News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Obion County man has been indicted on charges of production, attempted production and possession of child pornography. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the indictment today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - On April 16, 2019, DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced a multiagency, multi-jurisdictional law enforcement effort that focused on drug trafficking in the area of Brattleboro, Vt. During...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A California man was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison Monday for smuggling more than 23 pounds of methamphetamine to Kansas, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Used “USB Killer Device" to Destroy Computer Equipment and Caused More than $58,000 in Damage.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On April 15, 2019, Kelsey Dale Benally, 27, of Kayenta, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 63 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Benally had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon. Benally was also sentenced to five months in prison for violating a term of supervised release imposed for a prior criminal conviction in 2017. These sentences were ordered to run consecutively.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MOHAMMADREZA KAMALI, also known as “Reza," 18, of Willimantic, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of dealing in firearms without a license.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: This month, the last of 14 defendants were sentenced for their respective roles in a violent criminal enterprise that operated in the Miami neighborhood of Allapattah for crimes committed as early as the year 2000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Philadelphia, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: On Sunday, April 28, 2019, Homestead National Monument of America artist-in-residence Cara Calvert-Thomas will hold an interactive painting workshop at 2 p.m. in the Homestead National Monument of America Education Center. The workshop is offered free of charge and is open to all ages. During this interactive...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Southampton man pleaded guilty in federal court in Springfield today to distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Michael A. Morrison, 42, of Rockland, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy Torresen to four months in prison and three years of supervised release, including four months of home confinement, for health...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: A Correctional Officer Also Faces Federal Civil Rights Charges for Alleged Sexual Assaults on Three Inmates and A Federal Charge for Making False Statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man, Brian Wright, who was convicted for his role in planning and participating in the armed robbery of two jewelry stores while he was on federal supervised release for a conviction related to unlawful possession of a firearm, was sentenced Monday to 328 months in federal...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The National Park Service (NPS) will host four dancers, six visual artists, and two writers for Artist-in-Residence opportunities at Acadia National Park in 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Santiago Silva-Ortiz (28, Colombia) to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine on a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On April 15, 2019, Shane Tyreke Mann, 21, of Tonalea, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 33 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Mann had previously pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: FBI Recovered Crack, Cocaine, PCP, Fentanyl, and Firearms During.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Employees from Oak Ridge’s EM program and its lead contractor, UCOR, took the stage at the annual U.S. Women in Nuclear (WIN) regional conference last week to discuss the East Tennessee Technology Park’s (ETTP) past, present, and future.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that New Orleans and the surrounding parishes of Jefferson and St. Bernard will be the 16th pilot city to be part of a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention “360 Strategy," designed to help cities dealing with the heroin and prescription...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A California attorney and ex-Rialto police officer pleaded guilty today to one felony count of illegally possessing multiple unregistered weapons, including a short-barreled rifle, two silencers, and a hand grenade.
