News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fruitdale, South Dakota, woman convicted of Bank Robbery was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By US DOT Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an Emergency Order of Suspension against Island Airlines, LLC, of the U.S. Virgin Islands, for not allowing the agency to inspect the company’s aircraft and records.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: FBI Releases the IC3 2017 Internet Crime Report and Calls for Increased Public Awareness.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY- To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the National Trails System Act, the Bureau of Land Management Salt Lake Field Office is offering an auto tour of the Pony Express National Historic Trail on National Trails Day, Saturday, June 2, 2018, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. BLM staff and Utah historians will guide participants across a landscape largely untouched since the trail’s creation in 1860.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Gerald Arnette, Jr., of Dillion, was sentenced in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, for bank fraud, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344. United States District Judge R. Bryan Harwell, of Florence, sentenced the defendant to one year and a day in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Gerald Arnette, Jr., of Dillion, was sentenced in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, for bank fraud, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344. United States District Judge R. Bryan Harwell, of Florence, sentenced the defendant to one year and a day in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Newark, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in (SAC) of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, announced that New Jersey residents turned in 14,819 pounds or 7.4 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted prescriptions during DEA’s 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Michael Vincent Alvarez, 32, of Fresno, Calif., was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for striking Air-1, a Fresno Police Department helicopter, with a powerful green laser beam, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Taleb Jawher, 40, of St. Louis, MO, pled guilty to being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2018
News Release: Devils Tower, WY. An updated climbing closure is in effect after peregrine falcons were observed in nesting behavior on the northeast face of the Tower. Falcon activity observed by a climber has led to an updated closure of 45 climbing routes between and including, Psychic Turbulence and Belle Fourche...
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park reopened Sunday at 3 p.m. following a sequence of large, violent earthquakes that prompted a two-day closure and evacuation of park visitors and staff last Friday.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2018
News Release: Honolulu - Boat transport to the USS Arizona Memorial will be temporarily discontinued on Monday, May 7, 2018, due to a recently detected crack in the supporting structure for the visitor loading ramp. Facility specialists have already begun evaluations of the problem and the National Park Service will continue this structural safety assessment tomorrow.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2018
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced that Harvey Peake, 61, of Canada, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 87 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2018
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced today that four defendants pleaded guilty in connection with a large drug trafficking organization operating out of Lockport, NY...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2018
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced that Francis Tessina, 45, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl, was sentenced to 48 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2018
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced that Jesus Rojas, 32, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine and crack cocaine before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: On May 4, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Press Secretary Tyler Q. Houlton released the following statement on U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Southwest Border Migration numbers for April: "The recently released April 2018 Southwest Border Migration numbers underscore the continuing ...
By Homeland Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: The Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen has determined that termination of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Honduras is required pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act. To allow for an orderly transition, she has determined to delay the effective date of the termination for 18 months. The designation will terminate on January 5, 2020.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 4, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded President Donald J. Trump’s selection of Dr. Mindy Brashears to be the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Under Secretary for Food Safety. After the announcement, Secretary Perdue issued the following statement: ...
