News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced RODNEY DURRELL THOMAS, also known as “LIL BRUH," 21, of Elm City, North Carolina to 156 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Grand Teton National Park Rangers responded to a fatal head-on collision involving a minivan and an SUV today, Tuesday, July 16, on U.S. Highway 89. At approximately 2:15 p.m., Teton Interagency Dispatch Center received a call reporting the accident. The accident took place approximately ½...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of a 2017 charging Nelson Pablo Yester-Garrido (62, Cuba) with conspiracy to distribute large amounts of high-grade marijuana and possessing a firearm in furtherance of that conspiracy. If convicted on all counts, Yester-Garrido faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: On June 28, 2019, a jury in the Southern District of Alabama convicted four men, Angel Castro Garcia, Pedro Dino Cedado Nunez, Manely Enriquez, and Mike Castro Martinez, all Dominican Republic nationals, for attempting to smuggle 182 kilograms of cocaine from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. All four defendants will be sentenced on October 7, 2019 by United States District Judge Jeffrey U. Beaverstock.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Kennewick, Washington Man Sentenced in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SYBIL F. BUTLER, 57, of Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to three years of probation for stealing federal annuity benefits. Judge Underhill also ordered Butler to pay full restitution and a $1,000 fine, and to perform 150 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Body Found in Trunk of Burning Car Near Church Rock, New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The owner of a medical and dental billing company was sentenced in U.S. District Court today for her role in committing more than $2 million in health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced XAVIER DOMINIQUE GARRIS, 26, of Hope Mills to 162 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release. On April 8, 2019, GARRIS pled guilty to one count each of felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Akron, Ohio has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on three charges related to bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Department of Justice Announces Extradition of Iranian National and Unsealing of Charges against Two Other Men for Exporting Carbon Fiber from the United States to Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, woman was charged in federal district court with Second Degree Murder.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks, in partnership with Working Dogs for Conservation, will host trained dogs that will raise awareness about Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS). Tobias will be in Yellowstone July 19-31, and Jax will be in Grand Teton July 20-August 3. While in the parks, the dogs and handlers will assist AIS boat inspectors by sniffing out zebra and quagga mussels and participate in public events.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: A superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging 17 members and associates of the Makk Balla Brims set of the Bloods street gang with crimes related to their participation in a robbery crew that used guns and violence to steal property over a nine-month period in 2017...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Father and Son Sentenced to Prison in Multimillion-Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was indicted today on a federal firearm charge, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced on July 15, 2019 that Donald A. Stenson, age 63, of West Allis, WI, was arraigned in federal court in Milwaukee on an indictment returned July 9, 2019. Stenson is charged with traveling in foreign commerce and engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place between 2016 and 2019. He was arrested on Friday July 12, 2019 at his West Allis residence.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks, in partnership with Working Dogs for Conservation, will host trained dogs that will raise awareness about Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS). Tobias will be in Yellowstone July 19-31, and Jax will be in Grand Teton July 20-August 3. While in the parks, the dogs and handlers will assist AIS boat inspectors by sniffing out zebra and quagga mussels and participate in public events.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Mary Virginia Cook, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
Release: LINTHICUM, Md. - Future guide dogs had an opportunity to practice going through a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) last night (July 15) so that they would be more familiar with the checkpoint screening process when they do need to catch a flight.
