News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Cabell County woman pled guilty today in federal court to three counts of bank fraud, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Kimberly Dawn Price, also known as Kimberly Dawn Swann, age 60, of Huntington, was employed as a staff accountant with a local accounting firm. Between...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Ocean County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in distributing images and videos of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Jose Israel Melendez-Rivera, a/k/a “Liar," age 21, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, today to 20 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to kidnap.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: Sulphur, Okla.- The bison herd at Chickasaw National Recreation Area has increased with the arrival of three bison calves. The first calf was born on Mothers Day. Two more have been born in the following weeks. The herd now consists of ten bison, one bull, six cows, and three calves.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Caroline County man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for distribution of “scramble", a mixture of fentanyl and heroin, the use of which resulted in an overdose.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, INTERIOR, S.D. - Badlands National Park has partnered with the NASA South Dakota Space Grant Consortium to co-sponsor the 2019 Badlands Astronomy Festival, July 5th-7th. The festival brings together space science professionals, amateur astronomers, educators, and visitors for a three day celebration.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Grand Canyon National Park fire managers-working with resources from Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Rocky Mountain National Park, Zion National Park, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Bryce Canyon National Park, Saguaro National Park and Kaibab National Forest anticipate initiating a prescribed fire treatment as early as tomorrow, as weather and fuel moisture conditions allow.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced the arrest of almost 1,700 suspected online child sex offenders during a two-month, nationwide operation conducted by Internet Crimes Against Children task forces. The task forces identified 308 offenders who either produced child pornography or committed child sexual abuse, and 357 children who suffered recent, ongoing or historical sexual abuse or were exploited in the production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Donald Hickman, Jr., of Reynoldsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 57 months incarceration for his role in a methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Atir Dadon, 34, of Sherman Oaks, was sentenced on June 14, 2019, to 22 months for conspiring to launder money, and co-defendant Adam Atari, 35, of Sherman Oaks, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to launder money, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Cabell County woman pled guilty today in federal court to three counts of bank fraud, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Kimberly Dawn Price, also known as Kimberly Dawn Swann, age 60, of Huntington, was employed as a staff accountant with a local accounting firm. Between...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 40-year old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Thaddeus Leo Raymond pleaded guilty on Oct. 15, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The National Park Service and the International Dark Sky Association are pleased to announce that Grand Canyon National Park has received its official International Dark Sky Park certification. To celebrate this milestone and kick off the 29th Annual Star Party, Grand Canyon National...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - Bo Lane, 36, of Coppermine, Ariz., was found guilty of seven counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child by a federal jury in Flagstaff, Ariz. on June 14, 2019. The case was tried before Chief U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow. Lane will be sentenced on Sept. 3, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - The leader and three others involved in sex trafficking of minors conspiracy are headed to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: Libyan National Found Guilty of Terrorism Charges in 2012 Attack on U.S. Facilities in Benghazi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Charles Drew Johnson, 43, of Magee, Mississippi, and a former Smith County Deputy Sheriff, has been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on four counts of having sexual contact with an inmate housed at the Smith County Jail, without the inmate’s consent, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge Luis M. Quesada.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: San Francisco, CA-As summer approaches and temperatures rise, visitors to Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) may look for relief from the heat by swimming in the ocean, where rough surf, rip currents and cold water can make for a dangerous combination.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that, on June 14, 2019, MUHAMMAD SHAHBAZ, 50, of Jersey City, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to food stamp fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA -Lauren Hedges, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months incarceration for distributing methamphetamine near a school, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
