News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Jabbaar Smith, 37, of St. Louis, was indicted today on seven counts of identity theft and two counts of aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction in Manhattan federal court of SALVATORE DELLIGATTI, a/k/a “Fat Sal," a/k/a “Jay," for racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, attempted murder in aid of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Defendant Claimed he was Disabled and Unemployed at the Same Time his Business was Profitable and Featured in Magazines, Online and on the Radio.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Chamizal National Memorial Superintendent F. Gus Sánchez is pleased to invite the public to attend the Nuevo Siglo Drama Festival, which features free Chicano classic and contemporary Latino theater performances in addition to the traditional Spanish Golden Age productions of the International Siglo de Oro Drama Festival. Festival performances begin at 7 pm each evening on April 7th-8th and 11th-14th, 2018 in the Chamizal National Memorial Theater.
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 USDA Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: A common soil bacterium may hold the key to preserving the germ-killing power of penicillin. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ) scientists in Peoria, Illinois, helped mass produce the antibiotic during World War II to treat Allied soldiers and later civilians. But decades of widespread use has since enabled some germs to develop resistance to it.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Possessed a Rifle While Driving a Stolen Truck.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: TREVOR SAMUEL BOYD, 25, of Mills, Wyoming was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on March 27, 2018 for being a felon and unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm. Boyd was arrested in Mills, Wyoming. He received forty-one months of imprisonment, to be followed by thirty-six months of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $400.00 fine. This case was investigated by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Ravon Jackiel Forbes-Hodge (25, Tampa) to three years and six months in federal prison for credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft. The court also ordered him to pay $31,422 in restitution to victims of the fraud. Forbes-Hodge pleaded guilty on Jan. 11, 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia couple was charged March 29, with sex trafficking of a minor, following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Philadelphia investigation, with assistance from the Philadelphia Police Department Special Victim’s Unit (SVU) and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: The restrooms at Haleakalā Visitor Center will be closed from Monday, April 2-Thursday, April 5, 2018. They will re-open Friday, April 6. These restrooms are at 9,741 feet of elevation, which is 11 miles past the Summit Entrance Station. Portable toilets will be available for visitor use.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: WEAVERVILLE, Calif. - The Trinity River Restoration Program will host a public information meeting to present the 2018 spring restoration flow releases from Lewiston Dam and gravel augmentation plans for the Trinity River.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging six defendants with narcotics conspiracy and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Named in the indictment are.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Spring has sprung, and so has visitation to Zion National Park. Visitation hit record numbers again in January and February. In recent years, the Park has also seen an increase in searches and rescues. One earlier in the month serves as a good example of a preventable incident. The Zion Search and Rescue Team, along with partners Rockville-Springdale Fire were called out Saturday night, March 17, 2018 for what became a lifesaving event.
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: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that United States District Judge James Munley sentenced Damari Roulhac, age 26, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, to 27 months’ imprisonment and two years of supervised release, for one count assaulting...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Georgia man was indicted in federal district court in Boston yesterday in connection with his role in a bogus advance fee lottery scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment charging a Shreveport financial planner and a pastor of a Houston church of bilking investors out more than $1 million.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: A Twentynine Palms man appeared in federal court yesterday afternoon on a federal charge alleging he illegally started the fire in the Oasis of Mara in Joshua Tree National Park on Monday night, March 26, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ANNA THOMPSON, age 31, of New Orleans, pled guilty today to participating in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy throughout the New Orleans area. Specifically, THOMPSON pled guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500...
