News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: SAN JOSE - Edgar Gaspar was sentenced today to 97 months in prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, U.S. District Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: Biologists from the National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, and the Universities of Wyoming and Montana published findings of a 10-year study about bison migration and grazing in Yellowstone National Park in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Marion L. Ledford, 65, of Alamogordo, New Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico today to tax evasion for failing to report income embezzled from the non-profit organization where Ledford was a director.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: While on Probation, Defendant Shot at a Person Near an Elementary School.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Juan Camarena, 51, of Wasilla, was indicted today with one count of felon in possession of ammunition. Camarena is a person of interest in the triple homicide in Wasilla, Alaska on Nov. 2, 2019. During the course of the triple homicide investigation, law enforcement agencies discovered and seized Camarena’s illegally possessed ammunition that was stored in his trailer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: BOISE - A federal grand jury indicted fifteen members and associates of the West Side Loma gang for drug trafficking and firearms crimes, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. The charges stem from an investigation by the Treasure Valley Metro Violent Crimes Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: Students Take Charge at Youth Summit to Promote Positive Climate in Schools.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, TN-Some East Tennesseans continue to receive fraudulent phone calls and emails claiming they failed to appear for federal jury duty or respond to a federal court summons. The scammer tells the victim that he or she can avoid arrest by paying a fine immediately and may request payment information or other personal information. The scammer also may request that the victim purchase a prepaid card, such as a Green Dot card or gift card, and deliver it to the scammer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: William Draher, 71, was indicted on one count of engaging in the business of selling firearms without a license between January 2013 and July 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: The subject of today’s hearing with Japan’s partial agreement with United States has significant consequences for one of our largest trading partners, a strategic ally, and a country with whom we have had a complicated relationship as a relates to trade.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man and a Philadelphia man were each sentenced today to 30 months in prison for their respective roles in conspiring to distribute oxycodone, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Anchorage brothers and repeat drug trafficking offenders Dwayne Dollison, Jr., 37, and Kenneth Martin Douglas, 35, were each sentenced to 15-year prison sentences by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason for a drug trafficking conspiracy involving firearms. Dollison was sentenced to an additional 7 months for violating the supervised release conditions of a previous drug trafficking offense.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - Ten were charged in federal court Wednesday following an investigation by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York’s El Dorado Task Force working with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for allegedly creating and using a “money sucking website" to identify vulnerable victims...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp today sentenced Benjamin Green Robinson (32, Daytona Beach) to nine years and two months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine. A federal jury found Robinson guilty on August 9, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Juan Camarena, 51, of Wasilla, was indicted today with one count of felon in possession of ammunition. Camarena is a person of interest in the triple homicide in Wasilla, Alaska on Nov. 2, 2019. During the course of the triple homicide investigation, law enforcement agencies discovered and seized Camarena’s illegally possessed ammunition that was stored in his trailer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: Project Guardian already at work in the Southern District of Indiana.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -The Bureau of Reclamation, as directed by the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, Public Law No: 114-322 (WIIN Act), announces public negotiation sessions with Delta Division and other CVP contractors for water service conversion and existing repayment contracts for construction cost prepayments.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: Gulf Breeze, Fla. - Work has begun in the Fort Pickens Historic District to restore the historic Mine Loading Building and eventually open the building to public use. The project underway is phase one of a three phase project to stabilize and restore the building as an interpretive exhibit space for...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2019
News Release: For Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Honest Services Wire Fraud.
