News from October 2019

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Allegedly Ordered the Murders of Rival Drug Cartel Members.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Karen Posey was sentenced today to 36 months in prison, and ordered to pay restitution for stealing more than $200,000 from her former employer, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and FBI Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Three men were named today in a federal grand jury indictment that alleges they distributed narcotics, including counterfeit pharmaceutical pills containing fentanyl that resulted in the overdose death of hip-hop artist Mac Miller.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Admitted Causing a Tax Loss of Over $3.4 Million.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Ten members and associates of the South Los Angeles-based Rollin’ 30s Harlem Crips street gang were arrested today pursuant to six federal grand jury indictments that charge a total of 21 defendants with conspiring to traffic narcotics, such as crack cocaine that allegedly was sold at a minimart and in front of a public library.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Joseph Calabria pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone, and to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Last week, on Sept. 23, 2019, his brother, Michael Calabria, pleaded guilty to conspiring...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Guatemalan national removed from the United States in June 2004 admitted in federal court in Providence today that he reentered the country illegally, and while in the country illegally in February 2019 sold an individual nearly a kilogram of heroin.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sven Artez Alston and James Lamont Brinkley, both of Baltimore, Maryland, have admitted to distributing fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Gulf Breeze, Fla. - Many species are critical to the barrier island ecosystem preserved at Gulf Islands National Seashore. These species play an often unseen role in safeguarding the incredible beauty and recreational opportunity millions of people come to visit each year. The perdido key beach mouse is a small species, but it provides a big benefit to park beaches.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Old Fall River Road closes for the season to vehicles on Monday, October 7. The road will be closed to all uses from Monday, October 7, through Thursday, Oct. 10, for park staff to conduct road maintenance. On Friday, Oct. 11, Old Fall River Road will reopen to bicycles, leashed pets and walkers through November 30. Leashed pets and bicycles are only allowed on the road, not on side trails. On Dec. 1, the road will revert to trail status.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: BALTIMORE - A federal jury convicted Paul Alexander, a/k/a David Paul Hayes and "Shorty," age 47, of Hanover, Maryland, on five federal charges including conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, two counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substances-specifically fentanyl, possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Dear Inspector General Atkinson: We appreciate the press release that you issued on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019.[1] Although it answers some of the questions regarding the “Disclosure of Urgent Concern" form that we raised in our letter to you that day,[2] it leaves many of those questions unanswered...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that United States District Judge Jeffrey U. Beaverstock sentenced defendant Samuel Maxwell Styron, 66, a resident of Foley, Alabama, to imprisonment for 18 months for bank fraud. As part of the sentence, the...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: On Saturday, Oct. 19, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will conduct a 45-minute program at the Brown’s Ferry Federal Road in Moccasin Bend National Archeological District. Participants should take the Manufacturer’s Road exit off Highway 27 and drive west, following the “Special Event" signs. The program location’s physical address is 707 Moccasin Bend Road, Chattanooga, TN.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: * Due to winter weather conditions, all wildfires in Yellowstone have been declared out.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: A Sand Springs man pleaded guilty today in federal court for filing a fraudulent tax return which resulted in a $3,800 tax refund, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution at Beckley was sentenced to federal prison for a weapon offense, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Joshua Allen, 29, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for being an inmate in possession of a weapon. His sentence will run consecutively to the sentence he was serving at the time of his offense.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach dentist was sentenced today to eight and a half years in prison for conspiracy to distribute prescription opioids and muscle relaxant pills without a legitimate medical purpose.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Mexican national admitted Wednesday in federal court to importing 26 pounds of cocaine into the U.S.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Carl Junction, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to transporting a Kansas minor across state lines to engage in criminal sexual activity.