News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to a 5 life sentences plus an additional 50 years in prison for his involvement in a violent crime spree, including four murders, multiple attempted murders, robbery, attempted robbery, and firearms offenses stemming from his involvement in the Nine Trey Gangsters, a street gang affiliated with the United Blood Nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A federal grand jury has just returned an indictment charging a 41-year-old Mexican citizen with conspiracy to import methamphetamine and importation of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. -The last of four defendants from a Southern West Virginia family involved in an arson and insurance fraud scheme was sentenced in United States District Court announced United States Attorney Michael Stuart. James “Punkin" Lester, 47, was sentenced to 17 years in prison following his...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - I’m pleased that collaborative efforts among the seven Colorado River Basin states, local water agencies, Tribes, non-governmental organizations, Mexico and the Department of the Interior to reduce risk on the Colorado River are succeeding. I applaud Congress for taking prompt action...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: HELENA-A federal judge today sentenced a man and two women convicted of robbery and firearms charges stemming from a drug-related home invasion, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that a federal grand jury’s indictment was unsealed yesterday that charged Jennifer Griffin, Kenneth Stone, and Gregory Miller with conspiring to use an Armscor of the Philippines, model M1911-A1F.45 caliber semi-automatic ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: The former Field Operations Manager for the City of Detroit Building Authority overseeing the demolition program in Detroit and a former executive at a Detroit demolition firm pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit bribery and conspiracy to commit honest services fraud in connection with the Detroit...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: MILLS, Wyoming -- The Bureau of Reclamation has cancelled the North Platte River Water Information Meeting which was scheduled for April 11 in Torrington, Wyoming, due to weather concerns.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: DURANGO, Colo. - Winter closures for public areas and trails managed by the Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the City of Durango to protect critical big game winter range will be extended through April 30. The annual winter closures began last December and are typically lifted by April 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 40-year-old Donna man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Juan Fernando Mata pleaded guilty Jan. 9, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -A former resident of McKees Rocks, PA, has pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - Four members of a drug distribution organization that trafficked methamphetamine, heroin, oxycodone, cocaine, and other drugs from Georgia into Southwest Virginia were sentenced recently in federal court on drug conspiracy charges, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who conspired with others to sell heroin in 2017 and 2018 was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Bryan Michael Adams, 28, previously pled guilty to aiding and abetting the distribution of heroin in federal court in Huntington. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the FBI Drug Task Force and the Cabell County Sheriff’s Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Spokane -- Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, joined the Department of Justice in announcing observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 7-13, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - John Baxter, 36, of Hayward, California, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to serve 360 months in federal prison, followed by 7 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Baxter was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Berlin, MD - The National Park Service has completed its March 2019 population census of the wild horses on Assateague Island. The total population of the Maryland herd is currently at 76 horses, including 21 stallions and 55 mares. There were no births or deaths documented during the census.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- A Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) was signed by Kate Hammond,.
By State Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following statement at a full committee hearing at which United States Agency for International Development Administrator Mark Green testified on the Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year 2020 foreign assistance budget request and policy priorities...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 27-year-old Plano man has been found guilty of child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 9, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS - EM officials met with representatives of tribal owned businesses during the recent Reservation Economic Summit (RES) 2019 to discuss how they can help the cleanup program accelerate the completion of work and move sites closer to their intended end-use faster.
