News from August 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: U.S. Attorney's Office commissioned study, conducted by Portland State University, documents wide spread victimization of children in the Portland metro area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen Brown announces, Charles Derks of Mobile, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for his conviction of being a felon in possession of firearms, a violation of Title 18, United States Code Section 922(g)(1). The term of imprisonment is to be followed by a three year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Middle District of North Carolina. Monday, August 5, 2013. Faces up to Ten Years Imprisonment for Firearm Offense. GREENSBORO, N.C. - Mikel Edward Brady II pleaded guilty today to a federal firearm charge, announced Ripley Rand, United States Attorney for the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The husband and wife owners of Mr. Nice Guys Smoke Shop have entered pleas of guilty as a result of the efforts of a multi-agency investigation, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Leroy Mitchan Jr., 33, and Kimberly Davis, 27, both of Corpus Christi, pleaded guilty just a short time ago to structuring financial transactions as charged in a superseding indictment filed June 12, 2013.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: Dear General Dempsey: After reviewing your July 19th letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Levin outlining options for the use of U.S. military force in the Syrian conflict, I am writing to request further clarification regarding the possible use of limited stand-off strikes. Specifically,...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Joplin, Mo., couple and their four adult sons are among 21 defendants who have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine in Jasper County, Mo.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: Grand Teton National Park will join the Jackson Hole Astronomy Club to host the annual Grand Teton Astronomy Day this Sunday, August 11. Family-oriented activities are on tap which offer fun and educational opportunities to identify and appreciate galactic bodies such as constellations, star clusters, nebulae, sunspots, and much more.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: Recent bear incidents at the Rising Sun Campground, located on the east of the park, have prompted the temporary closure of the campground. Early Monday morning the upper loop of the campground was closed, and the lower loop was only open to hard-sided camping. As of Tuesday, August 6, the entire campground will be closed to all camping. All campers are being provided an opportunity to relocate to another campground within the park.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: A 57-year-old Victorville, California man led a Grand Teton National Park ranger on a fast-moving pursuit on U.S. Highway 26/89/191 north of Moose Junction late Sunday night, August 4. The ranger attempted to stop the vehicle for crossing the centerline several times, but the driver did not yield and increased his speed instead.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK-Alaska. The Holland America cruise ship Statendam provided assistance to 102 tourists from a tour vessel experiencing mechanical problems in Glacier Bay, Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RICHARD UVA, also known as “Big Baldy," 44, of Trumbull, formerly of Stamford, pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Thomas P. Smith in Hartford to one count of conspiring to violate the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act stemming from his involvement in organized-crime controlled gambling businesses.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Eliot Engel, senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, sharply criticized the sentences handed down by a Turkish court today in a highly publicized case against those accused of attempting to overthrow Turkey’s government.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX - On Aug. 5, 2013, Frank Becerra Campos, 66, of San Diego, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to five years imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in an advance-fee mortgage rescue scam that took place in Arizona and California.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Dale Lockwood, 60, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. The plea, entered before United States District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara, carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years in prison, a maximum penalty of 40 years incarceration, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Seventy-six U.S. Senators called for tougher sanctions against Iran in a bipartisan letter sent to President Obama.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A man from Manhattan, Kan., has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for aiding and abetting an armed robbery that set in motion a series of events leading ultimately to a deadly arson in which a Kansas State University researcher died, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: Spent Millions On Lavish Lifestyle While Refusing To Pay More Than $500,000 In Negotiated Tax Payment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced brothers Harold Alexander Byrd, age 26, of Phoenix, Maryland, and Joseph Ibreham Byrd, age 34, of Owings Mills, Maryland, today each to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement on elections in Zimbabwe...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Shareef Muhammad, age 34, of Suitland, Maryland, today to 12 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute phencyclidine (PCP), crack cocaine and heroin.
