News from September 2019

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that defendant Jack Russell Bristol, 62, of Troy, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to thirty years’ incarceration and ten years’ supervised release by United States District Court Judge Gerald J. Pappert for child exploitation offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 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 Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of MICHAEL IMAN WHITE, 20, to 120 months in prison for the robbery and attempted robbery of multiple Walgreens pharmacies. WHITE and his codefendant JAVONN T. LEWIS, 24, were charged in a superseding indictment on Nov. 20, 2019.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced JERMILL BLACKNALL, 31, of Henderson, North Carolina, to 81 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised released.

By State Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: Dear Director Mulvaney and Acting Director Vought...

By DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) urges response crews and residents in areas affected by Hurricane Dorian to be aware of hazards created by flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees, and storm debris.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: New Hampshire Drywall Business Owner Indicted for Tax Fraud.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A registered sex offender has been charged with federal crimes related to sex trafficking a 14-year-old girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former broker and investment adviser was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for stealing millions of dollars from his clients in order to pay for personal expenses, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb sentenced Stephen J. Dougan, 57, formerly of Granite Bay, now residing in Utah, to three years in prison and one year of supervised release for corruptly endeavoring to impede the due administration of the Internal Revenue Laws, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL VADAKIN, 28, of Derby, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to one count of possession of child pornography.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eden, Minnesota, man convicted of Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on Aug. 30, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Robert B. Fitzgerald, age 81, of St. Regis Falls, New York, was arrested on Wednesday on a criminal complaint charging him with sexually exploiting a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Aug. 27, 2019, Joshua Pratchard, 38, of San Diego, California, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson to seventy-five months imprisonment, to be followed by a term of five years of probation and two years of supervised release, to be served concurrently. Pratchard previously pleaded guilty to multiple counts of Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition by Convicted Felon and Transferring a Firearm to an Out-of State Resident.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that PEDRO MANOLO ARAGON-HERNANDEZ, age 39, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty on September 4, 2019 to a one-count bill of information with illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. ' 1326. ARAGON-HERNANDEZ was immediately sentenced following the guilty plea.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: The Southeast Utah Group of parks is now accepting applications for the 2020 Community Artist in the Parks (CAIP) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland man was sentenced today to four years in prison for stealing the identity of an Alexandria resident and withdrawing funds from the victim’s retirement savings account.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A federal grand jury sitting in Lexington has charged four men for their involvement in a kidnapping that resulted in the deaths of two Lexington men. Rosario Diaz Barraza, 29, Ramon Camacho Zepeda, 51, Josė Felix Tlatenchi, 37, and Tomás Tlatenchi, 37, were each indicted Thursday for offenses related to the kidnapping and homicide of Josė Olascoaga, 29, and Marco Antonio Tunai Ortiz, 27, both of Lexington.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington woman was indicted Thursday for making multiple false bomb threats to Lexington’s 911 emergency response center.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve will reopen on Saturday September 7 at 9:00 a.m. now that the threat of Hurricane Dorian has passed.