News from July 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: * The first wildfire of the year was detected Wednesday, July 17, by hikers on the Sevenmile Hole trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Nelson Rodriguez, age 39, of Amsterdam, New York, was sentenced today to 66 months in prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possessing a firearm as a felon.
By State Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
Release: As representatives of the international community, we reject and condemn the use of counterterrorism or other security concerns to justify the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of religion or belief. While underscoring the necessity of effective, human rights-respecting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Neil I. Mittin, age 64, of Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania was charged by Information with one count of mail fraud. The defendant was an attorney who worked for approximately 38 years as an associate for a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania law firm (“the Law Firm"). The Law Firm specialized in representing plaintiffs in personal injury matters while also representing individuals in other types of legal matters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Today, three Tipton County men were sentenced for their roles in a 2017 home invasion murder in Covington, TN, and two others pled guilty for their roles in the attempted robbery resulting in death. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentences today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Firearms Stolen from Pawn Shop, Illegally Shipped to United Kingdom Hidden in Children’s Toys.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Enjoy a special program by the musical group National Park Radio on Sunday, July 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center auditorium in Rocky Mountain National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Five people were named in a 17-count federal indictment related to the seizure of approximately eight kilograms of cocaine, one kilogram of heroin and $1.1 million in cash.
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: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that AARON JOHNSON, age 42, of Bogalusa, pled guilty on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute more than fifty grams of methamphetamine and more than five hundred grams of a mixture containing a detectible amount of methamphetamine.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: MCALLEN, Texas - A former South Texas police officer was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in federal prison following his cocaine-trafficking conviction in March.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND - Giovonni Gaines was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for possession of an unregistered firearm, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent In Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, U.S. District Judge.
By State Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
Release: As representatives of the international community, we are deeply concerned about China’s escalating, widespread, and undue restrictions on religious freedom, and call on the Chinese government to respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all individuals. Many members of religious groups in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Narcotrafficker Attempted to Wash $19 Million in Illicit Cryptocurrency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments yesterday. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Andre Muller, 48; Robert Holland, 39; and Hector Munoz, 57, all of New York, New York, were arrested in New York this week and charged by indictment in Maine with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery. Munoz was also charged with attempted Hobbs Act robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: MILLS, Wyoming--The Bureau of Reclamation will be refilling Guernsey Reservoir a week sooner than originally planned, following the annual silt run. Boaters, recreationists and irrigators should take proper precautions regarding changing river flows below Glendo and Guernsey Reservoirs and the rapid refilling of Guernsey Reservoir.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Madison, Wis. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Thomas Strick, 60, Wausau, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Madison to five counts of obtaining fentanyl by use of misrepresentation and fraud. Strick faces a maximum penalty of four years in prison. District Judge William Conley scheduled sentencing for October 9, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Former Tallassee Police investigator Brandan Smirnoff, 27, was sentenced to 22 months in prison for assaulting a handcuffed, 24-year-old man, announced U.S Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, and FBI Special Agent in Charge James Jewell. There is no parole in the federal system.
