News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Rancho Mirage woman who faces federal charges related to a scheme that fraudulently billed insurance companies $50 million for “medically necessary" cosmetic surgeries has been returned the United States after fleeing to Israel two years ago.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: Billy Jack Reed, 24, of Murphysboro, Illinois, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison on a federal firearm violation. Earlier this year, Reed pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore is pleased to announce that the dock on Shackleford Banks has reopened to ferry traffic for the first time since Hurricane Florence. The dock is complete; however, the park is still waiting on ladders for it. The dock was rebuilt with concrete panels...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A first degree murder suspect was arrested in Memphis earlier today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - RAFAEL MOLINA, age 43, GUSTAVO BALDERAS, age 32, and MICHAEL GARZA, age 34, all residents of Texas, were charged Feb. 22, 2019, in a six-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury with several narcotics offenses, including conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced WILLIAM TREVOR SOLOFF, 52, of Raleigh to 151 months’ imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised released.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: NAMPA, Idaho - The Mustang Mania Trainer Incentive Program (TIP) Challenge will return to Nampa on July 6-7, beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Ford Idaho Horse Park (16200 N. Idaho Center Blvd). The Challenge is an in-hand competition featuring both youth and adult trainers who have adopted and worked with...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. -- The Bureau of Land Management will share information and accept written comments about a proposal to construct a system of fuel breaks to enhance the ability of wildland firefighters to control rangeland wildfires, at a public meeting on Wednesday, July 10, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the BLM Eagle Lake Field Office, 2550 Riverside Dr. in Susanville.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - A man convicted of three armed robberies in Tulsa was sentenced Tuesday for his crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. In March 2019, a jury found Melvin Louis Bailey, 26, of Tulsa guilty of obstructing commerce by robbery; carrying, using and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence; and Hobbs Act conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A Cabot man was sentenced Tuesday on charges of attempted enticement of a minor, attempted production of child pornography, and possession of child pornography. United States District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright sentenced Robert Nathan Hensley, 57, to 420 months in federal prison. Cody...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - Mark Beene started his professional driving career in 1990 and for the past 20 years has been safely transporting the nation’s defense-generated transuranic (TRU) waste to EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), logging more than a million total miles, the majority while transporting TRU waste to WIPP.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Charles V. Stanley Jr., 65, of Agua Dulce, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to six years in prison for conspiring to commit bank fraud and wire fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) management alert on dangerous overcrowding and prolonged detention of children and adults in the Rio Grande Valley at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on June 20, 2019, MICHAEL LEWIS, age 33, a resident of Edgard, Louisiana, was charged in a one-count indictment by a federal grand jury. In count one, LEWIS is charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Opal Harris, age 38, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced Monday in federal court for willfully preparing a false tax return. The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Harris to five years of probation and ordered her to pay $31,404 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Rancho Mirage woman who faces federal charges related to a scheme that fraudulently billed insurance companies $50 million for “medically necessary" cosmetic surgeries has been returned the United States after fleeing to Israel two years ago.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Scott Aikens, 60, of Clymer, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, lifetime supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is hosting an open house July 16 in Hayden to discuss route evaluations and preliminary alternatives for managing more than 1,870 miles of inventoried roads and trails across approximately 638,195 acres in Moffat and Routt counties. Last year recreation on lands managed by BLM Colorado generated $618 million and supported more than 5,000 jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: A 25-year-old Lakeway, TX, man faces federal production, distribution and possession of child pornography charges, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that, in the largest “mail dumping" case in Alaska history, a former U.S. Postal Service employee has been sentenced to federal prison for deserting more than 49 plastic tubs of mail that he was responsible for delivering.
