News from September 2018
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: Montgomery, Alabama - On Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, Dr. Richard Stehl, 54, of Montgomery, Alabama, appeared in court after being indicted on drug distribution charges, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Judge ordered additional twelve months for contempt.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone hosted 813,970 visits in August 2018. This is approximately an 11 percent decrease from August 2017, which was the busiest August on record with 916,166 visits.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Tashawn Gay, 27, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to time served (36 months) by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sarah Jaielyn Carter, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 37 months incarceration for her role in a drug distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Bryan McGraw, 49, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 24 months’ imprisonment for sending hundreds of harassing text messages over a four-year period.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Due to Hurricane Florence’s projected path toward the North Carolina coast, and due to Dare County’s mandatory evacuation order for visitors and residents, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial will suspend visitor services and temporarily close all visitor facilities at 12:00 pm today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: TULSA, Okla.- United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Richard C. Cole, 35, formerly of Afton, charging him with possession of an unregistered destructive device discovered at a residence in Afton, Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has ordered Stanley Hagan, Jr. (34, Jacksonville) to pay $13,619.52 in restitution to the custodian of a child who was molested in 2015 by Darren Dozier, a convicted sex offender from Philadelphia. According to court records, in late...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Benjamin G. Greenberg, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Gabriel Grchan, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), St. Paul Field Office, Michael J. De Palma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, IRS-CI, Miami Field Office, and Dexter M.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Adam Alan Henry, 39, of Turlock, today to 20 years in prison to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, for child exploitation offenses, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Vassily Anthony “Tony" Thompson, age 64, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced today after being found guilty after a February trial of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud. Chief United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE - United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Terrence P. Donnelly will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s Election Day Program for the upcoming Sept. 12, 2018, Rhode Island primary. AUSA...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Twentynine Palms man today received a statutory maximum sentence of 60 months in federal prison for illegally starting a fire in the Oasis of Mara in Joshua Tree National Park, which damaged historic trees and other resources earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U. S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Sameer Paul Gadola, 23, of East Lansing, Michigan was sentenced to 120 months in prison for possession of child pornography. U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff also imposed special assessments of $15,300 and a period of supervised release of five years following his imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Kenneth McLay, 46, of Old Town, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to distribution and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Brett Ferrell, 33, of New York, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Rutland for traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. Chief United States...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 10, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Last week, the Senate agreed to vote on the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 (OCRA)-a bipartisan package of over 70 proposals recommended to the full Senate by five committees: Health, Finance, Judiciary, Commerce and Banking-this week.
