News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A federal jury has convicted a Greenbrier County man on federal gun charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. In January 2018, Ronald Collins, 39, lied on ATF form 4473, indicating that he had never been committed to a mental institution, and thereafter purchased a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Pecos, NM: The annual Civil War Encampment at Pecos National Historical Park will take place Saturday, March 23rd from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This free, family-friendly event will bring to life the experience of the Civil War in New Mexico. Interact with living history participants, see black powder...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Jonathan Lara, 29, of Lynn, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 2½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of felony offenses and while being an unlawful user of heroin. He pled guilty on Nov. 27, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for robbing a local credit union, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: DENVER - Mr. Karen Nikolyan, age 35, and a citizen of Armenia, was arrested this weekend at the Tbilisi airport in the Republic of Georgia after flying from Istanbul, Turkey, announced United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn. Nikolyan had been a fugitive since 2008, when he fled the District of Colorado after he pleaded guilty to bank fraud in federal court. He was arrested in the Republic of Georgia by local authorities with support from United States federal law enforcement.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: First responders run toward danger; their jobs require it. From rushing into burning buildings to descending far underground, first responders selflessly put themselves at risk to save those in need. Often, their only connection to the outside world during these rescue missions is their colleagues at...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that District Judge John W. DeGravelles sentenced CORY CONRAD, a 30 year-old resident of Magnolia, Mississippi to 46 months in federal prison following his conviction of possessing a firearm by a convicted felon. The Court further sentenced CONRAD to 3 years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and ordered that the firearm be forfeited.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Join the National Park Service (NPS) and the John Muir Association in celebrating John Muir’s 181st birthday and Earth Day, during our annual Birthday - Earth Day event on Saturday, April 20, 2019 from 10 AM to 4 PM at the John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) in Martinez, CA.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Raymond Jackson, 52, Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 30 months in federal prison for possessing two firearms and ammunition as a felon. Jackson pleaded guilty to the charge on Dec. 17, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: District of New Jersey sees Increase in Prosecutions of both Violent and White Collar Crime.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - “In the coming days, it is absolutely critical that we get answers as to what caused the devastating crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 and whether there is any connection to what caused the Lion Air accident just five months ago. I remain concerned that international aviation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - The Justice Department today reached an agreement with Harris County to resolve its lawsuit alleging that Harris County violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide an accessible voting program to voters with disabilities, including accessible polling...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SERAFINO CANINO, 53, of Torrington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for tax evasion.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - A Dutch narcotics trafficker and money launderer was returned to his home country March 11 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers. This follows an international investigation which led to his conviction on multiple charges tied to an international drug trafficking scheme.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
Release: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the USDA Office of Inspector General.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - US Park Rangers of Zion National Park are investigating the recent theft of funds from the fee drop box in Watchman Campground, located in Zion Canyon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. has agreed to pay a total penalty of $33 million for filing a materially false and misleading statement to investors regarding the sale of its laminate flooring from China to its customers in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The first grizzly bear sighting of 2019 occurred in Yellowstone National Park just days ago. On Friday, March 8, visitors observed a large grizzly bear between Canyon Village and Fishing Bridge. Additionally, grizzly tracks were reported between Mammoth Hot Springs and Norris Junction on Monday, March 11. The first grizzly bear sighting in 2018 occurred on March 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dontrell Wise, 32, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted following a federal jury trial of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, butyryl fentanyl, fentanyl, cocaine, and crack cocaine; possession with intent to distribute butyryl fentanyl; and distribution of fentanyl causing death, was sentenced to serve life in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
