News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, the Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), announced today that BRENT BORLAND, the owner and principal of a New York-based investment fund...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Erick Adams, also known as “X," 40, of Taftville, Connecticut, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 25 years in prison and 5 years of supervised release for a conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, 280 grams or more of cocaine base, commonly known as crack, cocaine, and heroin, and being an armed career criminal in possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Oregon Missionary Found Guilty of Sexually Abusing Six Cambodian Children at Orphanage.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: On May 16, 2018, Stephanie L. Patterson, of Carbondale, Illinois, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court in Benton, Illinois on the charge that she engaged in a scheme to steal from a health care program. The district court sentenced Patterson to five years of probation with the first four months to be served in home detention. She was also ordered to pay $81,131.20 in restitution to the Home Services Program and a $100.00 special assessment.
By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Price, and Chairman Frelinghuysen, for your work on this bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced today that Jack Clayborne (Age: 30) and Sylvance Brown (Age: 43) have been indicted for an attempted armed carjacking in Milwaukee. Both defendants were charged with one count of motor vehicle robbery causing serious bodily injury, one count of discharging...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jason Delaney Kiplinger, age 36, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was sentenced to 262 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in...
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - A magnitude-3.5 earthquake located 0.1 miles beneath the summit of Kīlauea Volcano around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday caused noticeable structural damage in park buildings, and left behind a web of earth cracks and uneven road surfaces on Highway 11 and other park roadways.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - A federal jury has found Johnnie Charles Grimsley, Jr. (28, Clearwater) guilty of possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing hearing has been set for Aug. 14, 2018. Grimsley was indicted on May 18, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to racketeering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: ALBANY: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that on May 16, 2018, United States District Court Judge Leslie J. Abrams sentenced Chad Curry, age 51, of Leesburg, GA, to 130 months imprisonment for the offenses of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine (70 months) and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime (60 months). The sentences will run consecutively.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - In celebration of Oregon’s Free Fishing Weekend (June 2-3), the Medford Bureau of Land Management and the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest are once again teaming up for their annual free fishing event. This partnership demonstrates BLM’s commitment to serving the American family by being good neighbors and providing recreational opportunities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A well-known commercial real estate developer was arrested this morning on federal bribery charges alleging that he paid monthly bribes to a Los Angeles County employee for six years and submitted offers to purchase the employee a Santa Rosa residence for nearly $1.1 million in exchange for the developer obtaining a $45 million county lease.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Turkish Banker Sentenced to 32 Months for Conspiring to Violate U.S. Sanctions Against Iran and Other Offenses.
By State Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Dawn Anderson, a/k/a “Prestige," a federally licensed firearms dealer in Atlanta, doing business as Distincvision, LLC, a/k/a “Liquidation Outlet Center," was sentenced today for making false entries in the records required to be kept by federal firearms dealers. Shawn Lewis, an employee at LOC and co-defendant, was previously sentenced for his role in the offense.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has approved two exploratory projects in the California desert, the Perdito Exploration Project and the Green Planet Group sampling project.
By State Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the committee will convene a hearing on Wednesday, May 23, entitled “Strengthening American Diplomacy: Reviewing the State Department’s Budget, Operations, and Policy Priorities." The hearing will begin at 9 a.m.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park invites the public to attend two special Memorial Day Weekend evening programs offered at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center at Rocky Mountain National Park. On Saturday, May 26, at 7 p.m. join park ranger Steven Lambert for Rocky Rocks. The story of Rocky’s rocks is the foundation on which all the wonders we see are built; the mountain peaks, valleys, lakes, forests, wildlife, weather and people.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - A federal jury has found Johnnie Charles Grimsley, Jr. (28, Clearwater) guilty of possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing hearing has been set for Aug. 14, 2018. Grimsley was indicted on May 18, 2017.
