News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two more members of a massive heroin and money laundering conspiracy have been ordered to federal prison, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Louie Molina, 36, and Jesus Leal Jr., 34, both of Robstown, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: POCATELLO - Tyrell Owen Dixey, 34, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday for illegal possession of a sawed-off shotgun, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Dixey to 87 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Dixey pleaded guilty to the charge in February 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker announced the sentencing of JOSHUA FRANCIS HILL, 20, to 236 months in prison for the murder of a minor victim on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. HILL, who pleaded guilty on Jan. 19, 2018, was sentenced on May 15, 2018, before Senior Judge Paul A. Magnuson in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Larrissa Helen Smith, 29, of Kayenta, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 12 months and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a car accident that resulted in injuries to four minor children. Smith had previously pleaded guilty to one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: COFFEE COUNTY, Ga - Vernon Keenan, Director of the Georgia Bureau of (GBI) and Robert J. Murphy, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Atlanta Division announce that the Southeastern Regional Drug Enforcement Office, along with the DDEA, the Douglas Coffee Drug Unit, ...
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - Based on foreseeable conditions, the National Park Service is planning to burn vegetation located near carriage roads approximately one mile north of Sargent Mountain, between intersection 10 and 12 to perpetuate culturally significant historic vistas. The two locations are near each other and are 0.3 acres and 1.2 acres.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: New Mexico Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Directing Computer Attacks Against Websites of Dozens of Victims and Felon-In-Possession Charges.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: A special program of dulcimer music will be provided by the North Mississippi Dulcimer Association from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday, June 2, 2018, at the Parkway Visitor Center located at milepost 266 near Tupelo, Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Haughton man pleaded guilty Tuesday to distribution of methamphetamine the defendant obtained in Dallas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Robert Scott and Xavier Grove pled guilty on Wednesday for their part in the robbery of Jared the Galleria of Jewelry on Monday, December 4, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Guest Editorial from U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated today that Richard Torruellas (a.k.a. “Scoob"), 23, of Jersey City, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 54 months imprisonment by United States District Court Chief Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford sitting in U.S. District Court in ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: SAN ANTONIO, Texas - After a nearly three-month trial, a federal jury convicted the two highest ranking officers of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle (Bandidos)--National President Jeffrey Fay Pike and National Vice President Xavier Portillo--on federal racketeering and drug trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARINA BURMAN was sentenced today to 36 months in prison. BURMAN, the former president of a medical supply company, submitted approximately $3.4 million in fraudulent bills to the New York State Medicaid...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Dominican woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston for her role in a widespread heroin and fentanyl trafficking conspiracy operating in Lawrence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Alleged to have written thousands of bogus checks at area Kroger stores to purchase gift cards.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Alleged to have written thousands of bogus checks at area Kroger stores to purchase gift cards.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - In honor of the 50th anniversary of the National Trails System and in the spirit of shared conservation stewardship, the Bureau of Land Management invites you to a community hike on Saturday, June 2-National Trails Day. The hike will take place on the Four Bear Trail, located in the North Fork of the Shoshone River corridor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Jay Nash, 50, of Great Falls, Montana, pleaded guilty to Wire Fraud and Money Laundering during a federal court hearing on May 16, 2018, in Great Falls, Montana, before U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris. Nash faces a federal prison sentence of up to 30 years, a $500,000 fine, restitution of over $800,000, and a $200 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Jeremy Jerome Fletcher, 28, of Jackson, pled guilty today before United States District Judge Tom S. Lee to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
