News from August 2019
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Due to thunderstorms on Aug. 6, 2019, the road to Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is impassable. The Monument will be closed starting August 7. Updates will be posted to www.blm.gov/visit/kktr. For more information, please contact the BLM Rio Puerco Field Office at 505-761-8700.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: FBI Announces New Program Focusing on the Recovery of Child Victims From Commercial Sex Trafficking and Pursuing Criminals Who Exploit Children.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: After two prior convictions for distributing meth, Julio Salais was caught selling meth again. The sales took place near a Sioux City elementary school, and two other protected locations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JULIET JACOB, 50, of Wake Forest, North Carolina, formerly of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to a year and a day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in two separate Medicaid fraud schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - Tammy Ranger, 55, has been sentenced to 120 months imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that yesterday in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced MARCUS ANTONIO LUCAS 42, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina to 72 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: PIERRE, S.D. - At the request of the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has proclaimed Wednesday, August 7, 2019, as “Purple Heart Recognition Day," calling on all South Dakotans to honor those men and women who are recipients of the Purple Heart Medal.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Elvis Gordon, a former senior facilities technician for the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, has pleaded guilty to an undisclosed conflict of interest involving more than $126,000 worth of jobs performed at Atlanta’s FDA facility by a company in which Gordon had a direct financial interest.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced TONYA RENEE HARTMAN, 39, of Erwin, North Carolina, to 150 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised released.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: Evening Bat Walks at Jockey Hollow.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that EULALIO TORRES-CADENAS, age 42, of Houston, was sentenced on August 6, 2019 after pleading guilty to one count of conspiring to traffic 500 grams of a mixture containing methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Louisiana. United States District...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Court accepted guilty pleas this week from three defendants in the.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: USMCA will help Iowa businesses . Manufacturing is critical to our national and state economies. We rightfully take pride in seeing a “Made in America" label because it represents not only a high-quality product, but the prowess of our workers and the economic success and prosperity they bring to our...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Jessica M. Teixeira, 41, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for wire fraud and money laundering charges related to a fraudulent investment scheme, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI -Jeffrey Cole, 57, of St. Thomas, was sentenced yesterday on his conviction for failing to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three years (36 months) in prison on his conviction of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Gregory Apicella (54, Fort Myers) to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison for distributing fentanyl that resulted in death and, for distributing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: DALLAS, TX-The FBI’s Dallas field office recently took part in Operation Independence Day, a month-long initiative that targeted sex traffickers and focused on the recovery of child victims. The FBI-led operation conducted during the month of July, included more than 400 law enforcement agencies. Operation Independence Day resulted in dozens of arrests across the country and the identification and recovery of more than 100 juveniles.
