News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: A Canton man was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for drug and firearms crimes, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: HOUGHTON, MI - Isle Royale National Park is proud to announce the summer 2018 artists-in-residence. This year’s selections include John Gaunt (Oil), Megan Gette (Poetry), David Kapszukiewicz (Oil), and Sherry Short (Mixed Media), along with three alternates, Elissa Cedarleaf Dahl (Oil), Trent Foltz (Photography), and Tim Jones-Yelvington (Poetry, Prose).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Ventura, CA - Today the Santa Cruz Fire is estimated to be 60 percent contained following intensive effort by firefighters on the ground and consistent air attack.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted Harwood Francis McCovey for his alleged role in four bank robberies and the armed robbery of a Shell Gas Station in Humboldt County, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex. G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management Medford District Office is accepting applications from April 2nd to April 20th for the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument 2018 Teachers on Public Lands program. The BLM manages public lands for the benefit of current and future generations, supporting conservation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that on March 29, 2018, Senior United States District Court Judge W. Louis Sands sentenced Justin Norris, age 30, of Albany, GA, to 115 months imprisonment for the offense of possession of a firearm by convicted felon. Mr. Norris previously plead guilty to this charge and admitted the following facts were true.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today and was sentenced in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after deportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Six MS-13 Members Born in El Salvador Indicted in Maryland on Charges Ranging From Racketeering Conspiracy, Murder, and Attempted Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TAYRENCE WILLIS, a.k.a. “T" and “T-Franklin," 26, of Hartford, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a narcotics trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Southwest Honkeys gang member pleaded guilty in federal court today to operating a methamphetamine conspiracy from his prison cell.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Bosnian Serb residing in North Carolina was sentenced to 18 months in prison today for his criminal conviction of obtaining a Permanent Resident Card (I-551), commonly referred to as a “green card," by making materially false claims and statements on his initial application for immigration...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced a settlement with Cumberland County under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for the County to identify an ADA Coordinator; to provide notice to those with disabilities on how to contact the ADA Coordinator; to establish an ADA grievance procedure; and to make its website more accessible to those with disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - VANESSA L. POLLARD, of Mustang, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for wire fraud and signing a false federal income tax return in connection with a $1.3 million embezzlement, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was charged today with committing two armed carjackings in Newark and North Bergen, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Planning to get outdoors for the holiday weekend? Here are a few locations near Las Cruces to consider for a holiday filled with hiking, mountain biking, camping and picnicking. These locations, managed by the Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District, offer the public a variety of ways to enjoy their public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: A Youngstown man was charged in federal court for sharing images of young children being sexually assaulted.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILLIAM REYES, also known as “Big Head," 36, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 41 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A Feasterville, Pennsylvania, man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for bribing former Philadelphia District Attorney Rufus Seth Williams and evading taxes, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Three Cuban nationals who had been residing in Texas before their arrest pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit access device fraud, U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today. According to documents filed today in open court, all three defendants admitted that they agreed together and with others to obtain credit and debit card numbers that had been skimmed from gas pumps and use these numbers to make purchases.
