News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: Civil Chief Cathy McClanahan of the United States Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Oklahoma was one of 162 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) Director James Crowell, IV at the 34th Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ELMER JAVIER ACOSTA-MEJIA, age 27, a citizen of Honduras, pleaded guilty yesterday to a two-count indictment for violations of the Federal Gun Control Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two men have been charged for their alleged roles in transporting $2.3 million worth of stolen perfume products out of New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Ryan Andrew Chambers, 37, of Boise, was sentenced Tuesday in United States District Court to 240 months in prison followed by 10 years supervised release for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Chambers pleaded guilty on March 22, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: Assistant United States Attorney Julia J. “Josie" Vaglienti, Assistant United States Attorney Lawrence D. LaVecchio, Administrative Officer Lazaro Feliciano, Assistant United States Attorney Mary V. “Jena" King, Legal Assistant Karol Gomez, Law Enforcement/Community Coordinator James D. “J.D." Smith...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - A federal jury today found Jose Calderon-Fuentes (63, Jacksonville) guilty of theft of government property. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Sept. 26, 2018. Calderon-Fuentes was indicted on July 13, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Antonio Priester, 37, an inmate at FCI-Berlin was sentenced to six months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of attempting to possess prohibited objects within a federal prison. The prohibited objects Priester was attempting to possess were Schedule I controlled substances known as DMT and jwh-018.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: TAOS, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management Taos Field Office invites the public to attend a presentation by NASA astronaut Don Pettit at the Wild Rivers Visitor Center Amphitheater on Wednesday, June 20 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. He will give a presentation about his time in space, followed by a question and answer session.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Ronys Osorto-Osorto, age 35, a citizen of Honduras, was charged today in a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JETTY HUI age 44, of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown, to three (3) years probation, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -A federal indictment has been returned charging Robert Richard Jodoin (49, Flagler Beach) with importation of GHB (Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid), distribution of methoxyacetylfentanyl, possession with the intent to distribute cathinone (also referred to as “bath salts"), maintaining a place for distributing drugs, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: Melvin Walker, Jr., also known as “Big Country," age 41, of Brunswick, Georgia, was sentenced to over a decade in federal prison for selling cocaine from his “trap house" located across the street from a Brunswick elementary school.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) released the following statement regarding two bills he has sponsored, H.R. 6106, Common Sense Permitting and H.R. 6107, Ending Duplicative Permitting Act, which were introduced yesterday in the House of Representatives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that LoriM. Jones, 50, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was sentenced today for one count of Arson. The Honorable Michael J. Reagan sentenced Jones to 60 months in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, along with a $100 special assessment. Judge Reagan also ordered Jones to pay restitution in the amount of $1,074,407.33.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: Lewiston, Idaho - Wildfire season is upon us, and the Bureau of Land Management and North Idaho Fire Prevention Cooperative hope to spread the word on how you can help prevent fires on public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Kelly Zusman, Appellate Unit Chief for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Oregon, was one of 162 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorney’s (EOUSA) Director James Crowell, IV at the 34th Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: MACON: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that a Grand Jury, sitting in Macon Georgia, has returned indictments against 30 individuals. An indictment is only an allegation of criminal conduct. All of the defendants are presumed innocent until and unless...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz.- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning to gather approximately 60 wild burros near the community of Bullhead City, Ariz., starting June 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Members of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut and several local investigators were recognized by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director James Crowell, IV at the 34th Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Finance Committee ranking member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s decision to impose new tariffs on Chinese imports...
