News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MIQUEL LEWIS, 21, of Hamden, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial has recently received two new and unique items that greatly enrich the park story. The first is a wooden desk believed to have been made by Thomas Lincoln. The desk was the property of the Jasper Desk Company for many years and was acquired by Jasper resident John Fierst...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: FBI Offers Reward in Gas Station Armed Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Milton Sumrell, 43, of Tallahassee, was arraigned today in the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with production of child pornography, enticement of a minor to perform illegal sex acts, and possession of child pornography. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man charged by a federal criminal complaint for starting a fire causing approximately $10 million in damage to The Drew Las Vegas, made his initial court appearance today, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that seven individuals have been indicted on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges. The defendants named in the indictment are.
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of her efforts to crack down on systemic problems in the federally-subsidized Lifeline program, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill has revealed that between 2014 and October 2017, 47,942 deceased individuals were enrolled in the program. McCaskill received the information from the Inspector...
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN: Voyageurs National Park biologists conducted aerial surveys to determine the number and location of bald eagle nesting pairs present in the park. A second occupancy survey will be conducted in early June to check on the status of occupied breeding territories and search for late incubating pairs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiring to possess and distribute opiate painkillers, oxycodone and oxymorphone, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Gratiot, Wisc., woman was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for stealing more than $2 million from her former employer and related companies.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: No Charges to Be Filed Against Metropolitan Police Department Officers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that OSCAR LOPEZ-GUERRERO, age 30, a native of Mexico, was charged today in a one-count Indictment with illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A member of the Vine/Forest Street gang was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for selling crack cocaine in and around Roxbury’s Orchard Gardens Housing Development.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GARRETT GOMEZ, 27, of Barkhamsted, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 12 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl involved in an overdose death in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment yesterday charging JOHN FAUCHER, 40, with possession of contraband in a federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Lathrop, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for a $1.7 million fraud scheme related to the sale of his business.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Van Buren, MO - The historic Welch Lodge, located north of Akers Ferry on the upper Current River, was destroyed in a wildfire that ignited on April 12, during warm, windy, and dry weather conditions. Despite valiant efforts by several local fire departments and wildland firefighters from Ozark National...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the guilty plea of MICHAEL PATRICK COUPE, 27, for his role in a firearms purchasing conspiracy. COUPE, who was charged on March 22, 2018, along with his co-defendant, JAMIE FLEMING, entered his guilty plea earlier today before Judge Donovan Frank in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Nathan VanBuren, a former Cumming police officer, was sentenced to federal prison for accepting bribes and unlawfully accessing a confidential law enforcement database.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Defendant Distributed Drugs in Seattle Parks and Hid Heroin in Publicly Accessible Places.
