News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Shayne Carson, age 54, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, dubbed the “Double Hat Bandit during a string of bank robberies committed in Utah and six other states between Oct. 15, 2016, and Sept. 16, 2017, has pleaded guilty to 18 robberies. Sentencing is set for Aug. 15, 2018, in U.S. District Judge Jill Parrish’s courtroom in Salt Lake City.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a two Romanian nationals with bank fraud, debit card fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Angelina L. Cedeno, age 35, of Troy, New York, was sentenced today to 12 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for distributing heroin in Albany County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that yesterday in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced CHRISTIAN IVAN CARDENAS, 21, of Greenville, North Carolina, to 128 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Hildebrand, 50, of Orchard Park, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer to assault within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States. The charge carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a fine of $5,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Ali Vahdani Pour, 28, an Iranian national, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas Rayes to 137 days in prison. Pour had previously pleaded guilty to false swearing in an immigration matter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a Reading, Pennsylvania man was sentenced on drug charges in federal court. Angel Diaz-Gibson, 26, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for distribution of heroin and using a telephone to facilitate the commission of a federal...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), held a hearing today to review a discussion draft that would reauthorize the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act. H.R. __, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2018, drafted by Reps.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: A Cleveland man previously convicted of domestic violence was indicted in federal court for having a firearm, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman said.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement on Facebook allowing Chinese technology companies access to data of users and users’ friends without explicit consent.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Irving Uriel Galindo Santos, a 29-year-old Mexican citizen, was sentenced today to 6 months in prison followed by 2 years supervised release after pleading guilty to illegal reentry on Feb. 28, 2018. U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris handed down the sentence.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - Following an investigation and subsequent arrest made by special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York, A New Jersey man was sentenced in the District of New Jersey Tuesday to 480 months in prison for producing and possessing images and videos of child sexual abuse. This sentencing comes on the heels on a 25 year sentence from the Eastern District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man who was arrested following a domestic disturbance in which he discharged his weapon pleaded guilty today to possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Farmington District is initiating emergency fire restrictions on public lands managed by the Farmington and Taos Field Offices in San Juan, Rio Arriba, Taos, Santa Fe, McKinley, Sandoval, Colfax, Union, Mora, Harding, Quay, and San Miguel counties, beginning Wednesday, June 6, 2018, due to high fire potential. The restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources of the House Committee on Natural Resources held a legislative hearing on four onshore energy development discussion drafts which will expedite the burdensome regulatory process and help American families across the nation pay...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted for his role in three armed bank robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Philadelphia lawyer Devon Edward Sanders, 48, of Glenside, was sentenced on June 4 to 84 months in federal prison for downloading and possessing more than 94,000 images and videos of child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), held a hearing today to review a discussion draft that would reauthorize the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act. H.R. __, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2018, drafted by Reps.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jason R. Cunningham, 38, of Carlsbad, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 87 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: (MISSOULA, Mont.) - The sights, sounds and smells of a 19th-century mining town will come back to life during this year’s family-friendly Garnet Day June 16 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
