News from March 2018
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The “Palisade Plunge" is a proposed 30-mile single-track trail that would feature a unique, long distance descent for mountain bikes and other non-motorized recreation from the top of the Grand Mesa to the Town of Palisade. Today, the Bureau of Land Management’s Grand Junction...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of wire fraud, tax evasion, conspiracy to defraud the United States, false bankruptcy declaration, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: UPDATE. The defendant in this case, MEHRAN GHANOUNI, was acquited of the charges alleged in the indictment described in the press release below. A Canadian citizen was arrested on arrival at Sea-Tac airport last night, following his indictment on charges of violating U.S. export laws and making false...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - Lord Tyrone Al-Ahmin, 43, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 180 months in prison and a seven-year term of supervised release for transporting women interstate to engage in prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that on March 15, 2018, United States District Court Judge W. Louis Sands sentenced Theron King, a/k/a “Bug", age 29, of Doerun, GA, to 130 months imprisonment for the offense of distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Hugo Rolando Canenguez-Montes, age 52, of El Salvador, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, to Illegal Re-Entry, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs, of Columbia, accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to dealing Oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Chief Executive and Four Associates Indicted for Conspiring with Global Drug Traffickers by Providing Encryption Services to Evade Law Enforcement and Obstruct Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Derek Swede Godfrey, 48, formerly of Rocklin, pleaded guilty today to possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Two people - one from Chardon, the other from Cleveland - were indicted for unrelated child pornography crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Calif. - Marking the 2018 National Rosie the Riveter Day, the National Park Service (NPS) and Rosie the Riveter Trust will hold a media availability and photo opportunity on Wednesday, March 21, with local women who worked on the World War II Home Front. Original WWII ‘Rosies’ - now in their...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This morning, a U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Edgardo Torres-Ruvalcaba, 32, a Mexican national, with a cocaine trafficking offense arising out of the seizure of more than 40 pounds of cocaine at the Santa Teresa, N.M., Port of Entry on March 10, 2018. Torres-Ruvalcaba was remanded into custody pending trial, which has yet to be scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: On March 13, 2018, members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Southeast Georgia Violent Crimes Task Force arrested Robert Kimble, also known as “Bam" and “Ibn Yusuf," on federal charges of armed bank robbery, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that John Verkitus, age 53, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was indicted on March 13, 2018, by a federal grand jury for importing into the United States synthetic canaboids, which are controlled substance analogues. The case was unsealed on March 14, 2018, following Verkitus’ plea of not guilty entered before United States Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - All indicators show that air travel in the United States is strong and according to the FAA Aerospace Forecast Fiscal Years (FY) 2018-2038 , the trend will continue. This is occurring while American air travelers are experiencing the highest levels of safety in modern aviation history.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Jorge Luis Marin-Villa, age 36, of Augusta, Georgia, was sentenced today in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for Reentry of Removed Aliens, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. United States District Judge Mary Geiger...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Laguna Beach man has pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge and admitted that he stole $6.8 million from victims of three investment fraud schemes.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) issued the following statements today after President Trump took action to impose tariffs on certain imports of steel and aluminum.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Mario Almaraz-Juarez, age 23, of Mexico, entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, to Illegal Re-Entry, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs, of Columbia, accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Sacramento, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region announced today Mario Manzo is the new Deputy Manager for the Mid-Pacific Region’s Bay Delta Office.
