News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Richard Luthmann Lured Victim to His Law Office, Where Co-Defendants Extorted Him Using a Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 22-year-old Beaumont resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Dveaunta Montez Hall pleaded guilty Dec. 17, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Settlement Provides Funding for Retrofits in Common Areas and Individual Units, and Compensation for Persons Harmed by Lack of Accessibility.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court for obstruction of justice, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- A Detroit, Michigan man was sentenced to 15 months in prison today for distributing fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Octavius Ellis, 23, previously pled guilty in December 2018 to knowingly and intentionally distributing fentanyl. The Huntington Police Department handled the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Concord - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Joshua Smith, 31, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 180 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl and to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: CONCORD- Darrell Self, 44, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 102 months in prison for heroin trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 22-year-old Beaumont resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Dveaunta Montez Hall pleaded guilty Dec. 17, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: Honoring the district’s first female AUSA and newest female AUSA.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Anthony Lamont Lott, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 115 months incarceration for drug charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DANIEL JUSTIN MAHAN, age 43, a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was sentenced Thursday, March 14, 2019 by United States District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon to 151 months imprisonment, having pleaded guilty to receipt of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors and violation of the Federal Gun Control Act. Upon release from imprisonment, he will serve a 5 year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man and a Bergen County, New Jersey, man have been arraigned for their respective roles in a reverse mortgage scheme that took advantage of several elderly homeowners, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: SALMON, Idaho - Effective March 18, the BLM Salmon Field Office will temporarily close Discovery Hill Bluffs Road due to highly erosive soil conditions. Idaho's weather is changing by the minute, and continued moisture is affecting some recreational areas. The road will open as soon as soil conditions dry out enough to reduce erosion concerns.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sergiy Bezrukov, 35, of Salamanca, NY, formerly of Queens, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 35 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - The National Park Service (NPS) Serious Accident Investigation Team (SAIT) has completed its examination into the accidental death of NPS volunteer Tom Jaskulski in March 2018. Jaskulski, a long-time Death Valley National Park volunteer, died while completing a routine fitness swim test to recertify as an NPS diver. The Riverside County Coroner determined Jaskulski’s fatality was natural, and the cause was cardiovascular disease.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2019
News Release: Tumacácori was selected to receive a field trip grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks. The grant will cover transportation costs for local public schools to visit and participate in one of Tumacácori’s curriculum-based education programs. This grant, part of the National Park Foundation’s “Open Outdoors for Kids" program, supports the federal government’s “Every Kid in a Park" program.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2019
News Release: CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA, Calif. March 16, 2019 - A massive multiagency search in the Sierra Nevada has been underway for more than a week to locate missing U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Matthew Kraft, a 24-year-old man from Washington, Conn. Kraft set out on a solo ski and hike trip on Feb. 24 with an itinerary...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2019
News Release: Saguaro National Park Hosts Photographer Frank Ruggles.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen released the following statement in response the shootings in New Zealand: "In the wake of the attack on the two mosques in New Zealand, I want to express condolences and sympathies for those affected by the attacks, and reassure those in this country that the Department of Homeland Security is doing all it can to protect the homeland from violent extremists.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that PRG Real Estate Management and several related entities have agreed to pay up to $1,590,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by obtaining unlawful court judgments against military tenants and by charging improper lease termination fees. This settlement is the largest ever obtained by the Department against a landlord or property management company for violations of the SCRA.
