News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Barbara “Basia" Skudrzyk, a/k/a Barbara “Basia" Najarro, of St. Louis, was indicted last Thursday on six counts of mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MANUEL ARTEAGA, also known as “Manny," 42, of New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford 16 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A local man has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for major fraud against the United States. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Weather: A cold front will move into the area mid-afternoon, bringing significant winds out of the southwest. Winds will be sustained at around 15 mph, gusting up to 35 mph in the valleys and 40 mph on the ridges and in the Waterton Valley. There is a 30% chance of light rain in the Boundary Fire area...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 months and one day’s imprisonment, followed by three years’ supervised release, on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority (SMAA), and Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) dedicated the new Air Traffic Control Tower at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport today. The 128 foot-tall tower is a significant investment in our nation’s airport infrastructure and enhances air traffic controllers’ ability to provide the safest, most efficient service to flights at the busy Florida airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza today sentenced John M. Gayden, Jr. (64,West Melbourne) to 19 years and 7 months in federal prison for dispensing oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical reason. A federal jury found Gayden guilty on June 22, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jose Santiago Cruz-Delcid, of El Salvador, was sentenced today to 10 months incarceration for cocaine distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: On Saturday September 29th join Park Rangers and the University of Arkansas at Hope-Texarkana and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Hempstead Hall on the campus of the University of Arkansas in Hope, AR located at 2500 S. Main Street for a fun educational evening. The celebration will start at 5:30 pm in the Hempstead Hall Rotunda and will include traditional Hispanic refreshments.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Megan Renee Bohrer, of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for a stolen firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A citizen of India pleaded guilty today to operating a fraud scheme in which he used Facebook and WhatsApp to scam people seeking to purchase United States visas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Anthony Dale Helton, of High View, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for a sex offender registration violation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Benjamin G. Greenberg, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Robert Lasky, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office and Michael J. De Palma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) announced that on Aug. 31, 2018, Salvatore Colonna, 69, of Fort Lauderdale, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District is seeking volunteers for its upcoming National Public Land Day events on Sept. 19, 22 and Oct. 13. In recognition of this annual observance, the BLM will be accomplishing some on-the-ground projects to enhance the flora and fauna of public land in southern New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Defendant charged as part of larger investigation into methamphetamine trafficking along the Western Slope.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Orlando, FL - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Thomas Dean Peron (30, Sanford) to 17 years and 5 months in federal prison. Peron pleaded guilty on June 25, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. sentenced a repeat offender to 27 years in prison for production of child pornography, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Estefano Gerardo Lopez, 26, of Charlotte, was also ordered to spend the rest of his life under court supervision and to register as a sex offender after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Defendant received benefits designated for a child no longer in her custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Valerie A. Nickerson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito today announced a Union County, New Jersey man was sentenced to 121 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute 140 kilograms of narcotics, and for assaulting two law enforcement officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont and the Swanton Sector Office of the United States Border Patrol announce that Salmen Hernandez-Ayala, 48, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington for transporting three illegal aliens within the United States. United States District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Hernandez-Ayala to time served. Hernandez-Ayala has been in custody since his arrest on May 17, 2018.
