News from May 2019
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: The Glacier Point Road will remain closed due to incoming winter storm systems.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A federal criminal complaint, unsealed today, charges two Peoria, Ill., men with stealing nearly 100 guns from two west central Illinois federal firearms licensees, The Tac Shack, in Monmouth, and Farm King, in Galesburg, in March 2019. Keith L. Winters, 28, of the 100 block of E. Melbourne...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - James A. Mayhugh, Jr., 61, of Springfield, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to crimes related to falsifying firearms sales records for more than 200 firearm sales. Mayhugh lied in his records concerning the identity of the purchaser and then actually sold the firearms to unknown individuals on the black market.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Mark Bieniek, 45, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of cyberstalking, was sentenced to serve 41 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - The National Park Service (NPS) has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) of proposed additions and modifications to telecommunications infrastructure on Rogers Peak in Death Valley National Park. Major requested additions are a cell tower and a military radome.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Overland Park man today admitted he collected more than 44,000 images of child porn, some of which were shared with other computer users, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Orlando, FL - Kenneth Bernard Smith (54, Winter Garden) pleaded guilty today to two counts of possessing ammunition and a firearm as a convicted felon and two counts of distributing cocaine and heroin. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. Smith is scheduled to be sentenced in August 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that PAUL VAN MANEN was found guilty yesterday of conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl that resulted in the death of Michael Ogno, a 26-year-old man from Staten Island, New York and the serious bodily...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - John Howard Murray, 45, of Erie, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 57 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced RYDER STORM JENKINS, 19, of Riverton, Wyoming on May 3, 2019 for two counts of assaulting and resisting persons assisting federal law enforcement officers. Jenkins was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received twenty-three months of imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Leff, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office, announced the arrest of Adam Paul Strege on May 15, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sisseton, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for sexual abuse and obstruction of justice.
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Samuel C. Thompson, 34, of Grass Valley, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 10 years and four months in prison for receipt of child pornography and attempting to use the internet to entice a child to engage in sexual activity, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, AZ-The FBI and our law enforcement partners are warning the public about a new, concerning twist on virtual kidnapping for ransom scams (VKFR), where criminals are convincing U.S. victims to cross the border into Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A felon from Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearms and narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kory Doyle, 33, of Warsaw, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Honduran man pled guilty to immigration crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Elmer Hernandez, 30, entered a guilty plea to the felony offense of Reentry of a Removed Alien. He faces up to two years of incarceration when he is sentenced on Aug. 22, 2019. Stuart commended the work of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the West Virginia State Police.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Allen, South Dakota, man convicted of False Statement was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Defendant took $2.3 million in Fees and Failed to Report the Income on His Taxes.
By Homeland Newswire | May 17, 2019
Release: FARGO, N.D. - Local residents will have the opportunity to enroll in TSA Pre✓® at Hector International Airport in Fargo, N.D. for five day starting Monday, June 3, 2019.
