News from April 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: Charleston Man Caught with Pills, Heroin, Crack, Guns and Ammunition.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement in recognition of the 44th Earth Day on April 22nd.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: The educational television series, "Waterways," continues to showcase the south Florida ecosystem in an exciting new two-part episode.The unique wading birds of Everglades National Park are featured, as well as benthic studies that explore the make-up of the seafloor in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A federal jury, today, returned guilty verdicts against Rahim McIntyre, 34, of Philadelphia, PA, who was charged with three counts of sex trafficking. McIntyre, a/k/a “King Kobra," caused Internet advertisements to be created in which he advertised various females as available for purchase...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: Michael G. Morris Admits To Three Child Pornography Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Jimmy Dale Wright, 56, of Rock, West Virginia, pled guilty in federal court in Bluefield to distributing hydromorphone, a powerful and addictive prescription pain medication. Wright admitted that in August of 2013, he sold pills to a person who was cooperating with law enforcement authorities. The drug deal took place on Pocosin Fork Road in Lashmeet, Mercer County, West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Derek A. Brown, 33, and Bryan T. Schaub, 22, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to damage energy facilities, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: One reason why some cows cannot get pregnant may be because they have male (Y) chromosome fragments in their DNA, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney maintains relentless pursuit of illegal possession of weapons throughout Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: A seven-count indictment was filed charging Dustin Shepherd, aka “Rev," age 31, of Ravenna, Ohio, and Christopher Ferry, aka “Skinny," age 21, of Newton Falls, Ohio, with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana, and firearms violations, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Juan Vicente Avalos-Castaneda, 20, of Perris, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to four and a half years in prison for manufacturing marijuana, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), housed within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), implemented an update to the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) Friday. SEVIS Release 6.16 includes improved search functionality and a mandatory data migration.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Christopher David Robinette, 43, of Amsterdam, Netherlands, pleaded guilty today to nine counts related to the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former employee of a bank in Neosho County pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling more than $180,000 from the bank, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Seven Houston residents have pleaded guilty for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic dozens of AK-47 variant rifles from the Houston area to Mexico, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Robert Elder, special agent in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: Opening dates for seasonally operated facilities and roads in Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway are as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to the armed robbery of Bank of America nearly seven years ago.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: Under signature of Superintendent Dan Foster, an area of China Bend - specifically the formation and climbing area on the west side of the reservoir, has been closed. The closure is in effect to protect nesting raptors in the area for the period from Feb. 15, 2014 to July 15, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2014
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Canadian citizen who was convicted on charges of using his deceased brother’s identity was sentenced Monday to four years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. He also was ordered to pay restitution of $15,186 to a former business partner.
