News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Terrance Tyrell Edwards was sentenced to 360 months in prison, lifetime supervised release, and a $1,000 special assessment. Edwards was also ordered to pay $3,370 in restitution to one of his victims. U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters presided over the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A felon who robbed two Las Vegas banks at gunpoint on the same day and stole a total of approximately $22,000 made his initial appearance in federal court today, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management in Wyoming has taken the next step in providing responsible energy development on America’s public lands by releasing the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Normally Pressured Lance (NPL) Natural Gas Development Project. The FEIS is not a decision document, but one will be issued 30 days after the FEIS’s release.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: As the nation reflects on its freedom on Independence Day, Fort Scott National Historic Site honors those who have lost their lives fighting for this freedom with Symbols of Sacrifice. The Symbols of Sacrifice commemoration features thousands of American flags displayed in a Field of Honor on the historic...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina-------United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Michael Jerome Davis, age 43, of Cross Hill, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Anderson, South Carolina, for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain sentenced Davis to a total term of 180 months in federal prison followed by supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 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 U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On June 20, 2018, Gorge “Chico" Duarte, 42, of Mohawk, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 262 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine (meth) in the Eastern District of Tennessee. According to his plea agreement on file with U.S. District Court, Duarte admitted that he was responsible for at least 500 grams but less than 1.5 kilograms of actual meth.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on Tuesday led an enforcement action that resulted in seizing 21 rifles, 962 rounds of ammunition, ammunition magazines, belt-fed magazines, ballistic plates, armor carriers and ghillie (camouflage) suits.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Honduran national pleaded guilty today to illegal reentry after removal and conspiring with others to transport illegal aliens to various locations in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Tyler C. McGovern (32, Pasco County) has pleaded guilty to one felony dogfighting count, in violation of the animal fighting provisions of the federal Animal Welfare Act. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and two other top Natural Resources Committee Democrats today sent a letter to the Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General requesting an investigation into Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s apparent use of official resources...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national, living illegally in the United States, pleaded guilty yesterday and was sentenced in federal court in Boston in connection with misusing a Social Security number and identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD -A Rockford, Ill., man was arrested last night on drug-trafficking charges. DEVONTE GORDON, 33, of Rockford, also known as "Slim," was indicted on June 19, 2018, and charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a quantity of heroin and 500 grams or more of cocaine ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a 25-count superseding indictment has been filed against a criminal defense attorney and her client for allegedly smuggling drugs into the State of Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) Anchorage Correctional Complex (ACC) for distribution to inmates.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A grand jury sitting in Charlotte returned a federal indictment yesterday, charging Bryant Riyanto Budi, 26, of Matthews, N.C. with attempted possession of radioactive material with intent to cause death and use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire. Budi was arrested on Friday, June 1, 2018, for attempting to hire a hitman via the internet to murder a Charlotte-area resident.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on June 11, 2018, Chief United States District Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Clifford See Walker, age 27, Solen, ND, on charges of Aggravated Sexual Assault by Use of Force. Judge Hovland sentenced See Walker to serve 19 years, 7 months in federal prison, with time served; 15 years supervised release; and $100 special Assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Hollie Darlene Dustin (60, Punta Gorda) has pleaded guilty to wire fraud. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for Sept. 17, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Gabriel Rodriguez, 40, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 kilograms or more of marijuana, was sentenced to serve 60 months in federal prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Russell Young, 39, of Albuquerque, N.M., a prior sex offender who is serving a term of supervised release from a prior child pornography conviction, is facing new child pornography charges in a criminal complaint filed by the FBI in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M. Young made his initial...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Defendant Committed the Crimes Soon After Release from Prison for Other Bank Robberies.
