News from October 2018
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OREGON - The fire danger level within Crater Lake National Park has dropped from high to moderate due to recent moisture and predicted cooler temperatures. Klamath-Lake District Oregon Department of Forestry is also declaring an end to fire season in this area. Effective Oct. 12, 2018 at 12:01 am, Crater Lake National Park will lift the fire restrictions implemented on July 13, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Sylacauga man to 10 years in prison on drug and gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an eleven-count indictment today against Eddy Steven Sandoval Lopez, 22, and Deshari Saivohn Frederick, 21, both of Sacramento, charging them with distributing controlled substances, conspiracy, and use of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following the announcement that Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits would increase by 2.8 percent in 2019...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: San Diego, California - Defendant Alejandro Barba pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, which carries a 10 year minimum mandatory sentence, before Magistrate Judge Nita Stormes of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: John Joseph O’Grady, 61, of Boynton Beach, was sentenced today to 4 months in prison and one year of supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg, after previously pleading guilty to falsely impersonating a Deputy U.S. Marshal.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - Thurston Lewis Goodjohn, 34, of Springfield, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 52 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: 15 individuals charged with over $1 million in losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) today announced the deployment of ballistic imaging equipment used by ATF’s National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) to 22 state and local law enforcement agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gabriel Stephens, 37, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to bank robbery and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Scott Freeman, 42, of Silver City, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm. The firearms at issue allegedly were stolen during a home burglary in Grant County, N.M., in Aug. 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: SUNG HONG, 47, and HYUN JOO HONG, 42, of Clyde Hill, Washington were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to lengthy prison terms for defrauding more than 55 clients out of $12.7 million, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. SUNG HONG, aka LAURENCE HONG or LAWRENCE HONG, was sentenced...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: NEWCASTLE, Wyo. - Due to subsiding fire danger, the Bureau of Land Management is removing the Stage 1 fire restrictions for Weston County effective immediately. This decision was reached in coordination with our county partners. Partnerships and inclusion are vital to managing sustainable, working public lands managed by the BLM.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Tiffany Cook, a former Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) officer, pleaded guilty to being paid by a prison inmate to smuggle methamphetamine and marijuana into Hays State Prison located in Trion, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Devon Davis, 28, of St. Thomas, was sentenced today for his role in the armed robbery of the Gems and Gold Corner jewelry store, located on the St. Thomas waterfront, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Coordinated Arrests Made in 6 Cases Aimed at Cutting Off the Supply of Diverted Opioids.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A federal grand jury has indicted an Atlantic City police officer for multiple offenses arising from an assault outside the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in June 2013, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A suspended Massachusetts State Police Trooper pleaded guilty today in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Appear.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office, federal and local law enforcement partners, and members of the USVI’s Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force will participate in a community involvement meeting at the Bovoni Community Center on St. Thomas at 5:30 p.m., Friday...
