News from March 2018

By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: Pecos, NM: The annual Civil War Encampment at Pecos National Historical Park will take place Saturday, March 24th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This free, family-friendly event will bring to life the experience of the Civil War in New Mexico. Interact with living history participants, see black powder...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Brian Brew, age 38, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was indicted on March 20, 2018, by a federal grand jury with drug distribution resulting in death. The indictment was unsealed yesterday following Brew’s initial appearance before United States Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dover, Mass., pain management physician was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with his scheme to defraud Medicare and other health care insurers, and then using the proceeds of his illegal activity to support his extravagant lifestyle.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a Finance Committee hearing on the administration’s trade agenda...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two men and a woman have been sent to federal prison for their participation in a smuggling attempt in the back of a tractor-trailer, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Minkah Ra Rashaad and Sherine Ovanna Watson, both 28, and 30-year-old Jesus Roberto Contreras pleaded guilty Nov. 2, 2017, to conspiracy to transport undocumented aliens.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: DALLAS, TX-It has been 10 days since the Dallas FBI Violent Crimes Task Force announced a reward for the capture of the “Navigation Bandit." Since that time, he has robbed two more BBVA Compass Banks, raising the total to seven. In each incident, he has not brandished a weapon, however the suspect could be armed.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Three defendants were sentenced yesterday and today to a combined 36 years in prison for participating in a lengthy and extensive drug trafficking conspiracy.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: Over $1 Million, Cocaine, Heroin, Meth, and Guns Discovered and Seized.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: Defendants Video Recorded the Murder and Mutilation of the Victim Before Burying the Corpse in Turkey Point State Forest in Saugerties, New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against David Lopez, 33, of Susanville, charging him with unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 30-year-old Laredo man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Raul Garcia Jr. pleaded guilty Nov. 1, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - John Wayne Clark, 32, of Biloxi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 120 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U. S. Attorney Mike Hurst. The firearm was forfeited to the government.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: A Gangster Disciples gang member was sentenced today to 360 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Oniel McKenzie, age 37, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today to 188 months in prison following an October 2017 jury conviction for possession with intent to distribute large quantities of cocaine and marijuana found in Rensselaer County.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On March 22, 2018, Jason Massengill, 39, of Kingsport, Tennessee, was sentenced to serve 37 months in federal prison by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, for his role in a conspiracy to produce counterfeit obligations of the United States with intent to defraud the government.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Kyle Adam Kirby (37, Live Oak) to 120 years in federal prison for producing, attempting to produce, possessing, and accessing images and videos depicting the sexual abuse of minors. Kirby was arrested on Oct. 28, 2015, at the Live Oak Police Department and has remained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since that date. A federal jury found him guilty on December 7, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr. United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announced that today in Federal court, WILLIAM SCOTT DAVIS, JR., a 57-year-old resident of Hampton, Virginia, was sentenced by Senior Judge W. Earl Britt to 144 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release after having been convicted of cyberstalking and communicating interstate threats.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Minority, led by Ranking Member Claire McCaskill, today issued a staff report analyzing data Customs and Border Protection (CBP) collected from frontline Border Patrol agents and sector chiefs on the greatest vulnerabilities...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DARRELL RICKS, age 66, of Covington, was sentenced today for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A man whose forehead tattoo helped victims and investigators confirm his identity was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for possessing a firearm during two robberies of convenience stores in late 2016.