News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Jonathan Thompson, age 25, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 16 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for carjacking and for brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. The sentence was imposed on April 25, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Harry E. Rivers, a/k/a “Hakeem" and “Pots," age 29, of Delaware, today to 12 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a child.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - In support of the Administration’s goals to promote American energy security, expand the labor market and enhance local economies, the Bureau of Land Management Casper Field Office released a supplement to the draft environmental impact statement for the Converse County Oil and Gas Project today. The publication of a notice in today’s Federal Register begins a 90- day public comment period on the supplemental draft, which will close on July 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was charged yesterday in federal court in Worcester with threatening to murder a federal law enforcement officer.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: Park managers at Fort Scott National Historic Site, in coordination with Fire Managers with the US Fish and Wildlife Service from Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge, plan to burn the five acre restored prairie just after 4 pm. Sunday, April 28, 2019. The ignition will depend upon weather conditions and the burn may be postponed or canceled if conditions are unfavorable.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: Russian National Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Act As an Agent of the Russian Federation within the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office is proud to partner with the Drug Enforcement Administration, local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, and coalitions to collect expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Michael John Collier, 32, of Anchorage, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to serve seven years in prison, followed by a lifetime period of supervised release. In February 2019, Collier pleaded guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of a child - distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury today indicted five members of a robbery crew who allegedly committed sophisticated heists by following wholesale jewelers and bank customers - sometimes for days - and then robbing them, netting the thieves more than $1 million worth of jewelry and tens of thousands of dollars in cash over the past 18 months.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: Obed WSR invites photographers to submit entries for the park's eighth annual photo contest. Obed is looking for striking digital images highlighting the spectacular views, historic sites, recreational opportunities, and diversity of life in the park. Images may show wildlife, plant life, natural landscapes...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Orabona (619) 546-7951.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: The 2019 Mesa Verde National Park Artist in Residence Program (AIR) kicks off with composer and performer Adam Goodwin. Adam, a double bassist, composer, and visual artist, will offer two free public programs entitled: Composing with Nature, where he will perform on the double bass, interpreting the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - Timothy Tijwan Doctor (42, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Due to his extensive criminal history, Doctor qualifies as an Armed Career Criminal and faces an enhanced minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was charged yesterday in federal court in Worcester with threatening to murder a federal law enforcement officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: Store warned four times about selling uninspected meat food products.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Eric R. Weiler, 46, of LaPorte, Indiana, tendered his plea of guilty to production of child pornography, possession of child pornography, and making a destructive device before US Magistrate Judge Michael G. Gotsch, Sr., announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An alleged member of the transnational criminal gang La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, was indicted on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, on racketeering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Orabona (619) 546-7951.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: On April 18, 2019, Jeremy L. Cruz, 39, of Elyria, was taken into custody by Cleveland Division FBI agents, and Sheffield and Avon Lake Police Department officers at a residence in Sheffield Lake, Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As part the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California’s strategy to reduce violent crime by focusing on firearms prosecutions, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced that a federal grand jury returned indictments in the following cases involving illegal firearms offenses.
