News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Vasiliy V. Barbiyeru, Jr., 24, of Newberg, Oregon, pleaded guilty today to one count of transmitting a threatening interstate communication.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), District Court Chief Judge Gustavo A. Gelpí sentenced Wednesday a 40-year-old man to 135 months in prison followed by a supervised release period of 20 years for...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: Was a fugitive from justice for four years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Arson Fires in Naschitti, New Mexico, Under Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal drug-trafficking laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - Though it may appear to be harmless “green stuff" floating in the water, algae blooms can be toxic for humans and their pets. Working with Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality, the Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office is cautioning visitors to Hauser Lake near Helena to avoid the algae, thick as pea soup, which has shown up at some of its sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Keenan Smith, 29, of Philadelphia was convicted today at trial with attempted robbery which interferes with interstate commerce, and using or carrying, and discharging, a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 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 Amir Jahed, a/k/a Amir Jahedmotlagh, 39, of Montgomery Villaga, Maryland, with 12 counts of mail fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: (LEWISTOWN, Mont.) -Americans across the country will visit their favorite public lands in September, to take care of the treasured places where they play, learn, and relax.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: Jayesh Patel Also Forfeits Over One Million Dollars in Drug Proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to 19 years in prison for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony and possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Keenan Smith, 29, of Philadelphia was convicted today at trial with attempted robbery which interferes with interstate commerce, and using or carrying, and discharging, a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced TIM THACKER, 56, of Raeford, North Carolina, to 480 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Keycon Deonte Keitt, age 32, of Orangeburg, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Following the term of imprisonment, Keitt will remain on federal supervised release for an additional three years. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: Defendant owned largest collection of child pornography ever seized in Rhode Island.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Arlen Flores, 49, a Honduran national and a permanent United States resident living in Cherokee, N.C., was sentenced to six years in prison for sexual contact with a minor. U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger presided over the sentencing hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Members of two criminal street gangs are among five additional defendants sentenced to substantial federal prison terms as prosecutions continue in Operation Vanilla Gorilla.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Frank Edward Adams, a/k/a Tank Adams, age 45, of St. Paul, Minnesota, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance as a result of a four-day federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: National Day of Healing 2019. August 2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the first landing of enslaved Africans in English-occupied North America at Point Comfort in Hampton, Virginia, today Fort Monroe National Monument. The National Parks of Boston and its partners will come together in solidarity...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RICHARD FELIZ, a/k/a “Dirt," was sentenced to 27 years in prison for murdering Victor Chafla, an innocent bystander, while shooting at a rival gang member. FELIZ was sentenced on Aug. 16, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero, before whom FELIZ previously pled guilty to narcotics and firearms offenses.
