News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Gary Hassler Found Guilty Following Three-day Jury Trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Brien J. Sanders, 40, of Caldwell, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 78 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge ordered that Sanders be placed on supervised release for five years following his prison sentence. Sanders pleaded guilty on April 3, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Fort Union National Monument announces that its annual Candlelight Tours event will be held on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. During this evening event, visitors will be guided through the fort and through a series of skits performed by costumed interpreters. The tours and skits will be illuminated by lantern light. This is a free event, but reservations are required.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Delowar Mohammed Hossain Was Arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport While Allegedly Attempting to Travel Overseas to Join the Taliban in Order to Kill Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Malik Lott, 25, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to two counts of Hobbs Act Robbery. The charges each carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Recent wildfire offers opportunity to conduct prescribed burn at North Cut Road on Cumberland Island.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH) to address the emergence of forged video content was approved by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where Peters serves as the Ranking Member. The Deepfake Reports...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: PRINEVILLE, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the Prineville Reservoir Resort owners have mutually ended their concession contract, and resort owners have permanently closed the resort. The contract with Reclamation expires September 2026; however, resort owners requested early termination for financial...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Virginia Beach man today on armed robbery and conspiracy charges for his role in a spree of grocery store robberies that ended with the shooting of the manager at a local Harris Teeter.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Historian Duane G. Jundt will present a special evening program entitled “Birdwatcher in Chief: Theodore Roosevelt and America’s Birds" at Mesa Verde National Park at 8:30 pm on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. This illustrated presentation will take place at the Morefield Campground Amphitheater, located four miles inside the park entrance. This program is free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Antonio Rivera, 35, of Williamsville, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas priest pleaded guilty in federal court here today to possessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Washington, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for sex crimes, extortion and stalking - including asking a minor girl to produce explicit images of herself and threatening a second girl if she didn’t agree to meet and date him, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that CHARLES WILLIAMS, JR. (“WILLIAMS"), age 49, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 18, 2019 and charged with twenty-two (22) counts of wire fraud and three (3) counts of making false statements to special agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI").
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, a criminal defense attorney, Scott Brettschneider, was sentenced by United States District Judge Carol B. Amon to 60 days of confinement in a community center, 4 years of probation, 80 hours of community service, and fined $2,000 for conspiring to make, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Preston Fultz, 45, of the District, was sentenced today to thirty (30) months in prison for stabbing and beating his former girlfriend in Northeast Washington, and then trying to get her to drop the case against him, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu announced today. Fultz was sentenced by the Honorable Todd E. Edelman. Once Fultz is released from prison, he will be on supervised release for three (3) years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that RODNEY JAMES, age 47, a resident of Phoenix City, Alabama, pled guilty to a one-count indictment for interference with a flight crew, in violation of Title 49, United States Code, Section 46504.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: Texarkana, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas and L. Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI announced that in July 2019, five individuals were sentenced by the United States District Court for their roles in an MDMA, Cocaine, and Methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced Zalathiel Aguila, 46, of Vallejo, to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution and bank fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Nathaniel Thomas, Jr., 30 of St. Croix, was sentenced Friday for escape from custody, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
