News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell today sentenced Sandreania Davis (46, Orlando) to one year and three months in federal prison for filing a materially false statement in an application to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for disaster relief benefits.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: The BLM thanks the members of the Alliance for Historic Wyoming, Oregon-California Trail Association and Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for their assistance with the effort.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Garry Sean Ramone Drake, Jr., 26, of Lexington, was sentenced Friday, by U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, to 300 months in federal prison, following his conviction for distribution of fentanyl resulting in the death of Mason Reppen, 22, on Nov. 30, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 19 years in federal prison for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy that involved using other gang members to intimidate a witness during a state criminal trial, as well as conspiracies to distribute heroin and crack-cocaine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has published a new funding opportunity for the sponsors of congressionally authorized Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse projects to request cost-shared funding for the planning, design, and/or construction of those projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Florence, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Michelle Bryant, age 47, of Mission Viejo, California, was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to three counts of Intentionally Conveying False and Misleading Information. The information concerned...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming raised $87.9 million in a competitive oil and gas lease sale last week. The BLM originally planned to offer these parcels in December, but delayed their sale to provide more time for public input.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Defendant Provided Armenian Nationals with Fake Dance Certificates and Staged Photos to Qualify for P-3 Visa Program for Entertainers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A National City man convicted of conspiracy was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison today for laundering the money of a violent kidnapping organization that held two dozen Mexican nationals hostage.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The former Callaway County Collector was sentenced in federal court today for embezzling nearly $300,000 from Callaway County taxpayers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND- Roberto Molina, 38, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen to 57 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute 1 kilogram or more of heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington woman caught selling heroin in April of last year was sentenced today to 21 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Shirley Lacieann Burlile, 27, previously pled guilty to distributing heroin in federal court in Huntington. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the FBI Drug Task Force and the Cabell County Sheriff’s Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ALFRED HUMBLES, age 48, was charged Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 in a one-count indictment with Stalking, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2261A(2)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The ringleader of a crew that committed 10 armed robberies of Verizon stores across Southern California and Arizona, netting approximately $340,000 worth of stolen smartphones and other merchandise in the process, pleaded guilty on Friday to three federal felonies.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A prior sex offender in Fulton, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today after his mother and grandmother transported a 13-year-old child victim from Alabama to engage in illegal sexual activity with him.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to six years and ten months in prison and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $1,000 on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 100,500 metric tons of corn for delivery to Colombia during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with the arson at the Columbia Health Center (operated by Planned Parenthood Great Plains) on Feb. 10, 2019.
