News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of Robbery was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: Norfolk, VA - U.S. Marshals, along with the Norfolk Police Department K-9, arrested John Wilson this morning around 09:30am in Norfolk, Virginia. U.S. Marshals observed Wilson walk into the Tinee Giant located at 7101 Sewells Point Rd. Norfolk. Once Wilson exited the store, he was taken into custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Miguel Scott Arnold, age 32, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was convicted on June 21, 2019, of (1) conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion; (2) sex trafficking by force, fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Kenneth Brian Fischer, age 41, of Westminster, Maryland, to 22 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for production of child pornography. Judge Bennett also ordered Fischer to pay restitution of $3,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Barboursville man pled guilty today to federal drug charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Mathew Byrd, 32, entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging him with distribution of heroin and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on July 3, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 22-year-old resident of Corpus Christi has entered a guilty plea to robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney General William P. Barr traveled to Columbia, South Carolina, today for a breakfast with law enforcement officials and a visit to the United States Attorney’s Office. United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon hosted the breakfast with federal, state, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Christopher Shawn Potter (50, Jacksonville) to 11 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. Potter was also ordered to serve a 20-year term of supervised release, and must pay $3,000 in restitution to a victim of his offense. Potter had pleaded guilty on April 8, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Ronald Gene Frazier, age 38, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Frazier to 24 months of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, Frazier will begin a three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Maurice D. Johnson, 49, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, was ordered detained today by United States Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy on heroin trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ernest Schaeffer, age 43, of Schuylkill Haven, was sentenced on July 2, 2019, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 15 years’ imprisonment followed by five years on supervised release for participating in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2019
News Release: FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich Returns from Overseas Travel.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2019
News Release: Dinosaur, Colorado and Jensen, Utah - The victim of a rafting accident in Triplet Falls on the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument on July 6, 2019 has been identified as Anthony Vasi, 47, from Newport Beach, California. Vasi was part of a group that included family and friends on a commercial rafting trip.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2019
News Release: On Sunday, July 7 at approximately 5:45 pm National Park Service Rangers investigated a tent near the railroad tracks by the depot in Denali National Park and Preserve. As rangers approached the tent, a white male was briefly visible through the tent screen before a single gunshot was heard. The subject did not respond to verbal calls and was not visible to rangers when the gun fired.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2019
News Release: Tucson, AZ - This Fourth of July, 20 people from 18 countries became United States citizens in a special ceremony held at Saguaro National Park’s Tucson Mountain District. This was the ninth such ceremony held in partnership with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at Saguaro National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2019
News Release: UPDATE: The deceased has been identified as Anthony Vasi of Newport Beach, California.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - A National Park Service law enforcement officer was involved in a shooting with the occupant of a stolen vehicle Friday, July 5 at approximately 1:30 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2019
News Release: Raleigh County, WV - The body of a 16-year-old boy who was swept downstream while swimming near the McCreery River Access Point of New River Gorge National River was found around noon today. National Park Service rangers and trained search and rescue divers and other personnel from the Beaver Volunteer...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 5, 2019
News Release: On Wednesday night, July 3, Acting Secretary McAleenan appeared on The Fox News Channel’s Special Report with Bret Baier to talk about border security and the current humanitarian crisis. When asked about overcrowding at border facilities, the Acting Secretary told Mike Emanuel (standing in for Bret ...
