News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Michael Boyce, age 57, formerly of Middletown, was sentenced yesterday by U. S. District Court Judge Richard G. Andrews to 60 months of imprisonment on federal wire fraud and tax evasion charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Danny Chapman, 68, Wichita, Kan., was sentenced today to two years on supervised probation for operating a gambling business and failing to pay income taxes on the proceeds, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, Chapman agreed to forfeit more than $1.6 million in cash, as well as cars, jewelry and other items.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Michael A. Raskie, 36, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to three years in federal prison for possessing firearms as a convicted felon. Raskie pleaded guilty to this charge on Jan. 14, 2019. His prison term will be followed by a three-year period of
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ALTON MCCLINTON, age 54, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty as charged yesterday before United States District Judge Jay C. Zainey to a one-count bill of information with using a facility of interstate commerce with the intent to promote unlawful activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 1952(a)(3).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: Coeur d’Alene, Idaho -Visitors planning a summer trip to BLM’s popular Huckleberry Campground along the St. Joe River, will soon be able to reserve camp sites in advance. The highly desirable campground draws visitors from across the northwest but is often at capacity, frustrating potential campers who...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: For Possession and Receipt of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: SEATTLE - This Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its local law enforcement, community and tribal partners in the Pacific Northwest will collect expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications at one of 230 collection sites. There are 19 collection sites in Alaska, 45 in Idaho, 61 in Oregon, and 105 in Washington State. The service is free of charge, no questions asked.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Springfield man with attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, and receipt, distribution, possession, and transportation of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Edilberto Vidrio, 53, and Elena Castillo, 46, both of Fresno, charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin, and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Dodaro: Thank you for testifying earlier this year before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs about the GAO’s 2019 High Risk List. We appreciate GAO’s key role in helping identify federal government programs that are vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement,...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Mark Pignatello, 54, of Kent, Connecticut, pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to bank fraud, social security number fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ERNESTO LUIS DELGADO, also known as “Pancho," 34, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-Edwin Enoc Lara, 34, a former campus safety officer at Central Oregon Community College and resident of Bend, Oregon, was sentenced today to life in federal prison for kidnapping and carjacking.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The following Lake Mead National Recreation Area events are happening April 27- May 17.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced JOHNNY J. MASON, age 36, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced to federal prison following his convictions in Operation Hidden Fee, an extensive federal, state, and local investigation by the Middle District Organized Crime and Drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A federal jury sitting in Albuquerque returned a guilty verdict against Yusef Casanova, 46, of Albuquerque, on methamphetamine trafficking and firearms charges today after a four-day trial before Senior U.S. District Judge James A. Parker. The verdict was announced by First Assistant...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: SHELTER COVE, Calif. - The dramatically beautiful King Range National Conservation Area will become a workshop for artists this spring, when a painter and sculptor set to work as artists in residence, ultimately exhibiting their creations inspired by California’s Lost Coast.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: National Weather Service Meteorologist Ryan Kittell will provide a path to understanding marine weather forecasts, observations, and phenomena associated with the Santa Barbara Channel at a May 9 at 7:00 lecture.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Robert K. Mason, 42, of Columbus, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to robbing a bank in Whitehall, pistol-whipping two of the bank’s employees while demanding money, and conspiring with his girlfriend to hide the gun he used in the robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Robert K. Mason, 42, of Columbus, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to robbing a bank in Whitehall, pistol-whipping two of the bank’s employees while demanding money, and conspiring with his girlfriend to hide the gun he used in the robbery.
