News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Derrick Watson, 41 of Washington, D.C., was found guilty by a jury of five counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with significant bodily injury while armed, six counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and felon in possession for a shooting that took place on July 10, 2017, in Northwest Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - A friend of Dayton mass shooter Connor Betts has been charged federally with lying on federal firearms forms in order to purchase weapons and with illegally possessing those weapons. The friend also allegedly purchased firearm components and body armor for Betts, which Betts used in the August 4 shooting.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: RENO, Nev. - In keeping with the Administration’s goals of promoting American’s Energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management Nevada quarterly oil and gas lease sale resulted in competitive bids for 22,352.13 acres of the 389,176.20 acres offered.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man, Zachary Whitmore, 28, pled guilty today for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - A federal jury has convicted Dravion Sanchez Ware for conducting a string of armed robberies targeting Asian owned-and-operated businesses in Atlanta, Doraville, Duluth, Roswell, Stone Mountain, and Norcross in October and November 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Leonard Smith, 54, of Clawson, Michigan, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $769,200 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL DAVIS, also known as “Clep," “Clip," and “Michael Smith," 33, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 45 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for firearm and narcotics offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) issued the following statement on the Trump administration’s regulatory reforms to the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that David Leon Smith II, age 28, of Ponder, Texas, was sentenced to 53 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Transportation Of Stolen Vehicle, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Catherine Trinidad De Jesus Santana (43, Holiday) to three years in federal prison for access device (credit card) fraud and aggravated identity theft stemming from De Jesus Santana’s use of counterfeit credit cards at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino, located on the Seminole Indian Reservation in Tampa.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that NICHOLAS ZANEN, 46, of Belgium, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson to a conspiracy charge stemming from his role in an insider trading scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that David Leon Smith II, age 28, of Ponder, Texas, was sentenced to 53 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Transportation Of Stolen Vehicle, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: A 62-year-old male resident of East Lake, North Carolina, was caught in the act of slashing vehicle tires at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) yesterday. He is scheduled to appear in federal court this afternoon in Elizabeth City.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A businessman, who owned and operated five real estate development companies in Pittsfield, was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, in federal court in Springfield for defrauding a credit union.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Aaron J. McDuffie, a/k/a “G", 24, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distribution of heroin and butyryl fentanyl causing death, and distribution of fentanyl, butyryl fentanyl, and furanyl fentanyl causing death, was sentenced to serve 262 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of the New Jersey Grape Street Crips appeared in court today on charges that include two attempted murders charged as part of a RICO conspiracy, as well as narcotics trafficking, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today the results of the August 2019 Federal Grand Jury B.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Gabriel Sanchez, 27, of Washington, DC, was found guilty by a jury of assault with intent to kill while armed and related assault and firearms charges for shooting a man in November 2017 in Northwest near Dupont Circle. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Stage 1 fire restrictions on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Wyoming’s Platte County will begin Aug. 13, 2019 due to dry conditions and high fire danger.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - A friend of Dayton mass shooter Connor Betts has been charged federally with lying on federal firearms forms in order to purchase weapons and with illegally possessing those weapons. The friend also allegedly purchased firearm components and body armor for Betts, which Betts used in the August 4 shooting.
