News from October 2018

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: An Akron man was indicted for having firearms and dealing fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: An enrolled member of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 5 years in prison for Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. MATTHEW TYLER CHARLES, 31, of Port Angeles, pleaded guilty in March 2018, following one...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man who served as a trustee of a pension fund was charged with embezzling more than $180,000 from an employee benefit fund, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Darrell Newton, a/k/a “Coast," a/k/a “D-Coast," 39, of Rochester, New York, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to distribute in excess of a kilogram of heroin, more than 280 grams of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack," and fentanyl.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Brian Scott Miller, the President of Executive Air Terminal, Inc., was sentenced yesterday to sixty days of incarceration and was fined $5000, and Executive Air Terminal, Inc. was fined $20,000 and placed on corporate probation for three years, announced United States Attorney Mike...

By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: GLEN JEAN, WV- New River Gorge National River invites members of the public who have an interest in climbing at New River Gorge National River and Gauley River National Recreation Area to the autumn climbing public meeting. The event will be held on Oct. 27, 2018, from 5:30-7:30pm at the Canyon Rim Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Former Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper Jason J. Delcol was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 24 months in prison for his role in a drug-trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Timothy G. Simms, 31, of Stow, was indicted for counterfeiting.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: One year ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made the centerpiece of the Department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Gale Doiron, 61, of Nashua, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today highlighted the significance of law enforcement as part of a successful, comprehensive solution to the opioid epidemic, stressing efforts aimed at those supplying communities with deadly, addictive drugs. Acting Administrator Dhillon delivered remarks to hundreds of medical practitioners, drug treatment professionals, attorneys and law enforcement officials at the annual Utah Solutions Summit in Salt Lake City.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Orlando, FL -U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Sly Shaneil De Los Santos (23, Sanford) to 13 years and 1 month in federal prison for robbery. De Los Santos had pleaded guilty on July 26, 2018. His codefendants, Windesthon Junior Pierre (22, Winter Garden) and Stephon Tevonta Johnson (22, Kissimmee), were previously sentenced to 12 years and 3 months’ imprisonment and 11 years and 9 months’ imprisonment, respectively, for the same offense.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Orlando, FL -U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Sly Shaneil De Los Santos (23, Sanford) to 13 years and 1 month in federal prison for robbery. De Los Santos had pleaded guilty on July 26, 2018. His codefendants, Windesthon Junior Pierre (22, Winter Garden) and Stephon Tevonta Johnson (22, Kissimmee), were previously sentenced to 12 years and 3 months’ imprisonment and 11 years and 9 months’ imprisonment, respectively, for the same offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - James Timothy Cobb, of Fairmont, West Virginia, has admitted to a child pornography charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - The two evaporative toilets at Scout Lookout are being replaced with a new four stall facility. In preparation, park staff will be emptying and removing the existing toilets October 23 through Oct. 25, 2018. The operation requires the use of a helicopter, so safety precautions in...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The United States Attorney’s Office, the FBI, and a coalition of law enforcement agencies and community organizations will host the 10th Annual Cybercrime Prevention Symposium on Monday, October 15 at the California Endowment in Los Angeles. The day-long seminar for more than 450 educators, parents, and middle and high school students is marking 10 years of providing cutting-edge information on cybersafety and digital reputation.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: DOVER, Del. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), highlighted significant Delaware wins in the bill America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA) - a major bipartisan, bicameral water infrastructure bill that Senator Carper co-authored ...

By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Alaska announced that it is reopening the public call for nominations for 10 open positions on its citizen-based advisory council.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Henry Smith, age 67, of Hot Springs, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Bank Robbery. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Hot Springs.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2018
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ- Join Tonto National Monument to celebreate International Archaeology Day on Oct. 20, 2018.