News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND - Diquan Ray, 24 years old, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after pleading guilty, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Cape Lookout National Seashore will celebrate International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend on Saturday, August 17th and Sunday, August 18th from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Park staff and members of both the Carteret County Amateur Radio Society and The Outer Banks Repeater Association...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - Late yesterday morning, this week’s “Fugitive of the Week," David Campbell, 34, was arrested by members of the U.S. Marshals - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force in Nashua, NH. Campbell was being sought on an outstanding arrest warrant on a recent federal indictment for possession with intent to distribute controlled drugs, fentanyl and methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: On August 7, 2019, Ariana Fajardo Orshan, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Division, and Roland D. Pandolfi, Chief of Police, Miccosukee Police Department, announced the unsealing of a 63-count...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Rashad Nashid, 38, of Burlington, Vermont, appeared in federal district court in Burlington yesterday and pleaded guilty to an Information charging Nashid with two counts of being a felon in possession of firearms. One of...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: Investment Advisor Admits to Stealing $11.8 Million From Elderly Clients.
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 DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Russell Ruth, 34, of Lyons, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, including prepubescent images, was sentenced to serve 80 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: KEYSTONE, S.D.: Transition to fall hours of operation will begin at Mount Rushmore National Memorial Sunday August 11.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: Due to extended periods of heavy and steady rain, the Denali Park Road will be closed to public vehicle access at mile 30 (Teklanika Rest Stop) beginning 7 a.m. on Thursday, August 8, 2019. This closure includes park transit and tour buses.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson hosted Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue during a bipartisan listening session with members of the House Agriculture Committee and other members of Congress this morning at the annual Minnesota Farmfest. Peterson issued the following statement after the listening session...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joshua Daniel Vaughn, 31, of Roswell, N.M., made his initial appearance today before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in federal court in Roswell on a criminal complaint charging him with being a user of controlled substances illegally in possession of firearms and making destructive explosive devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Augustin Gallegos, 34, of Portales, N.M., made his initial appearance in federal court in Roswell, N.M., yesterday on an indictment charging him with production of child pornography. Gallegos remains in federal custody pending arraignment and a detention hearing, both of which are scheduled for Aug. 13, 2019, in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: Committee Urgently Needs McGahn Testimony for its Investigation into Trump Obstruction, Corruption & Abuse of Power
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: ALEXANDNRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Otavia L. Lewis, 38, of Crowley, Louisiana, was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay full restitution in the amount of $148,735.28 for stealing from her former employer, Apex Equipment Inc. Lewis, who pleaded guilty on May 1, 2019, to wire fraud, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell in U.S. District Court in Alexandria.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Coleman Warnock and Adrian Banks have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to manufacture and possess phencyclidine, a psychedelic controlled substance commonly known as “PCP" and “angel dust," with intent to distribute. The concealed drug lab they operated in Fulton County exploded in July 2013, and burned for two days.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Walton, 48, formerly of Webster, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to bank fraud. The charge carries maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Joseph Richard, age 26, of Philadelphia, was sentenced on August 6, 2019, to 168 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann, for drug trafficking and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced Tuesday the FBI-led recovery or identification of 103 child victims and the arrest of 67 sex traffickers through Operation Independence Day. This initiative - a revamping of a previously successful program - was executed during the month of July through 161 operations conducted nationwide.
