News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pennsylvania resident has been sentenced in federal court to 41 months imprisonment followed by three years supervised release on his conviction of wire fraud and damaging a computer, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. Sullivan, Jr. was also ordered to pay $374,198.73 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DAWN CONRAVEY, age 37, of New Orleans, pled guilty yesterday to participating in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy throughout the New Orleans area. Specifically, CONRAVEY pled guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced that on May 15, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against two men allegedly involved in firearms offenses on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The indictment charges Jeremy Fish (age: 33) and Bobby Joe Sanapaw (age: 32), both...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: (ROCHESTER, N.Y.) - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA New York Division, announced that following a seven-week trial, a federal jury has convicted Colin B. Montague, 63, of Greece, New York of operating a continuing criminal enterprise, drug conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and money laundering. The charges carry a minimum penalty of life in prison and a fine of up to $20,000,000.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Wrangell-St. Elias staff will host a community meeting on Wednesday June 13th from 5-8 pm in the Kennecott Rec Hall to discuss a project proposal to apply a dust abatement product, EnviroKleen®, within the road easements at the Kennecott Mill Site. The NPS would like to hear from the community on this proposal. Updates regarding the Contaminated Site Management Plan produced for the NPS will also be discussed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Fifth Superseding Indictment Adds Eight Additional Defendants and New Charges Relating to Three 2016 Murders on Long Island, as well as Attempted Murders, Assaults, Arson, Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Cristobal Marin-Lopez, 22, an illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee to 15 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally re-entering the United States after having previously been deported, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and David D. Rivera, Director of the Bureau of Customs Enforcement (ICE) New Orleans Field Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Biothreats - harmful pathogens that are either naturally or deliberately released - pose a risk to national security and public health, and identifying new detection methods is a top priority for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). Biothreats are hard to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Buffalo, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for using Twitter to transmit threatening communications against several persons, including two FBI employees and two former members of the military and their families, on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, also known as ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: (SEATTLE) - In the fourth major drug trafficking ring takedown in as many months, federal, state and local law enforcement officers fanned out across King, Pierce, Snohomish, Skagit and Thurston counties to execute search warrants and arrested 36 members of a drug trafficking organization. These arrests are the fourth takedown in a series of cases aimed at reducing drug and gang violence in Seattle, South King and North Pierce counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Dumfries man with distributing Fentanyl, a very potent pain killer used in the medical profession, that resulted in the non-fatal overdose of a Virginia woman.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that U. S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon sentenced FRANK GARDNER, age 54, of Houston, Texas, to 48 months’ imprisonment and one year of supervised release after GARDNER pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one hundred grams or more of cocaine hydrochloride.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Salem, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Northwest Oregon District, Siuslaw Field Office will host a public meeting on June 14, 2018 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the recently released Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement that will analyze the safety of the dam located at Hult Reservoir. The meeting will be held at Hult Reservoir; the parking area is located approximately 1.5 miles down BLM Road 15-7-35 from Horton, OR.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson sentenced James Anthony Brown Jr., a former employee of the Richland County Recreation Commission, to 135 months of incarceration as a result of his conviction for Possessing with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JASON BARBER, 42, of Bethany, Oklahoma, was sentenced today to serve a total of 30 days in prison during a one-year term of probation for his use of excessive force against a pretrial detainee, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - On Thursday, June 7, 2018, a William “Ed" Henry, 47, of Hartselle, Alabama, was arrested on charges stemming from his role in a medical kickback scheme, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., the House Committees on the Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform will hold a joint hearing on "Oversight of the FBI and DOJ Actions in Advance of the 2016 Election." At the hearing, Inspector General Michael Horowitz will testify before the Committees on the findings of the forthcoming report on Justice Department and FBI actions in advance of the 2016 presidential election.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that on June 6, 2018, a jury convicted 42-year-old Patrick Leigh Burnham of Fitzgerald, Georgia of Possession of Cocaine and Possession of Cocaine Base occurring on July 20, 2017 at 128 Jacksonville Highway in Fitzgerald. Each offense carries a maximum possible term of incarceration of three (3) years and a fine in the range of $5000 to $250,000.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah-The BLM-Utah West Desert District (WDD) has re-issued a fire prevention order that addresses year-round and seasonal fire restrictions. These restrictions apply to BLM-lands in Salt Lake, Utah, Tooele, Rich, and Box Elder Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: WILKES BARRE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Gethro Mondelice, age 38, formerly of Kingston, Pennsylvania, was convicted on June 6, 2018, for distribution of cocaine on three different occasions. After a two-day jury trial held before United States District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo, the jury returned the guilty verdict after three-and-a-half hours of deliberation.
