News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On July 15, 2019, Shush Naki Clark Couyancy, 28, of Clarkdale, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 60 months in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release. On April 29, 2019, Couyancy pleaded guilty to one count of Abusive Sexual Contact with a Minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina partnered with the FBI and AARP to promote the Department of Justice’s Elder Justice Iniative by conducting outreach and educating older adults about the latest scams so they do not fall victim. Approximately 2,500 seniors in the Eastern District dialed-in to an interactive telephone town hall to learn about the latest financial scams affecting seniors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ A former sergeant with the Progreso Police Department (PPD) has been ordered to serve 20 years in federal prison for drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) along with Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Acting Special Agent in Charge Andy Tsui of IRS-Criminal Investigation (CI).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - On July 17, 2019, a small lightning-caused wildfire was reported in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Named the Chetaslina Fire (#606) for its proximity to the Chetaslina River which originates from a glacier on the southwest flanks of Mount Wrangell. The fire is approximately...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid today sentenced Brendt Christensen, 30, to serve the rest of his life in prison with no possibility for release for the June 9, 2017, kidnapping and murder of Chinese student Yingying Zhang. Judge Shadid imposed the mandatory life sentence this afternoon after the jury in the case was unable to reach a decision regarding the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Today, a Federal Grand Jury, sitting in Lexington, returned an indictment against Marcellis Means, 23, of Lexington, charging him with one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the Treasury Department’s cooperation with his investigation into political interference with the Ways & Means Committee’s request for President Trump’s tax return information under section 6103 of the tax code...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On July 15, 2019, Shush Naki Clark Couyancy, 28, of Clarkdale, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 60 months in federal prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release. On April 29, 2019, Couyancy pleaded guilty to one count of Abusive Sexual Contact with a Minor.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Help the National Park Service (NPS) transform the Williamsport area of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) into a welcoming visitor destination with improved visitor services featuring a new visitor center and park headquarters, while honoring Williamsport’s historic legacy. The public is invited to comment on the park’s updated proposed plans through September 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Beaver County has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of five years and five months (65 months), to be followed by three years of supervised release, on charges of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On July 17, 2019, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 14 defendants charged with firearms violations and drug trafficking, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Immigration...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: The Defendant Assaulted a Female Victim and Pointed a Loaded Firearm at Her.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: LANDOVER, Md. - The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Washington Redskins held a joint tabletop exercise yesterday with local law enforcement and first responders to review and test plans to respond to a public safety emergency FedExField.
By State Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
Release: As representatives of the international community who value and seek to protect the fundamental freedom of religion or belief, we strongly oppose the Iranian government’s severe violations and abuses of religious freedom.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: A Broward County resident was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for distributing information pertaining to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Today, officials from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, the United States Attorney's Office's Northern District of Texas, the Amarillo Police Department and other law enforcement agencies convened in Amarillo, TX to kick off Amarillo’s National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) with a listening session.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DANILO ORLANDO GARCIA HERNANDEZ, age 33, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced onn Wednesday, July 17, 2019 after pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegally re-entering the United States in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of DYLAN MATTHEW DELING, a/k/a “Jason Keens," a/k/a “Dylan Nash," 20, to one count of production of child pornography and one count of extortion. DELING entered his guilty plea today before Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: EL CENTRO, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a proposed expansion of the US Gypsum Mine and associated water lines in Imperial County. The proposed project supports the Administration’s goals of strengthening local economies and creating local jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ANGEL RENEE VIDAURE, age 38, of Houston, pled guilty on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 to conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine. For this offense, she faces a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years in prison, a maximum life sentence, a fine of up to $10,000,000, and at least five years of supervised release.
