News from August 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, Kansas - A registered sex offender from El Dorado pleaded guilty Thursday to production of child pornography and other child exploitation charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
Release: LATROBE, Pa. - Residents of Western Pennsylvania will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside Arnold Palmer Regional Airport from September 23 to 27, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center in the terminal.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAMON HILL, 40, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Aug. 26, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime was sentenced on Aug. 27, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that SONOVAH JUDITH HILLMAN, age 29, a resident of Hercules, California, was charged today by a federal grand jury seated in the Eastern District of Louisiana in a two-count Indictment with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 1349, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(h).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - On Aug. 30, 2019, Marcellis Means, 23, of Lexington, Kentucky, plead guilty to one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) before U.S. Chief Judge Danny C. Reeves.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
Release: Washington, DC, Aug. 30, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses in the path of Hurricane Dorian that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in regional, state and county offices stand ready and are eager to help.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge James D. Whittemore, Jr. has sentenced Missael Gonzalez Terrazas (23, Ocala) to seven years in federal prison for possessing at least 500 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it. Terrazas had pleaded guilty on May 28, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has issued a decision to improve public access near Perjue Canyon, located about 22 miles south of Grand View along Mud Flat Road. The site is designed to provide safe access and enhance recreational opportunities to the nearby Little Jacks Creek Wilderness.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Aaron Michael Rohrer (25, Tampa) with distribution of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl that resulted in the death of an individual, B.G. If convicted, Rohrer faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 20 years, and up to life, in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Dear Assistant Secretary McDonnell: Recently, after speaking with over 30 current and former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees and contractors, the Los Angeles Times reported that the DHS “…has quietly dismantled or cut back multiple programs that were created after the Sept. 11, 2001,...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Johnzell Moorehead, 29, of Saint Louis, MO, pleaded guilty to one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of assaulting a federal law enforcement officer. Moorehead appeared today before U.S. District Judge John A. Ross who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for December 6, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury in Chicago has convicted a real estate executive of fraudulently concealing assets in a bankruptcy filing.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Mexican Mafia member and “shotcaller" of the Santa Fe Springs- and Whitter-based Canta Ranas street gang has been found guilty by a federal jury of multiple crimes resulting from his control of a wide-ranging racketeering criminal enterprise, including the murder of a rival Mexican Mafia member at a San Gabriel Valley restaurant.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: A Lorain man was indicted in federal court for accessing his employer’s computer system after learning he would be fired and shutting down the web site, blocking access to email and taking other unauthorized actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man has been ordered held without bond on federal charges related to the July 2 firebombing that badly burned a Savannah woman.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Nicole Johnson (37, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the filing of a false tax return. She faces a maximum penalty of three years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Clinton Jean-Pierre, of Miami, Florida, has admitted to identity theft through use of a computer, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge James D. Whittemore, Jr. has sentenced Jesus Gonzalez-Villanueva (35, Ocala) to 17 months in federal prison for illegally re-entering the United States after previously being deported. Gonzalez-Villanueva had pleaded guilty on May 16, 2019.
