News from May 2021
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Daniel Taylor, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland to nine years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: DENTON, Texas - Preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in Jackson County, Arkansas. Property owners are encouraged to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Kansas, man who was a leader of a $56 million criminal enterprise was sentenced in federal court today for his role in the conspiracy that distributed more than 2,600 kilograms of cocaine in the metropolitan area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: BANGOR, Maine: An Aroostook County man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in two separate cases for conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Donald E. Clark announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the Boston-based Devon Street Chapter of the Massachusetts Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (“Latin Kings") was sentenced yesterday on racketeering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Beverly Hills man was arrested today on a murder-for-hire charge that alleges he tried to hire a hitman to kill a woman he briefly dated and who had repeated tried to break off the relationship.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Four men charged as a result of a long-term investigation known as “Second Wave" appeared in federal court this week. Jason Michael Terrell, 37, of Mount Carbon was sentenced to 14 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine. Ronald Lee Thomas...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The lead defendant in an indictment alleging that a drug trafficking organization shipped thousands of pounds of methamphetamine all over the world - sometimes hidden inside consumer and industrial products - arrived in the United States today after being extradited from France.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Martinsburg, WV - Members of the U.S. Marshals Mountain State Fugitive Task Force arrested Sumpun Jerles, 37, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on May 20, 2021, Darrin S. McElhatton (age: 41) of Appleton, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison by Senior United States District Judge William C. Griesbach.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: KOUNTZE, Texas - Today we announce the installation of a new temporary art exhibit at the Big Thicket National Preserve Visitor Center. Entitled “Find Your Adventure," this art installation was created in partnership with the International Fiber Collaborative, which worked with students from across the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Richard Kuykendall, 41, of Albuquerque, was charged in federal court on May 20 with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Kuykendall will remain detained pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Shawn Darnyel Matthews, 23, of Fresno, today to two years and eight months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Has Prior Felony Conviction for Forgery.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: East St. Louis, Ill. - A Collinsville man pled guilty today to a Federal Grand Jury Indictment.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: GULF BREEZE, Fla. - Gulf Islands National Seashore, in coordination with local fire departments, contained a brush fire in the Naval Live Oaks Area May 21.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - A Guatemalan national was sentenced to “time served" (effectively 9 months in prison), for the federal crime of causing misuse of a social security number, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca of the Southern District of Mississippi, and Jack Staton, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Xavier Sims (36, Ocala) to nine years and seven months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: CONCORD - Glen Lanchester, 53, of Manchester, was sentenced to 252 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2021
News Release: AUSTIN - Today, authorities arrested 27-year-old Jean Claude Anthony Meama-Kajue of Austin for allegedly distributing a controlled substance containing fentanyl that resulted in a person’s overdose death in December of last year.