News from April 2019
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: Rangers and emergency personnel responded to a climbing accident in the park on Wednesday. A Minnesota man in his 40s fell approximately 40 feet while climbing in the Quail Springs area of the park. A third party notified 911 who in turn contacted park protection rangers. The individual was evacuated by Riverside County Sheriff’s helicopter and taken to Desert Regional Hospital. The full extent of the man’s injuries is not known at this time.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Michael A. Terrell Jr., 33, Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced on April 2 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 6 ½ years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute heroin. Terrell pleaded guilty to this charge on Jan. 15, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: BANGOR, Maine - United States Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Frankie Dejesus, 29, of Rochester, N.Y., was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 130 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon authored today an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal highlighting the public safety threat posed by contraband cellphones in prisons entitled, “Let States Jam Prison Cellphones." U.S. Attorney Lydon also announced a series of cases the U.S. Attorney’s Office has prosecuted in federal court to help stop the flow of contraband cellphones into state prisons and punish those who use them to harm the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Shara Tyesha Cumins, age 29, of Opelika, Alabama, entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Marijuana, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(D) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2, punishable by not more than 5 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: Seven co-defendants previously sentenced, patients paid millions in cash for prescriptions.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that RICARDO MACHADA-BACA age 25, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegally re-entering the United States in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- On Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at approximately 11:30 am, Grand Canyon National Park rangers responded to a call reporting that someone had fallen over the canyon rim east of Yavapai Geology Museum. Responding rangers located the body of a 67 year old male approximately 400 ft below the rim. The park's helicopter and technical rescue team were able to recover the body.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: New Mexico Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Role in Multi-State Dog Fighting Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that VALERIE SCHONES, age 54, of Tucson, Arizona, a former employee of an undisclosed entity, XYZ Financial, LLC, also located in Tucson, Arizona, has pleaded guilty yesterday to a Bill of Information charging her with Making False Statements to a Financial Institution.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- Each year in the spring (March - June) Grand Canyon National Park experiences an increase in turbidity in the drinking water. This increased turbidity is caused by snow melt and spring rains recharging the aquifer and the increased water flows through the rock formations to the point of supply for the Grand Canyon National Park Public Water Supply System.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Ambrose Wan, a/k/a “Ambrose Won," a/k/a “Bruno," 34, of New York, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 135 months in prison and eight years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Oscar Rene Marrot-Garcia (Marrot), 26, of Chowchilla, and Mexican nationals Jose Monge Ponce (Ponce), 26, and Francisco Alcantar-Miranda (Alcantar), 30, charging them with conspiring to manufacture, to distribute and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: An Amarillo man who shot at his wife during a youth football practice session was sentenced yesterday to 2 years and 9 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: It was forty-five years ago. I still think about it. I think about how helpless I was when the three thugs on a city bus robbed me of my valuables at knifepoint as I was coming home from school. My experience pales in comparison to what so many crime victims deal with on a day-to-day basis. But, my experience...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: Distributed Heroin Near a Playground. A man who distributed heroin and fentanyl was sentenced April 3, 2019, to more than two years in federal prison. Julius Sullivan, age 26, from Chicago, Illinois, received the prison term after an Oct. 25, 2018, guilty plea to distribution of heroin within a protected...
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement regarding the passage of a Senate resolution in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and in recognition of the great accomplishments the organization has made over the past 70 years:
By USDA Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: Washington - On March 19, 2019, J2 Marketing LLC, doing business as J2 Cattle, Chandler, Ariz., waived its right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and paid a penalty of $4,800 for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joel Aguilar Villanueva, 42, of Las Cruces, N.M., made his initial appearances in federal court in Las Cruces this morning on a criminal complaint charging him with transporting child pornography in interstate or foreign commerce and possession of child pornography. According to the criminal...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND - Eric P. Krieg, age 47, of Munster, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen upon his guilty plea to knowingly making an unregistered destructive device, mailing a destructive device, malicious use of explosive materials, and mailing a threatening communication, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
