News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney, Joe Kelly, announced the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Joseph Lloyd James, age 47 of Norfolk, Nebraska, with arson in connection with the burning of a car found on the Santee Sioux Indian reservation. James’ arrest occurred on Nov. 19, 2018, and was made during...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: FBI Oklahoma City Investigating Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Cherry Creek, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: A Guatemalan man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported was sentenced Nov. 20, 2018, to four months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - A federal jury in Honolulu, Hawaii, convicted Wagdy Guirguis and Michael Higa of conspiracy to defraud the United States yesterday, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: JACKSON, WYOMING - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Wildlife Health Laboratory has confirmed that an adult buck mule deer from Grand Teton National Park has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The deer had been struck by a vehicle and tissue samples were collected by National Park Service personnel and submitted for testing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: Shootout was between two different Crips gangs.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Everyone is invited to participate in free guided hikes and programs in the Kahuku Unit of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park in December. Visitors can also explore Kahuku on their own, Wednesdays through Sundays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that HECTOR ALFONSO, 37, of Manchester, pleaded guilty yesterday in New Haven federal court to drug and firearm offenses related to a shooting that occurred in Hartford’s South End in December 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Daniel Edward Johnson, 47, Former Fifth Circuit Solicitor and resident of Blythewood, South Carolina, was charged in a 36-count Superseding Indictment by a federal Grand Jury in Columbia for Wire Fraud, Mail Fraud, Theft of Federal Funds, False Statements, Conversion of Federal Funds, and Obstruction of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice along with U.S. Attorney Trent Shores, Chairman of the Attorney General’s Advisory Subcommittee on Native American Issues, released today the annual report to Congress, Indian Country Investigations and Prosecutions, which provides a range of enforcement statistics required under the Tribal Law and Order Act, as well as information about the progress of the Department’s initiatives to reduce violent crime and strengthen tribal justice systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that GRAY WESLEY BARROW, age 58, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty for his role in a scheme to receive approximately $336,000 in illegal health care kickback payments. As a result of his conviction, BARROW faces a significant term of imprisonment, restitution and fines, and a period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -A New York state resident has been sentenced in federal court to six years and five months in prison on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sacramento, California, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Interstate Communications of Threats to Injure.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS-U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme announced today that Billings resident Robert John Bigback was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison and five years of supervised release for distributing methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: Wilderness Road Campground to Remain Open This Winter.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 30 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years’ supervised release, on his conviction of distribution and possession with intent to distribute a quantity of heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: A Cedar Rapids man who conspired to make meth was convicted by a jury on Nov. 20, 2018, after a two-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Elena C. Lupuleasa, 33, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Lupuleasa pleaded guilty pursuant to a written plea agreement filed with the Court.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) will allocate an additional $34.5 million in Fiscal Year 2019 to critical maintenance and safety projects at ports along the Oregon coast.
