News from March 2018
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Late on March 26, 2018, a fire was reported in the Oasis of Mara directly behind the Joshua Tree Oasis Visitor Center and Park Headquarters. San Bernardino County Fire and National Park Service Fire staff responded. No structures were damaged in the blaze.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Defendants are latest to plead guilty out of nearly two dozen indicted after long-term narcotics investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Jeff North, a previously convicted felon, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for committing a violent carjacking and shooting the victim, and for unlawfully possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA- On March 22, 2018, David Joseph Jay, III, age 36, of Glenwood, Iowa, appeared before United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey and was sentenced to 20 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Jay was ordered to serve ten years of supervised release to follow his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: DUBLIN, GA: On March 21, 2018, gynecologist George “Mack" Bird, III, 59, entered a guilty plea before Senior United States District Court Judge Dudley H. Bowen, Jr. to charges of Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, both federal felonies carrying up...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has indicted three men on robbery and weapons offenses for allegedly stealing expensive watches and jewelry at gunpoint from a Hinsdale store.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area’s Lonnie Pilkington has been named Champion of the Year by the Partnership for the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps (21CSC). Pilkington received the award recently at an award ceremony in Washington, DC. Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke was keynote speaker to the annual gathering of national, state and local leaders in the youth development and conservation fields.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Pasadena man was sentenced today for the commission of a series of bank robberies culminating in an armed robbery at a Pasadena bank where he brandished a shotgun and placed it to the side of a bank employee’s head while demanding money.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 45-year-old former Richmond man has been given the statutory maximum sentence for systematically torturing a former girlfriend by sending horrific images and threatening email messages, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The jury returned its verdict Oct. 27, 2017, against Heriberto Latigo following five days of trial and less than two hours of deliberations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Dale Ritter, 53, of St. Croix, pled guilty on March 23, 2018, in District Count to one federal count of Possession of a Firearm with Obliterated Serial Number, and one local count of Illegal Use of Utility Equipment, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Fraudsters’ Telephone Scam Convinced Elderly Victims That They Had Won a Cash Lottery or Sweepstakes and Owed a “Fee" Before Collecting Their Winnings.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Defendant had a misdemeanor illegal entry conviction in Arizona and two prior removals.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Manderson, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, and Discharging, Brandishing, or Possessing a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - The park is closing the Angels Landing Trail at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in order to fix a broken post in a steep section of chain. The post will need a full 24 hours to cure. The trail should reopen after 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen today announced that the Government has reached a settlement with Allergy & Asthma Specialists, P.C. (“A&A") to resolve alleged violations of title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA") for failure to provide a deaf patient with effective communication.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - William L. Thrash, 51, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 144 months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws by brandishing a short-barreled shotgun during the armed robbery of an Albuquerque-area convenience store in March 2017. Thrash will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years’ imprisonment, followed by seven years’ supervised release, on a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, couple has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Defendant, a Member of Cypress Gangster Crips, Also Found by Court to Have Murdered a Gang Rival and Plotted to Poison an Elderly Woman for Complaining About a Debt.
