News from November 2018
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area invites you to come and enjoy the great outdoors. With reduced staffing and resources during the winter season, the facilities open and available for your use are limited.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Zaid Bader Jacob, 49, of West Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to seven years and one month in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release for receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: SAN JOSE - Anthony Lek was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy and for using or possessing firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Concord - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Jepherson Emanuel Cabrera, 18, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 150 months in prison and Juan Rafael Tejada-Jiminez, 28, of Lawrence, Massachusetts pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Nov. 27, 2018, a jury found David E. Polnitz, Jr., (age: 39) of Milwaukee, guilty of illegally possessing a firearm and forcibly assaulting, impeding, intimidating or interfering with a United States Postal Service (USPS) Letter Carrier.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Singenden Wanderer German Men’s Choir to Perform at Homestead National Monument of America’s Winter Festival of Prairie Cultures.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS-A man who admitted to illegally possessing a firearm was sentenced to federal prison on Thursday, U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Pell City woman on multiple counts of wire fraud and bank fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former official with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) and a Koreatown business consultant each pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges today in connection with a long-running scheme where the consultant paid tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to the ABC official in order to gain an unfair financial advantage for his consultancy company.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTIAN MEISSENN, also known as “Christian Nigohossian," 46, of Suffield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to three months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a securities fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Loucious Collins, 37, of Jackson, was sentenced Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III, to 15 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for being an armed career criminal in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Mississippi. Collins was also required to forfeit the firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Snaysha Russell, age 27, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 36 months’ probation for Misprision Of A Felony, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 4. The charges arose from an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF").
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Throughout the month of December, join friends and family on the Ellipse in President’s Park to enjoy musical entertainment and visit the 56 state and territory trees along the Pathway of Peace. All holiday activities are free and open to the public.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: After a summer of dry, hot weather; fires; and smoke-filled skies, we would like to help make new memories at Mesa Verde National Park with our neighbors, our friends, and our local communities. Please join Mesa Verde staff in celebrating our annual Holiday Open House and Luminaria event on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018 from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm. Attendance to the Holiday Open House is free.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: The Detroit One collaboration of local, state, and federal law enforcement has led to the convictions of two members of a Detroit street gang known as “Bandgang" for attempted murder in aid of racketeering, assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in St. Louis indicted four St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) Police Officers for their conduct in connection with the arrest and assault of a fellow SLMPD police officer who was working undercover in downtown St. Louis during last year’s protests following the acquittal of a former SLMPD officer of a first-degree murder charge brought by the State of Missouri relating to the shooting death of a civilian.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Faheem Olugbodi, also known as Faheem Abdul Nichols and James Moore, 48, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was sentenced to 3 and ½ years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. Olugbodi pled guilty to conversion of government property for preparing fraudulent...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Leitscha Poncedeleon, 29, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 168 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and M. L. Goodro, Superintendent of Biscayne National Park announced that Alfredo Sardinas-Garcia, 43, of Miami, pled guilty yesterday to violating the Lacey Act by illegally harvesting spiny lobster in violation of the laws and regulations applicable to the waters of Biscayne National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that officials of Explo Systems, Inc., were sentenced for their roles in a criminal conspiracy. “The defendants sentenced today used Camp Minden here in Northwest Louisiana as the largest illegal dumping ground of military explosives...
