News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: As a matter of policy, the Department of Justice does not ordinarily comment on case declinations. An exception was made in this case because of the high level of public interest and concern in the community.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting the public’s input on a proposal to amend the Arizona Strip Resource Management Plan (RMP) as part of its evaluation of the proposed Lake Powell Pipeline route in the Kanab Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), located south of the Kaibab Paiute Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Glen Ranger, age 49, formerly of Severn, Maryland, for production and possession of child pornography. The indictment was returned on June 21, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced Brian Aguayo, a member of the Dove Springs Gangstas (aka “DSG"), to ten years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for racketeering charges associated with the kidnapping and murder of Darian Longoria in December 2015, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Austin Police Chief Brian Manley.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Emmanuel Feaster, 22, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted by a federal jury of being a felon in possession of a loaded handgun, was sentenced to 60 months in jail by Chief Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Legislation that reforms how the federal government manages its real estate portfolio to potentially save billions of taxpayer dollars was introduced in the House of Representatives today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Sean Trim, 33, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to commit credit card fraud, use of a counterfeit credit card, and possession of fifteen or more counterfeit credit cards.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Texarkana, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Christopher Whistle, age 40, of Texarkana, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 100 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Texarkana.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: The full length of the Spruce Railroad Trail is now open following the latest phase of improvements by Bruch & Bruch Construction of Port Angeles. Parking for the western end of the trail on Camp David Jr. Road will be located at the North Shore Picnic Area this summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Matthew Vinson Leopard, age 40, of Anderson, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Anderson, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: A Bedford man was charged in federal court with drug and firearms crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody today sentenced Danni McNaughton (45, Tampa) to 10 years in federal prison for attempted enticement of a minor. The court also ordered him to forfeit a cellphone that he had used in committing the offense.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Gateway National Recreation Area invites the local community to join the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics and its Traveling Trainer Team for training, education programs and service projects in Jamaica Bay. With its wide spectrum of natural, cultural and recreational resources and opportunities...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Mario Peia (619) 546-9706.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign helps educate GA pilots about the best practices to calculate and predict aircraft performance and to operate within established aircraft limitations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: (DALLAS) - Manuel Medina-Valdes, 25, of Mesquite, Texas, was sentenced Friday, June 15, 2018, by Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn to 240 months in federal prison for his role in the distribution of methamphetamine, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Put-in-Bay, Ohio - For more than a decade area artists have gathered at Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial to provide free art classes for children 3-12 years of age through the Arts on Erie program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted in federal court for his role in armed robberies of credit unions in Shaker Heights and Willoughby on the same day last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Cambria County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon, carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime and possession with intent to distribute heroin and crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: Rafeal Lateef Baker, also known as “Channel 4," age 43, of Brunswick, Georgia, was sentenced to more than 16 years’ imprisonment, and Kenneth Anthony Moore, also known as “Smooth," age 48, of Freeport, Texas, was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment, for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
