News from August 2019

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: A Youngstown man was indicted for using a firearm to rob a bank last month.

By State Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
Release: Delegations representing the United States of America and Japan met in Washington, D.C., on January 24-25, 2019, to discuss matters relating to further developments of the aviation relations between the countries. The delegation lists are shown in the Attachment. The consultations were conducted in the most friendly and constructive atmosphere.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: A Youngstown man was indicted in federal court on a charge of cyberstalking.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA, Ga. - Edward “Eddie" Okenica has been charged on a criminal complaint alleging he produced, received, and possessed child pornography, and committed related charges.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Trevor Christian, 24, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to six years in federal prison, for robbing a Walgreens, two banks, and a credit union, all located in Madison. Christian pleaded guilty to these charges on April 17, 2019. His prison term will be followed by a 3-year period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the sentencing of MISHAUN ARYN NEADEAU, 30, to 46 months in prison for assault resulting in serious bodily injury.NEADEAU, who pleaded guilty on May 28, 2019, was sentenced before Senior Judge Paul A. Magnuson in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Devils Postpile New Release. Release date: Aug. 21, 2019. Contact(s): Superintendent, Deanna Dulen. Phone Number: 760-924-5506. Date: Aug. 20, 2019. Subject: National Park Service Announces Civic Engagement Outreach for Future Use of the Devils Postpile Campground. MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. - The National...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A defendant in the MS-13 racketeering case has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court and accepted responsibility for his involvement in multiple homicides, including the murder of a former confidential informant.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A 14-count indictment has been unsealed today in San Antonio, Texas, charging five individuals with coordinating an identify-theft and fraud scheme targeting servicemembers and veterans. The charged defendants, who were based both in the Philippines and the United States, are alleged to...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A defendant in the MS-13 racketeering case has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court and accepted responsibility for his involvement in multiple homicides, including the murder of a former confidential informant.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that defendant JERRELL ENCALADE, age 35, of Boothville, LA, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to one count of conspiring to traffic cocaine hydrochloride and cocaine base (“crack"), in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), and 846.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Marek's disease-a highly contagious viral disease caused by a herpesvirus-is a constant threat to poultry worldwide. It is also one of the most preventable diseases with vaccination. However, while vaccines prevent poultry from becoming sick with symptoms of the virus, they do not prevent virus spread and mutation-considered the main reason for increased virus virulence, or severity, in field strains in U.S. commercial flocks.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: It’s a living history extravaganza! Experience living history activities the Saturday of Labor Day weekend; Aug. 31, 2019. Interactive demonstrations will be led by Park Rangers and volunteers at Homestead National Monument of America. Hands on activities include: cornhusk dolls, a quilt-square craft...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ANDREW J. SMITH (“SMITH"), age 22, of Kenner, Louisiana, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Aug. 15, 2019, and charged with Possession of Child Pornography. SMITH was arrested by Special Agents with Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI") on Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. SMITH appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dana M. Douglas, who detained him pending a detention hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: A Jamaican national living in Cleveland was indicted on fentanyl and firearms charges.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Dorrion Jefferson, age 35, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly Brady after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that yesterday in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced SAMUELLE BRESHAUN CORBETT 28, of Raleigh, North Carolina, to 32 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised released.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: POCATELLO - Joseph Lavern Harris, 32, of Rigby, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to 300 months in prison, for sexual exploitation of a minor child, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill ordered that Harris serve a lifetime of supervised release, following his prison sentence. Harris pleaded guilty on March 26, 2019.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Jose Valdez-Santana, 46, an illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to 15 months in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for unlawful reentry by an alien after removal, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst...

By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The National Park Service (NPS) recently completed an extensive renovation of the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel in Yellowstone National Park. Join the park and Xanterra Travel Collection in Yellowstone for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours on Aug. 30, 2019, from 10-1 p.m. in front of the hotel to celebrate the reopening of this historic gathering spot.