News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Victims Were Standing in the Window of Their Home When Defendant Opened Fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that Kristiana P. Collins, 44, formerly of Tulsa, pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud and to signing a false tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the sentencing of GARY WAYNE JACKSON, JR., 26, to 30 years in prison for second-degree murder in the beating death of his 23-month-old son. JACKSON, who pleaded guilty on June 20, 2018, was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Ann D. Montgomery in U.S. District Court in Bemidji, Minnesota.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
Release: MAPLEWOOD, N.J. - Residents of Essex County, New Jersey, and the surrounding area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program at Keller Williams Midtown Direct Realty from October 15 - 18, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" application center in a specially equipped recreational vehicle designed for individuals to apply for TSA Pre✓®.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that on Oct. 1, construction will begin to remodel and enhance one level of the Hoover Dam Visitor Center and modernize the facility’s primary tour elevators. To accommodate the construction, temporary alteration of its internal tour and Visitor Center operations is necessary.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EZRA CHOWAIKI was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in an elaborate scheme to defraud art dealers and collectors of millions of dollars. CHOWAIKI fleeced his victims by entering into fraudulent...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Napa, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today a seasonal shift in the operating hours and recreation areas at Lake Berryessa beginning October 1. These changes will affect Oak Shores Day Use Area and the Dufer Point Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Fabian I. Sanchez, 38, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Aureliano Cuero-Cuero (38, Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia), a/k/a “Chavo," to 14 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine on board vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Cuero-Cuero pleaded guilty on May 23, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A registered sex offender serving lifetime federal supervised release, having been convicted in 2012 and sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for possessing and receiving child pornography, pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that CARLOS PAIZ-CARDENAS, age 28, a native of Nicaragua, was charged today in a one-count indictment with illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By State Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks during a full committee markup...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt sentenced Jason Stewart hollingsworth, 41, of Fayetteville, NC to 65 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Luis Miguel Mendez-Rivera, a/k/a El Flaco, age 34, of the Bronx, New York, today to 12 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a kidnapping conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DONQUE TYRELL, a/k/a “Polo Rell," a member of a violent street gang in the Bronx called the “Big Money Bosses" (“BMB"), was sentenced today on racketeering, murder, and other charges. TYRELL was sentenced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Jaye L. Thomas, an inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta (USP Atlanta), has been sentenced to additional prison time for escaping on three separate occasions. Thomas is the last defendant to be sentenced in an operation aimed at combating the rash of inmate escapes from the prison camp in 2016 and 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Glacier National Park has begun preparing for the winter season. Most concessioner operated services including hotel accommodations, horseback rides, guided hikes and boat tours have all ended. Sun Tours and Red Bus Tours will continue through mid-October. Village Inn will close October 1. National Park Service ranger-guided programs will continue into the fall and winter. Check the park’s website for scheduled activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: NGL Crude Logistics LLC Agrees to Pay $25 Million Civil Penalty and to Retire $10 Million in Renewable Fuel Production Credits Under Settlement With United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty today to maintaining a drug-trafficking operation out of a storage unit and possessing with intent to distribute heroin.
