News from March 2019
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management advises travelers on roads crossing public land to use caution as spring snowmelt has resulted in muddy conditions throughout the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: The inventor of cryptocurrency AriseCoin pleaded guilty today to duping investors out of more than $4 million, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A first degree murder suspect who has been on the run for months was brought to justice today by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the Multi Agency Gang Unit, and the Shelby County Sheriffs Fugitive Apprehension Team.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - The largest national park outside of Alaska just got bigger. On March 12, President Trump signed public lands legislation that included several changes to Death Valley National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: BISMARCK, N.D. - DEA Omaha Division Special Agent in Charge Richard Salter, Jr., testified at the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing at the United Tribal Technical College gymnasium in Bismarck, N.D., March 20. One of three federal representatives called to testify at the four-hour...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Stormetta Hawkins, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle sentenced JEROME KIEFFER, age 25, and his father, ARMSTEAD KIEFFER, age 54, both of New Orleans, to spend the rest of their lives in federal prison for their roles in a 2015 armored car robbery and a 2017 attempted armored car robbery in which Loomis guard James McBride was killed, announced U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - An Ottawa man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge that he drove to Missouri to meet what he believed was a mother who was willing to sell her 10-year-old daughter for sex, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: ANCHORAGE - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska welcomed new State Director Chad Padgett after he took the oath of office administered by BLM’s Deputy Director of Operations Mike Nedd in a ceremony Monday at the Federal Building in downtown Anchorage.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - Law enforcement authorities arrested 43 people Tuesday and Wednesday as part of a federal drug investigation dubbed “Operation Wrecking Ball" into alleged drug trafficking and related crimes that spanned multiple jurisdictions and states.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that STEVEN RE, age 41, was sentenced Tuesday, March 12, 2019 for possession of stolen firearms in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(j) and 924(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for First Degree Burglary and Aggravated Sexual Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that RICHARD LAUGEL was sentenced to 121 months in prison for detonating a pipe bomb in the Bronx on March 2, 2016, along with firearms and narcotics offenses. LAUGEL pled guilty on November 8, 2018, before United States District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, who also imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A total of 47 people are now in custody following the return of a 43-count indictment alleging drug-trafficking and related crimes in the Houston and Galveston areas. The case will be prosecuted in the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A North Las Vegas resident who was indicted with a federal child pornography charge was found guilty yesterday, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Nathaniel Carr, 25, of Concord, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced that local residents can enroll in TSA Pre✓® at Portland International Airport (PDX) for a four-week period starting Monday, April 1, 2019. Those interested in enrolling in this expedited screening program ahead of the busy 2019 summer travel season should make an appointment online now to enroll anytime in April.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: SAN JOSE - Jacqueline Ramos, also known as Jackie Acosta, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison, and ordered to pay $1,641,610 in restitution, for her role in a tax fraud conspiracy, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Special Agent in Charge Kareem Carter. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: FBI Richmond’s South Piedmont Violent Gang Task Force Increases Reward for Information Regarding 2017 Danville Homicide.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota announced the addition of new Committee staff members Wednesday.
