News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Girard, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 15 years in prison, lifetime supervised release and a $5,300 special assessment on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Thursday, Aug. 8, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Jose Garcia-Zamora, 27, of Modesto, charging him with manufacturing marijuana, conspiring to manufacture marijuana, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug‑trafficking crime, and damaging public lands and natural resources, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Brandon Smith, 32, of Jamestown, NY, and Mark R. Maio, 34, of East Randolph, NY, with narcotics conspiracy, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana. If convicted, defendants face a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life in prison, and a $10,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon Fremin announced that United States District Court Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced JESUS MORALES-SANCHEZ, age 35, of Mexico, to serve 37 months in federal prison following his conviction for illegal re-entry into the United States by a removed alien. During the sentencing...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: (MILES CITY, Mont.) - The BLM Miles City Field Office will drain and repair the Dean S. Reservoir beginning on Aug. 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Jorge Abraham Sandoval, age 33, was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for one count of Distribution of more than 50 grams of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A High Desert pharmacist who illegally distributed oxycodone by filling hundreds of counterfeit prescriptions was ordered today to serve 63 months in federal prison.
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 Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM - As part of its ongoing efforts to better serve the public, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rio Puerco Field Office has begun a pilot program offering permits for fuelwood and Christmas trees online.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that BILL TSAI, an analyst at an investment bank with offices...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK- Fifteen defendants are in custody after a DEA operation led to several arrests this morning as part of a federal drug investigation. Operation Mad Hatter has resulted in the identification of several drug traffickers and the seizure of large quantities of cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, and heroin.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration announced today the expansion of its TSA Pre✓® expedited screening program with Austrian Airlines, Swoop, PAL Express, VivaAerobus and Interjet. The five additional carriers bring the number of airlines participating in TSA Pre✓® to 72 domestic and international carriers.
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: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Demetericius Campbell, age 42, of Barre, Vermont, has been indicted on three federal firearms charges. Specifically, he is charged with two counts of making false statements to a gun store in connection with attempted firearms...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Hector Hinojosa‑Cisneros, 26, formerly of Taft, today to 12 years in prison for his conviction for receipt and distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Daniel Landa-Duerta, Mauricio Dominguez-Vazquez, and Jorge Armando Avalos-Menera have been arraigned on federal charges related to methamphetamine seized from a conversion laboratory in Dallas, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JORDY ROBERTSON, age 37, from St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, was charged on Friday, August 9, 2019 with drug trafficking and wire fraud offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statement in response to the Department of Homeland Security's recently released final rule to prevent the immigration of individuals based on the Department's mere suspicion that such individuals may one day use lawfully available public benefits...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing initial plans to carry out new animal health activities using resources provided by the 2018 Farm Bill. Section 12101 of the 2018 Farm Bill established a three-part program to comprehensively ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2019
News Release: (MILES CITY, Mont.) - The BLM Miles City Field Office, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation and Custer County will jointly host a public meeting for the residents of the Pine Hills, Wolf Creek and Squirrel Ridge subdivision areas located East of Miles City, to discuss wildfire fuel mitigation work Aug. 27.
