News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A Yell County man was sentenced Monday for his role in a methamphetamine conspiracy that involved members of a white supremacist gang. Daniel Adame, 32, of Dardanelle, was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Brian S. Miller. Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today’s sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of DAKOTA JAMES LAFAVE, aka “Biggs," 30, to 366 months in prison for assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, witness retaliation, and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. LAFAVE, who pleaded guilty on Jan. 22, 2019, was sentenced before Chief Judge John R. Tunheim in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: . St. Thomas, USVI - Freddy Montano Paz, 29, Calixto Tumbaco, 41, Mariano Abregon, 42, and Hector Hernandez, 48, were charged with Conspiracy to Possess and Possession of a Controlled Substance on Board a Vessel Subject to the Jurisdiction of the United States, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - A federal jury has convicted five members of the Gangster Disciples (“GD") national criminal organization of offenses including racketeering, conspiracy involving murder, carjacking, attempted robbery, and other crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - A federal jury has convicted five members of the Gangster Disciples (“GD") national criminal organization of offenses including racketeering, conspiracy involving murder, carjacking, attempted robbery, and other crimes.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, sent a letter to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) warning about the potential dangers of alarming new reports that the Trump Administration is planning to divert hundreds of TSA employees to the southern border just as airline travel begins to increase for the summer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Steven James McNinch, age 35, of Okemah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 360 months’ imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release for Sexual Exploitation of Children, in violation of Title 18, United...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal indictment was unsealed charging 37-year-old Justin John Shorey of Schertz, TX, with aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs and San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Patrick Nathan Broxton, age 48, of Ellicott City, Maryland, today to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for a heroin distribution conspiracy and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Keith Phillips, 58, of Lewiston, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court on a charge of bank robbery. Senior United States District Judge D. Brock Hornby sentenced Phillips to 70 months in federal prison to be followed by three...
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Brooklyn, N.Y.-Visitors of all ages are invited to join the National Park Service (NPS), Wilderness Inquiry, NYC H2O, and Urban Soils Institute for Canarsie Pier Paddle-Fest on May 25 and Canarsie Pier Family Day on May 26. Programs will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on both days and they are free. No experience needed and people of all abilities are welcome.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Sentenced to Over a Decade in Prison After Distributing Meth for Two Years.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - United States District Court Judge Francisco A. Besosa sentenced Alexis David Rivera-Castillo to 15 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for sex trafficking of children, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Rivera-Castillo had plead guilty on Feb. 11, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming today published a draft supplemental environmental impact statement that augments analysis for the 2015 Buffalo Field Office Approved Resource Management Plan. The BLM is preparing this analysis in response to an order from the U.S. District Court...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Ara Dolarian, 58, was arrested on Wednesday, May 15, in Fresno on a criminal complaint charging him with illegally brokering the sale of military-grade arms and munitions, money laundering, and conspiracy, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former manager of CBS Employees Federal Credit Union pleaded guilty today to one felony count of bank fraud for embezzling $40 million from his employer over the course of 20 years - spending the money on gambling; homes in California, Nevada and Mexico; and travel by private jet - in a scheme that ultimately led to the credit union becoming insolvent.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, June 1, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, and Eastern National, will co-host a special panel discussion and battlefield tour about General James Longstreet, Confederate Left Wing Commander during the Battle of Chickamauga. Presenting their views about...
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: In honor of America’s veterans, active duty personnel, and casualties from our nation’s wars, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument will host a Memorial Day program at the Visitor Center on Monday, May 27, 2019 at 11:00 A.M. The program includes special speakers as well as posting of the colors by the Hardin American Legion Post #8. This year’s keynote speaker will be Corey Stapleton Secretary of State Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Keith Phillips, 58, of Lewiston, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court on a charge of bank robbery. Senior United States District Judge D. Brock Hornby sentenced Phillips to 70 months in federal prison to be followed by three...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Ocean County Co-Defendant Recently Sentenced to 13 Months in Prison.
