News from April 2019
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Pecos, NM: Don’t miss your chance to visit one of northern New Mexico’s most iconic locations-the Forked Lightning Ranch. On Saturday, May 11th, Pecos National Historical Park will open up the Ranch House from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for visitors to explore at their leisure. The Forked Lightning Ranch...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Bernard Rougeau, 48, of Pownal, Vermont was arraigned today in federal court in Burlington. A federal grand jury indicted Rougeau for possessing a firearm having been previously convicted of a felony crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO -Phillip LeBlanc was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for committing three bank robberies, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentenced was handed down by the Hon. Maxine M. Chesney, Senior U.S. District Judge.
By State Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Washington-Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Adam B. Schiff, Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah E. Cummings, Committee on Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters, and Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: OXFORD - A Eupora man has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for his illegal possession and discharge of a weapon on the campus of Eupora High School in March of 2018. Nathaniel Cole Breazeale, 20, was sentenced Monday afternoon by Chief U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock to serve 71 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Patrick R. McQuade, 29, of North Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted of obtaining controlled substances through fraud, was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay $7,793.78 in restitution to the Rite Aid Corporation. As a condition of his probation, McQuade is prohibited from employment as a pharmacist.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) criticizing the Chairman’s issuance of a purely partisan subpoena to Mazars USA LLP. Chairman Cummings issued this subpoena without having a...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jerry Defazio, age 40, of Archbald, Pennsylvania, a former contract employee with the Lackawanna County Prison, was sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment followed by two years’ supervised release by Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo, for providing and attempting to provide prohibited objects, including illegal drugs, to inmates at the Lackawanna County Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kiefah A. Marbra, 19, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge William Conley, for aiding and abetting eight bank robberies and for brandishing a firearm during one of the robberies. Marbra entered a guilty plea to these charges on Jan. 15, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Three South American men were convicted by a federal jury late yesterday of trafficking approximately 1,230 kilograms (2,706 pounds) of cocaine worth more than $28 million on the high seas. The verdict came after a weeklong trial before U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Contact: Press@oc.usda.gov. Washington, D.C., April 17, 2019 - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the government of Tunisia and the United States have finalized U.S. export certificates to allow imports of U.S. beef, poultry...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced TYRA MAKAVA WATSON, 19, of Lumberton to 144 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised released, and BOBBY PRESTON MCNAIR, 26, of Lumberton to 184 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised released.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that members of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Omaha Police Department, and the United States Marshals Service conducted an early morning operation in Omaha, armed with arrest warrants for six individuals on federal and...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Pipestone National Monument will host its second guest speaker, Dr. Charles Umbanhowar, on Friday, May 10th from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at the Visitor Center. The program will last an hour with a half hour set aside for questions from the audience.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Patrick R. McQuade, 29, of North Tonawanda, N.Y., who was convicted of obtaining controlled substances through fraud, was sentenced to two years’ probation and ordered to pay $7,793.78 in restitution to the Rite Aid Corporation. As a condition of his probation, McQuade is prohibited from employment as a pharmacist.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ALEXIS VALDEZ, a/k/a “Lil Rico," was sentenced today to 160 months in prison for firearms and narcotics trafficking. VALDEZ and his co-conspirators sold seven guns, including an AK-47 assault rifle and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Tucson, AZ - Monday afternoon, U.S. Marshals aided in the apprehension of Ian Bessinger, 36, in the 900 block of Orange Grove Road in Tucson. Bessinger was wanted by the Pima County Sheriff’s Office in Tucson, Arizona for a probation violation stemming from charges of Aggravated Assault with a deadly Weapon and Possession of a Weapon by a Prohibited Possessor.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - La’ron Clower, 29, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for his involvement in racketeering and prostitution charges. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Court Judge Ronnie White.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jeffrey J. Steigelman III, age 26, of Chester County, Pennsyvlania, was charged on April 16, 2019, in a criminal information with fleeing from National Park Service Rangers.
