News from February 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 10 handguns at West Virginia airport checkpoints in 2018, an increase from the eight caught in 2017. West Virginia’s increase mirrored the national trend of an uptick in the number of firearms detected at airport checkpoints nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Shawn Michael DeWitt, age 34, of Lafayette, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after a jury found him guilty in October 2018 of Distributing Child Pornography, Coercing a Minor to Engage in Sexually Explicit Conduct, and Possessing Child Pornography, announced U. S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Travis Ladon Fulton, 42, of Fayetteville to 117 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. On...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Larry Weeden, Jr., 39, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty to possession of one or more firearms as a previously convicted felon and possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl today in United States District Court in St. Louis. The charges stem from the execution of...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Skagway - Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is seeking public comment on the proposed construction of a dormitory on Fourth Avenue. The dormitory will provide park housing for 12 employees. Construction is proposed to begin in spring 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A former Virginia Beach probation officer was sentenced today to eight years in prison for committing bank and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Two South Florida doctors were arrested on charges related to the unlawful dispensing of opioids.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A previously convicted felon was sentenced today to seven years in prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A St. Louis, Mo., man who was found passed out at an Oak Grove, Mo., truck stop after a week-long bender has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing methamphetamine and a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Braulio Martinez, 33, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced today in District Court before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez, to possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced Martinez to 46 months followed by four years supervised release. Judge Gomez additionally ordered that Martinez pay a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a California man convicted of Interstate Communications of Threats to Injure was sentenced on February 4, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national was arrested today and charged in connection with sending a letter to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that threatened an armed attack on a South Boston school in 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - An illegal alien from Honduras, who had been convicted of multiple child sex offenses in 2007, was charged Wednesday with illegally re-entering the United States after he was deported in 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: A San Antonio couple that was the most prolific dark net fentanyl vendor in the world at the time of their arrest last year were sentenced to prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Government Operations Subcommittee, and Congressman Doug Collins, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Larry Weeden, Jr., 39, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty to possession of one or more firearms as a previously convicted felon and possession with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl today in United States District Court in St. Louis. The charges stem from the execution of...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - Transportation Security Administration officers in Upstate New York stopped 14 handguns at checkpoints in 2018, a slight decrease from the 16 that were caught in 2017. Only Buffalo Niagara International Airport saw an increase from three to seven guns caught. The other airports reported...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A 32-year-old Red River Army Depot contractor has been sentenced to federal prison for assaulting a Red River Army Depot Police Officer in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Dr. Dwight L. Bailey was Convicted of 61 Counts Including Drug Conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: MOOSE, WY- Grand Teton National Park is accepting applications for the summer 2019 Youth Conservation Program that is supported by the Grand Teton National Park Foundation.
