News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Yesterday, former United States Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Special Investigative Agent (SIA) Alfonso Jose Mendez Jr., 54, of Tucson, Ariz., pleaded guilty to perjury. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Feb. 20, 2019 before U.S. District Judge James A. Soto.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: MOAB, UT-The Southeast Utah Group of national parks (Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments) is joining national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees on five days in 2019 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in their national parks this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two Maryland residents were sentenced to a combined 13 years in prison today for their respective roles in a firearms straw purchasing and trafficking scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS- The Las Vegas Field Office announces the temporary closure of certain public lands under its administration from December 8 through December 9, 2018. This action is being taken to minimize the risk of potential collisions with spectators and racers running the 2018 Rage at the River.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Kimberly Walker, 37, of Jackson, pled guilty Thursday before U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee to theft of U.S. mail by a postal employee, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Chris Cave, U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, Southern Area Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury today convicted Trevon Beasley, a/k/a Tre, age 24, of Baltimore, of federal racketeering charges related to his gang crimes, including murders committed by Beasley, related to his membership in the Old York Money Gang (OYMG); a federal drug distribution conspiracy; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: The Defendant Sold Heroin that Resulted in an Overdose Death.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Brian Quinonez-Soto (36, California) to 19 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. The court also ordered Quinonez-Soto to forfeit $33,214, an amount traceable to proceeds of the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Mario Silas, 38, has been sentenced to 180 months imprisonment for being a convicted felon illegally in possession of firearms and drugs. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jessica Henton, 30, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to Hobbs Act Robbery, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $125,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Mario Silas, 38, has been sentenced to 180 months imprisonment for being a convicted felon illegally in possession of firearms and drugs. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: In cooperation with California State Parks (CDPR), the National Park Service (NPS) has finalized a decision for improving sections of the Redwood Creek Trail on both Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) and Mount Tamalpais State Park lands and extending the Dias Ridge trail on GGNRA land to connect with the Redwood Creek Trail.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), raised serious concerns after the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General (EPA OIG) released its semi-annual report to Congress ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: An Akron man was indicted for robbing a Mantua bank this summer.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement after the House Republican Conference approved the selection of U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) to serve as Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the 116th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Robert Lee Ward (50, Fort Myers) with conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and tampering with an informant by killing him. The indictment also charges Dalton Kelvin McGriff...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: FBI Salt Lake City Division Announces Retirement of Special Agent in Charge Eric K. Barnhart.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement on the signing today of an updated NAFTA agreement with Canada and Mexico...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A previously convicted felon who injured a Virginia State Trooper during a traffic stop was sentenced today to over 13 years in prison for drug crimes and a related federal supervised release violation.
