News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury recently returned a 13-count indictment against 12 individuals for drug trafficking offenses, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. The defendants are...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A man who pleaded guilty to production of child pornography was sentenced to 28 years in prison today, announced Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Northern California Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) worked tirelessly throughout fiscal year 2019 to bring criminals to justice and heighten community awareness of their initiatives to combat human trafficking, child exploitation and transnational gang criminal activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Yia Yang (age: 27) of Appleton, Wisconsin was sentenced on December 5, 2019, by the Honorable Judge William C. Griesbach for possessing with the intent to distribute in excess of 500 grams of methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - A Philadelphia man was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison for distributing fentanyl that caused the death of Joel Davis, a 29-year-old Newark man.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment against Bakersfield residents Wilfredo Medina-Perez, 31; Uriel Ivan Portillo, 33; and Rojelio “Roy" Garcia, 47, charging them with various drug trafficking crimes involving the distribution of fentanyl, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OR - Crater Lake National Park staff is pleased to announce our popular ranger-guided snowshoe walks begin this weekend for the 2019-20 winter season. The walks take place on Saturdays, Sundays, and most holidays (except December 25) from December 7 through April 26. They will also be offered daily from December 26 through January 5 and from March 20 through March 29. Snowshoes are provided free of charge and no previous snowshoeing experience is necessary.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment Thursday against Reginald Smith, 39, charging him with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: SEATTLE, Wash. - The opioid epidemic is devastating communities across the United States. Drugs such as fentanyl and others laced with unknown and dangerous substances are destroying lives at an alarming rate. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: Convictions first out of June 2019 Denver Metro marijuana takedown.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Marlon Cruz-Flores, age 24, of Annapolis, Maryland, today to 38 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and for using, carrying, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, in connection with his MS-13 gang activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - A federal jury in Asheville has convicted Joseph Cecil Vandevere, 53, of Black Mountain, N.C. for using social media to communicate interstate threats, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney Office for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: “All of Alabama is heartbroken again as another Alabama peace officer is gunned down in the line of duty. The Huntsville Police Department investigator, whose name will be released tomorrow, will always be remembered as a good man and a fine officer. Those of us who knew him admired his dedication and...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County man has been sentenced in federal court to 12 years and seven months (151 months) in prison on his conviction of distribution of fentanyl and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Vontez Scales, 29, of Philadelphia, PA, was convicted at trial of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, and possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl, arising from his sales and purchases of large quantities of drugs to and from co-conspirators.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria woman pleaded guilty today to a conspiracy to straw purchase 31 firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States (BLM-ES) is recruiting volunteers to help manage the Wild Horse and Burro Program (WHBP) in 31 Eastern states. Beginning December 2019, BLM-ES will launch a one-year pilot Volunteer Service Program (VSP) that is intended to recruit qualified volunteers...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: Fields stole over $36,000 from M&M Muffler & Automotive.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Marlon Cruz-Flores, age 24, of Annapolis, Maryland, today to 38 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and for using, carrying, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, in connection with his MS-13 gang activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of the Beltzhoover neighborhood in Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
