News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: An armed carjacker who repeatedly disguised himself as a police officer has been ordered federal prison for 30 years, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Peter R. Kiwitt, 61, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with sex trafficking of a minor, sex trafficking of a minor using force, fraud, and coercion, and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: MOOSE, WY- The Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Snake Field Office, is temporarily closing the Teton Park Road across the Jackson Lake Dam in Grand Teton National Park on an intermittent basis beginning Tuesday September 24 through Friday October 25 to perform crane work on the dam.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - This week, Jose Moreno, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Soto to 84 months of imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release. Moreno had previously pleaded guilty to kidnapping and domestic assault by a habitual offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Peter R. Kiwitt, 61, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with sex trafficking of a minor, sex trafficking of a minor using force, fraud, and coercion, and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Des Moines, IA-On Sept. 17, 2019, Theodore Eric Watson, age 54, of Altoona, appeared before United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey and was sentenced to 18 months in prison for mail fraud and embezzlement of labor union assets, with three years of supervised release to follow his prison term. Watson pleaded guilty to these offenses on April 15, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two Washington, D.C. area men were sentenced to nearly four years in prison combined for their roles in a firearm trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Three members of the Modesto Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, including the Club's Vice President and Secretary, were charged yesterday in four separate indictments, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Hell's Angels Vice President Michael Shafer, 31, of Modesto, was charged with...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Ethan Cole Endres, age 28, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Chicopee man was charged yesterday in federal court in Springfield with child pornography offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa sentenced Erik Allen Ketelaar, 35, of Phoenix, Ariz., to 36 months in prison and three years of supervised release. The Court also ordered Ketelaar to pay $573,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service, third party processors, and individual taxpayers. Ketelaar had previously pleaded guilty to wire fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Elko District, Tuscarora Field Office, is planning to conduct aerial herbicide treatments southwest of Owyhee, Nevada. Herbicide application, via fixed-wing aircraft, is expected to begin Sept. 20, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Twelve individuals are facing federal drug trafficking and firearms charges as the result of a two-year DEA-led multi-agency investigation into a major New Mexico-based poly-drug trafficking organization allegedly operating between Las Vegas, N.M., and Albuquerque, N.M., under the alleged...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James P. O’Neill...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - National parks will offer free admission, wellness events, and stewardship activities for National Public Lands Day on Sept. 28 -- the country’s biggest celebration of the great outdoors!.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa sentenced William “Lance" Mullins, 50, formerly of Scottsdale, Ariz., to 42 months in prison and three years of supervised release. The Court also ordered Mullins to pay more than $2.8 million in restitution to 125 victim shareholders. Mullins had previously pleaded guilty to engaging in fraudulent interstate securities transactions.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Sept. 6, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Freddy Lamb (Lamb) of Oklahoma, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Sierra Front Field Office, has prepared a Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA) to analyze the impacts of conducting 18 acres of hazardous fuels treatment in the area of Geiger Summit, in Storey County, Nevada. The project is on BLM administered...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces the arrest of two defendants pursuant to Federal Criminal Complaints for federal narcotics offenses. The arrests occurred after law enforcement attempted to serve a search warrant in Henderson, North Carolina. The defendants injured four Vance County Deputy Sheriffs, in their attempt to flee the area where the search warrant was being executed.
