News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Charlottesville, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today that Jason Bradley, 40, an American citizen who previously lived in Thailand and conspired with others to ship large amounts of controlled substance analogues (also known as “bath salts") from China into the United States for further distribution, has been sentenced to 262 months in prison. Bradley was also ordered to forfeit $464, 875 to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Three Romanian nationals were sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with an ATM skimming scheme operating throughout Massachusetts and other states including Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York and South Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: The Obed Junction Fire was reported May 13. The fire is approximately 20 acres in size, in steep and rocky terrain, near the Obed Junction of the Obed River and Daddy's Creek. There are no closures at this time, but visitors are asked to use caution in and around the area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: A Canadian man arrested last summer at a park in Rocky River was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: With Foot Healers for False Medicare Podiatry Claims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Nebraska Man Sentenced To Prison For Producing Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.VA. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today the West Virginia State Police received $1,087,285.15 as a result of a civil forfeiture action relating to violations of the Bank Secrecy Act by First National Bank of Williamson. The Bank Secrecy Act requires financial institutions...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Craig T. Pope, 29, and Justin B. Lane, 34, were arraigned on May 3 and today, respectively, in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola after a federal grand jury returned two separate indictments charging each of them with mailing threatening communications and threatened use of a weapon of mass destruction. The indictments were announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: MAY 14, 2018 - Researchers from the U.S. Census Bureau, along with many other survey research professionals across the nation, will present findings at the 73rd Annual American Association for Public Opinion Research Conference May 16-19, 2018, in Denver, Co. This year’s theme is “Taking Survey and Public Opinion Research to New Heights!".
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Charlottesville, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today that Jason Bradley, 40, an American citizen who previously lived in Thailand and conspired with others to ship large amounts of controlled substance analogues (also known as “bath salts") from China into the United States for further distribution, has been sentenced to 262 months in prison. Bradley was also ordered to forfeit $464, 875 to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Jamaican citizen pleaded guilty today to orchestrating a lottery fraud that scammed elderly victims out of approximately $385,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a three-day trial, a federal jury has found a Memphis man guilty on one-count of felon in possession of ammunition. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Demetrius Black, 41, of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years, and a fine of $1,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On May 14, 2017, Bernard Joseph Lee Marrietta, 25, of Coolidge, Ariz., a member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 60 months in prison. Marrietta had previously pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. At the time of the offense, Marrietta possessed a DPMS, model A-15, 5.56/.223 rifle, and methamphetamine.
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, appeared on Sharyl Attkisson’s ‘Full Measure’ Sunday to discuss his Right to Try legislation that is currently pending in the House of Representatives. Right to try legislation ensures that terminally ill patients, their doctors, and pharmaceutical manufacturers are allowed to try investigational treatments when no alternatives exist.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeks Information on Missing Washington, D.C. Juvenile.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2018
News Release: Woman in Camouflage Robs Dexter Bank, Flees in Gold or Tan Station Wagon.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2018
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 170,649 visitors to Big Thicket National Preserve in 2017 spent $10,690,600 in communities near the park. That spending supported 136 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $13,515,500.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2018
News Release: Hulen Mall Arson Incident. The Fort Worth Police Department, in conjunction with the FBI Dallas Office and the Fort Worth Fire Department Arson Unit, are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect in the May 11, 2018 Hulen Mall arson incident. The male suspect in these photos is believed...
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2018
News Release: School is almost out! What do you and your family have planned this summer? The staff at Big Thicket National Preserve would like to invite you to explore your local national preserve by taking advantage the many ranger-led programs being offered this summer.
