News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Defendant had a prior deportation in 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Philip K. Finley and Nicoma L. Knight, both of Clarksburg, West Virginia, were indicted this week by a federal grand jury sitting in Wheeling on drug distribution and firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office has lifted fire use restrictions for Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, Sonoma and Yolo counties, due to cooler temperatures and measurable rain.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Anthony Monjure, age 23, of Bentonville, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison followed by twenty-five years of supervised release on one count of Accessing the Internet with the Intent to View Child Pornography. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A family practice physician has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of unlawfully dispensing controlled substances and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Prior Food Stamp Fraud Investigator Used Position to Extort Money from Others.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, which continues until Oct. 15, the Natural Resources Committee’s Democratic staff on Tuesday published a look back at Republicans’ attacks on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), one of our country’s strongest environmental justice laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that an Anchorage man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in three separate bank robberies of the same Wells Fargo branch on Debarr Road, occurring on July 7, 2017; April 3, 2018; and April 16, 2018.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Cruces District announced that it is reopening the public call for nominations for one open position on its Resource Advisory Council (RAC).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Brenda Roberts, 54, of Troutdale, Oregon, was sentenced today to six months’ probation and 40 hours of community service for illegally purchasing foreign-sourced Botox and Juvaderm on the internet and administering both to patients in her home.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: A federal jury in U.S. District Court in Helena on Thursday convicted two defendants of robbery and firearms charges in a drug-related home invasion. The four-day trial that began on Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Over the past three days, three separate defendants have pleaded guilty to federal charges relating to the distribution of fentanyl. First, Leslie Patillo, Jr. age 36, of Hagerstown, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charge of possession with intent to distribute 40...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Duane Loyd, 47, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to bank robbery and brandishing a firearm. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of seven years, in prison, a maximum penalty of life, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) co-chaired the last meeting of 2018 for the Oil and Natural Gas Subsector Coordinating Council (ONG SCC) and the Energy Government Coordinating Council (EGCC) at DOE Headquarters in Washington...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Today a federal grand jury indicted Detroit City Council Member Gabriel Leland, 35, of Detroit, with one count of conspiracy to commit bribery and two counts of bribery, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - Donte Holdbrook, 24, of Middletown, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to his role in a local narcotics conspiracy tied to the Sinaloa Drug Cartel in Mexico.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Gulf Breeze, Fla. - Gulf Islands National Seashore will no longer issue park specific Waterfowl Hunting Permits. However, hunting within the national seashore during the state designated waterfowl hunting seasons is still authorized. Hunters must still follow all rules and regulations and may not hunt...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Following a two-week jury trial, on Oct. 1, 2018, Nieves Suarez, 48, of Miami, Florida, was convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and four substantive counts of health care fraud.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Champaign, Ill., man, Stephan Caamano, 23, appeared in federal court in Urbana today for arraignment on charges that he allegedly trafficked quantities of pills containing alprazolam, marked as ‘Xanax,’ and laundered proceeds of the alleged drug trafficking. Caamano, of the 1500 block of Glenshire Drive, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long. Trial in the case is scheduled on Nov. 13, 2019, before U.S. District Judge Sara Darrow.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2018
News Release: Officer of North Carolina Mental Health Service Provider Pleads Guilty for Failure to Pay Employment Taxes.