News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A 57-year-old resident of Galveston who claimed the judicial system had no jurisdiction over him is headed to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Derek Rand, 31, of Rochester, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Justin B. Nelson, age 26, of Plainfield, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty for possession with intent to distribute fifty grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Hassan Alqahtani, 28, of Saudi Arabia, made an initial appearance in federal court in Albuquerque today on a criminal complaint charging him with illegal possession of a firearm by an alien admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Derek Rand, 31, of Rochester, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The California Desert District Interagency Fire Program is now accepting applications for 2020 summer seasonal wildland firefighting jobs for engine and helicopter crews and fire dispatcher personnel. Positions are available in Apple Valley, Banning, Essex, Ridgecrest, San Bernardino, and Yucca Valley.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Kristoff Cain, a Jamaican national, pleaded guilty in federal court today before United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Bethel, AK - Under “Operation (RAAVEN)" Rural Alaska Anti-Violence Enforcement, federal, state and local law enforcement officers joined together to account for registered sex offenders, and to locate and arrest individuals with warrants who were living in Western Alaska. This multi-agency operation...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a violation of federal drug laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Boston - An East Bridgewater man was sentenced to 17 years in prison on child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: For Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., today announces that United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced DONNELL LEE, 42, of Lewiston-Woodville, NC. LEE was sentenced to 128 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that AHMAD KHALIL ELSHAZLY, 22, of West...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that on Friday in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced ANTONIO FOSTER, 30, of Wilmington North Carolina to 156 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Michael P. Ellard (58, Estero) to 15 months in federal prison, for illegally capturing Wood Turtles and transporting them across state lines into Florida for commercial gain. In doing so, Ellard violated the Lacey Act, which...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A South Texas U.S. permanent resident was sentenced to nearly two years in federal prison Monday for smuggling illegal aliens.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - In keeping with the administration’s priorities of being good neighbors and respecting the ties that native and traditional communities have to public lands, the Bureau of Land Management is announcing that the entire Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument will be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and Jan. 6, 2019. This closure allows for Pueblo de Cochiti cultural observances and routine BLM maintenance.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ - Acting National Park Service Regional Director Kate Hammond announced the selection of Ben Littlefield as superintendent of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in Arizona. Littlefield comes to Casa Grande Ruins National Monument from Redwood National and State Parks in California where...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska- Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Alaska Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) today reminded Alaska residents that starting Oct. 1, 2020, all travelers will need a REAL ID-compliant driver license, identification card or another acceptable form of identification to board a commercial flight.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: A former Waterville resident pleaded guilty today in federal court in Portland to conspiring to make false statements to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and to commit mail fraud, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
