News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: Cedar Rapids Man Previously Convicted of Receipt of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: On May 14, 2018, Julio Arjona Gomez, 51, of Miami Gardens, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for operating a fraudulent credit card manufacturing facility in Hialeah.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Adam W. Purinton, of Olathe, Kan., pleaded guilty today in federal court to hate crime and firearm charges for shooting Indian nationals Srinivas Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani and Olathe resident Ian Grillot at Austins Bar & Grill in February 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Terrence Bernard Williams, 50, of Biloxi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 217 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Thomas Annello, Acting Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans. Williams was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the sentencing of ELLIS SCOTT TOOLES, 31, to 25 years in prison for production of child pornography. TOOLES, who pleaded guilty on May 12, 2017, to one count of production of child pornography, was sentenced earlier today before Judge Susan Richard Nelson in U.S. District Court in Duluth, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - Two Houston brothers have pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting bank robbery, aiding and abetting the robbery of a jewelry store and related firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: PRESS RELEASE. Evansville - United States Attorney Josh Minkler today announced the sentencing of a Newburgh man for possessing sexually explicit material involving a minor. Joshua C. Bolin 26, Newburgh, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young, which is to be followed...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: Marshall Neely III, 59, of Franklin, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to reckless aggravated assault; lying to a federal agent; and obstruction of justice, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Sylvia Ochoa, 35, of Selma, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 18 months in prison for embezzlement from a financial institution, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska-The National Park Service (NPS) today announced a proposal to amend its regulations for hunting and trapping on national preserves in Alaska to establish better consistency with the state. The proposed rule would remove regulatory provisions issued in 2015 that prohibit certain hunting practices that are otherwise permitted by Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Autumn Breann Ward, of Keyser, West Virginia, was sentenced to five years probation for a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) issued the following joint statement regarding the expected House vote Tuesday on the Johnson-Donnelly right to try bill, S.204.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Mark Hanshaw, of Jefferson Village, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 27 months incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Sylvia Ochoa, 35, of Selma, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 18 months in prison for embezzlement from a financial institution, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: Received the Statutory Maximum Sentence of a Decade in Prison.
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is working with local communities to improve resilience to flood disasters. S&T announced today its latest community partnership with Howard County, Maryland and the National Weather Service (NWS).
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2018
News Release: A 40 year old El Monte man who was reported late, was found by searchers alive and well. Ali Sandoval was reported overdue by family around 11pm, Saturday evening. His vehicle was located at the trailhead for Mastodon Peak and Lost Palms Oasis by family members and a search was launched at 7am, Sunday morning.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Lucy Owens, age 41, of Hobart, Indiana was convicted late Friday night, on 7 counts of wire fraud, after a 5-day jury trial before District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An Israeli national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for conspiring to transfer $2.5 million worth of cocaine from Colombia to Israel via Boston and to money laundering charges.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2018
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - A National Park Service report shows that last year’s visitors to Death Valley National Park spent an estimated $107 million in neighboring communities, supporting 1,390 local jobs.
