News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: DALLAS-Christopher A. Faulkner, 41, from Dallas, Texas, was arrested Monday, June 18, 2018, at the Los Angeles International Airport by special agents with the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Division (IRS-CI), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), with assistance from Customs and Border Patrol. Faulkner...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that Tiffany Renee Pryor, formerly of Lansing, Michigan, was convicted of making a false declaration to a grand jury and sentenced to six months’ incarceration and six months’ home confinement, to be followed by two years’ supervised release. Pryor had offered false exculpatory testimony before a grand jury investigating a case regarding a felon who was in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a second superseding indictment charging Dontrell Wise, 32, and Lamario Jones, 31, both of Buffalo, NY, with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, butyryl fentanyl, fentanyl, cocaine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: This afternoon, a federal jury convicted Dean Reynolds, a former Trustee of Clinton Township, on all fourteen counts of bribery and bribery conspiracy United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
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: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Marcial De Leon-Aguilar, age 31, and a citizen of Guatemala, pled guilty today to unlawfully re-entering the United States after previously having been removed, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Thomas Feeley, Field Office Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Buffalo, New York.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park is expected to open to vehicles this Saturday, June 23, for the season. Old Fall River Road normally opens by the Fourth of July holiday weekend. This summer, during periods of high vehicle congestion, park staff may restrict vehicle access when needed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: An indictment was unsealed in Flint charging Doniel A. Heard of Canton, Talasha R. Willis of Flint, Kimberly A. Perryman of Mt. Morris, and Alina D. White of Waterford for their involvement in a vicious assault on a 15-year old boy, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will implement fire restrictions for public lands managed by the Redding Field Office in Shasta, Siskiyou, Butte, Trinity and Tehama counties, beginning Thursday, June 28. The restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s announcement it plans to reorganize and consolidate safety-net programs under the Department of Health and Human Services...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was arrested Wednesday night on drug trafficking charges.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: For the fourth consecutive year, the Green Electronics Council awarded its Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) Purchaser Award to the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management (LM). The EPEAT Purchaser Award recognizes organizations for their excellence in sustainable...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Andrew Raymond and Brian Requena Set Up Corporations To Distribute Synthetic Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Eban Joseph Keith Beyah, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 51 months incarceration for unlawful possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
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: Comprehensive drug investigation led to the indictment of nearly a dozen defendants, all of whom have now pled guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Luis Javier Gaspar, a 20 year-old resident of San Jose, California, was sentenced on June 20, 2018 to 15 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. Gaspar was convicted of felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing for another record-breaking travel season this summer, as 243 million passengers and crew are projected to come through security checkpoints nationwide between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
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.
