (AGC Georgia); and Brasfield & Gorrie LLC to promote workplace safety and health during the construction of the Coca-Cola United South Metro Sales Center and Warehouse in Union City, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The central players in a scheme to recycle stolen postal pallets have been sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to convert government property and conspiracy to launder money.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 20, 2018
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia announced today that there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal charges against Keith Sidwell in the April 10, 2018 fatal shooting of Hector Escoto-Munguia on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
