News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western Disttrict of Wisconsin, announced that Rita Witter, 69, Fremont, California, pleaded guilty and was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to three years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. Witter appeared in federal court in Madison on March 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Mexico citizen arrested in Glacier National Park was sentenced today to six months in prison and to two years of supervised release for conviction of being in the United States illegally, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump today proposed a $1.1 billion Fiscal Year 2020 budget for the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation. The budget supports the Administration’s and Interior’s goals of ensuring reliable and environmentally responsible delivery of water and power for farms, communities and industry, while providing Reclamation with tools to confront the widening imbalances between supply and demand throughout the West.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - GREGORY L. COBBS, 60, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for committing wire fraud, announced Robert J. Troester of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He has also been ordered to pay $941,475.60 in restitution to ten victims.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican, Michael McCaul (R-TX) issued the following statement on the Administration’s proposed FY2020 International Affairs Budget...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Zachary Price, of Flushing, Ohio, has admitted to drug distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: CONROE, Texas - A former Texas A&M Forest Service wildland firefighter was ordered to serve 30 years in state prison Wednesday for sexually assaulting a girl for more than nine years, starting when she was 8 years old.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: To protect and restore native vegetation, promote healthy and diverse forests and preserve historic landscapes, four western Maryland national parks are preparing to implement previously approved white-tailed deer management plans. The National Park Service (NPS) will donate all suitable meat from reduction activities to local food banks. Last year, national parks in western Maryland and the District of Columbia donated more than 14,000 pounds of venison to local food banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Robert Kenneth Niland, of Keyser, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: Joshua A. Pearce, a/k/a "Josh," and "Junior," 32, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, has been sentenced to 168 months imprisonment for his role in a methamphetamine conspiracy, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today. Pearce previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By State Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: Dear Assistant Secretary Nagy: In advance of your upcoming trip to Cameroon, I am writing to you out of concern for Maurice Kamto, President of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement and former candidate for the Cameroonian presidency. As you know, Mr. Kamto was arrested on Jan. 28, 2019 and is currently...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Nicole Halliett Holland, age 50, former Director of Communications for the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office and a resident of Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced to three years probation after pleading guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: Burlington, VT - The U.S. Marshals Service arrested a fugitive wanted by the State of Nevada and Vermont.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A Missouri resident overheard on jail calls threatening to kill law enforcement officers and witnesses was sentenced today to federal prison for 10 years for possessing a firearm in Arkansas. Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced that multi-convicted felon Jimmy David McVay, 34, of Steele, Mo., was sentenced to the statutory maximum 120 months in prison for his illegal possession of a firearm in Blytheville in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Ron Luclaire Houser, 42, of Mathews, North Carolina, pleaded guilty in federal court to seven counts of Hobbs Act robbery and two counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Edgar Ramirez aka Rodolfo O. Salinas, 36, pleaded guilty today to false claim of United States citizenship.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: Washington - On Aug. 20, 2018, Lynn R. Hottle, doing business as Hottle Livestock (Hottle), Rome, Pa., waived his right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and paid a penalty of $1,250 for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, NJ - On Feb. 28, approximately 3,200 lbs. of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $77,000,000, was seized at the Port of New York/Newark in a joint operation involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kevin Alexander Miske, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was arrested today and had his initial appearance in a federal courtroom, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Terrence Taylor, 38, of Ball, Louisiana, was sentenced last week to 34 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced. He was also sentenced Friday to three years of supervised release.
