Great Falls, MT - The United States of America charged Leo James Hagan with involuntary manslaughter.

A jury convicted an East Glacier Park man accused of killing one passenger and seriously injuring a second passenger after he had been drinking and driving and crashed in Glacier National Park in 2019.

The jury found Leo James Hagan, 19, guilty of involuntary manslaughter and of ... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - MT)

St. Paul, MN - The United States of America v. Michael Jacob Blandford and Matthew Jon Leighland with distribution of drugs.

MICHAEL JACOB BLANDFORD, 28, and MATTHEW JON LEIGLAND, 26, to one count each of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. BLANDFORD and LEIGLAND, who were initially charged on April 26, 2019, entered their guilty pleas before Judge Nancy E. Brasel in U.S... More...   $0 (02-15-2020 - MN)

Rapid City, SD - The United States of America charged Dr. Stanley Patrick Weber with multiple counts of aggravated sexual abuse of minor children.

A man convicted of five counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse and three counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor following a week-long jury trial was sentenced on February 10, 2020, by Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

Stanley Patrick ... More...   $0 (02-11-2020 - SD)

This case concerns whether Riverside County may impose a tax on possessory
interests in federally owned land set aside for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
or its members. In 1971, this court held that it may, holding in part that federal law did
not preempt the tax. (Palm Springs Spa, Inc. v. County of Riverside (1971) 18
Cal.App.3d 372.) The tax was also upheld that yea... More...   $0 (02-11-2020 - CA)

Phoenix, AZ - The United States of America charged Earl Edward Lara, ate 60, with:

Abusive sexual contact with a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1153 and 2244(a)(5).

Earl Edward Lara, 60, of Sacaton, Arizona, an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced to 168 months in prison, to be followed by lifetime supervised release. He will also be required to regi... More...   $0 (02-09-2020 - AZ)

Detroit, MI - The United States of America charged Vance Pearson with conspiracy to commit embezzlment and racketeering.

Vance Pearson, the former Director of the United Auto Worker’s Region 5 and a former member of the UAW’s International Executive Board, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with other UAW officials to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars of UAW dues money and to furt... More...   $0 (02-08-2020 - MI)

Tulsa, OK - The United States of America charged Jeremy Keith Reece, ate 35, with second-degree murder in Indian Country.

A man charged with a 2015 murder occurring in Osage County pleaded guilty in federal court to murder in the second degree.

Jeremy Keith Reece, 35, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, admitted that he intentionally shot and killed the victim in Osage Natio... More...   $0 (02-07-2020 - OK)

Pierre, SD - The United States of America sued the South Dakota Department of Social Services on a civil rights violation theory.

The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with the South Dakota Department of Social Services (Department of Social Services or DSS), a state agency that assists South Dakotans seeking public benefits, resolving allegations that DS... More...   $0 (01-30-2020 - SD)

Investors who purchased shares of exchange-traded funds sued the issuers of the
fund and associated entities for violations of disclosure requirements under the federal
Securities Act of 1933. The trial court entered judgment for respondents after finding
appellants lacked standing to pursue their claims. Appellants’ challenge to this ruling is
based on a provision of the Investmen... More...   $0 (01-24-2020 - CA)

Spokane, WA - The United States of America charged Louis Mark Clark with assault and batter in Indian country.

Louis Mark Clark, age 28, of Nespelem, Washington, and an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on September 30, 2019, to Crime on Indian Reservation - Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. United ... More...   $0 (01-20-2020 - WA)

Minneapolis, MN - The United States of America charged Robert Lee Jourdain, Sr. with robbery.

ROBERT LEE JOURDAIN, SR., 26, pleaded guilty to one count of robbery. On December 19, 2019, JOURDAIN’s co-defendant COURTNEY JOHN BARRETT, JR., 30, also pleaded guilty to one count of robbery.

According to the defendants’ guilty pleas and documents filed in court, on May 1, 2019, at ap... More...   $0 (01-18-2020 - MN)

Buffalo, NY - The United States of America sued Christopher Casacci with trafficking in African wild cats.

A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Christopher Casacci, 38, of Amherst, New York, with violating the Lacey Act and the U.S. Animal Welfare Act based on his trafficking of African wild cats in interstate commerce.

The indictment charges that Casacci, doing b... More...   $0 (01-10-2020 - NY)

Houston, TX - The United States of America charged Hitesh Madhubhai Patel, a/k/a Hitesh Hinglaj with wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy.

An Indian national pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of Texas for his role in operating and funding India-based call centers whose callers, and U.S.-based conspirators, defrauded U.S. victims out of millions of dollars between 2013 a... More...   $0 (01-10-2020 - TX)

Great Falls, MT - The United States of America charged Dylan Jace Arrow Top Knot with assault and battery with great bodily harm.

A Browning man admitted assaulting a woman by throwing her to the ground, breaking her arm and injuring her shoulder, on the Blackfeet Reservation in 2019.

Dylan Jace Arrow Top Knot, 20, pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. He ... More...   $0 (01-09-2020 - MT)

Phoenix, AZ - The United States of America charged Christian Coxon and Laura Marye Wesley, a/k/a Laura Lott and Waleed Sarrar, a/k/a Willie Sarrar with conspiracy to import knock-off jewelry and fraud.

Three members of an international conspiracy to import knock-off jewelry from the Philippines and misrepresent it as Native-American have pleaded guilty for their roles in the fraudulent sc... More...   $0 (01-06-2020 - AZ)

Finding itself embroiled in litigation about a disputed neighborhood easement, the Tennessee Valley Authority moved to dismiss on grounds that no party sought relief
Case No. 19-5578, Hensley v. Conner, et al.
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from it specifically. The district court granted the motion. Some neighbors appeal that decision, arguing that this suit requires TVA’s participation. We disagree and affir... More...   $0 (01-06-2020 - TN)

New Orleans, LA - The United States of America charged Indian Ridge Seafood Company, LLC with violating the Lacey Act.

INDIAN RIDGE SEAFOOD COMPANY, LLC, a Louisiana Limited Liability Company located in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, was charged on December 30, 2019 in a one count Bill of Information for the illegal sale of oysters in violation of the Lacey Act.

According to th... More...   $0 (01-01-2020 - LA)

Phoenix, AZ - The United States of America charged Dustin Tso with domestic assault and battery with strangulation.

Dustin Tso, of Kaibeto, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to three years of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. The three years of imprisonment imposed will be served in addition to six months of imprisonment previous... More...   $0 (12-28-2019 - AZ)

Rapid City, SD - The United States of America cahrged Krystin Spotted Calf with second degree murder.

Krystin Spotted Calf, age 36, was sentenced on December 18, 2019, to 14 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund.

Spotted Calf was indicted by a federal grand jury in Augu... More...   $0 (12-28-2019 - SD)

Fargo, ND - The United States of America charged Jonathan James Hill assault and battery resulting in serious bodily harm.

U.S. District Court, Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Jonathan James Hill, age 23, to 10 years in federal prison for the offense of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. Defendant Hill is an enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe and the Sisseton Wa... More...   $0 (12-28-2019 - ND)

Great Falls, MT - The United States of America charged Allesandro Shalamar Foursouls with domestic assault and battery with strangulation.

A Harlem man admitted assaulting his dating partner by strangling her, causing substantial injury, on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation.

Allesandro Shalamar Foursouls, 27, pleaded guilty to assault resulting in substantial bodily injury to a... More...   $0 (12-10-2019 - MT)

Pocatello, ID - The United States of America chrged Andrew Dixey Galloway with assault with intent to commit murder and using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

Andrew Dixey Galloway, 30, of Blackfoot, was sentenced to a total of 179 months in federal prison for assault with intent to commit murder and using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Bart... More...   $0 (12-10-2019 - ID)

Oklahoma City, OK - The United States of America charged Tommy Dean Bullcoming with first-degree murder in Indian country.

A federal jury has convicted TOMMY DEAN BULLCOMING, 55, of Hammon, Oklahoma, of first-degree felony murder in Indian Country and related offenses.

A five-count indictment unsealed on April 6, 2018, charged Bullcoming with crimes he committed on September 6, 2... More...   $0 (11-29-2019 - OK)

Phoenix, AZ - The United States of America charged Michael Joseph Davis with assault and batter resulting in serious bodily injury.

Michael Joseph Davis, 36, of Florence, Arizona, was sentenced to 8 years in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. The defendant pleaded guilty on August 12, 2019, to Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.

On October 7, ... More...   $0 (11-28-2019 - AZ)

Ashville, NC - The United States of America charged Frank Michael Lucas with drug trafficking.

Frank Michael Lucas, 33, of Sylva, N.C. was sentenced to 160 months in prison on drug trafficking charges. Judge Reidinger also ordered Lucas to serve five years under court supervision and to pay a $10,000 fine.

According to information contained in filed court documents and yesterday... More...   $0 (11-22-2019 - NC)