News from August 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -----United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today that a federal grand jury returned a nine-count Indictment charging Florence resident Willard Lester “Les" Willard, age 51, with conspiracy, smuggling and violations of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The Indictment alleges...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: Memphis, TN - Chastain Montgomery, Sr., 50, of Lavergne, TN, was sentenced to consecutive life sentences in federal prison for the murders of United States Postal Service employees Paula Robinson and Judy Spray, announced Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee; Thomas Noyes, Inspector in Charge of the Charlotte Division, United States Postal Inspection Service; and Mark Gwyn, Director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. On August 8, 2014, a Perry County, Illinois, man pled guilty to an indictment, charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold its second Privacy Engineering Workshop in San Jose, Calif., Sept. 15 and 16, 2014. The event is co-sponsored by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and is part of NIST's efforts to address the lack of well-developed models, technical standards and best practices in privacy risk management.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today BAILEY JOE MILLS, 34, of Sanford, North Carolina, pled guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Robert B. Jones, Jr. to one count of manufacturing child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2251(a)and (d). MILLS was named in a Criminal Information on June 12, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: The former head of a Cleveland-area anti-poverty agency was charged with accepting more than $23,000 in cash, home renovations and other things of value in exchange for steering work to specific contractors, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Kirk A. Simmons, age 60, of Newark, Delaware, was sentenced earlier today to 10 years in federal prison for attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2422(b). Simmons also was sentenced to 10 years of supervised release following his prison sentence. He also will be required to register as a sex offender in any jurisdiction in which he lives, works, or attends school.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of interstate transportation of a minor for purpose of engaging in unlawful sexual activity, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - The former directors of a community outreach center in Dallas, whose trial was to begin yesterday, pleaded guilty this morning to federal felony charges stemming from a joint investigation by the Department of Justice - Office of the Inspector General (DOJ-OIG) and the Department of Labor - Office of the Inspector General (DOL-OIG) into theft of federal grant funds. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Paul Cawley, age 50, of Baltimore, Maryland late yesterday to 15 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for stealing over $175,000 in social security benefits. Judge Bennett also ordered Cawley to pay restitution of $175,213.70.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: A Toledo man was charged with one count of theft of government property, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn., - Aug. 12, 2014 - Carolina Serrano, 42, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced on August 8, 2014, by Chief Judge Williams J. Haynes to serve three years in prison for her participation in a tax refund fraud conspiracy that resulted in the payment of more than $1 million dollars in fraudulent...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Dakota, Ill. man was sentenced yesterday afternoon to federal prison for conducting a scheme to defraud more than 3,600 victims out of more than $120,000 in charitable donations. Federal Judge Frederick J. Kapala sentenced CLIFFORD J. EDWARDS, JR., 34, (formerly of Dakota and Loves Park...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Aug. 11, 2014 - Christopher Troy Sullivan, 40, of Joelton, Tennessee, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Nashville to distribution of child pornography, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: POCATELLO - Lloyd Elmo Gale, 53, and Linda Rae Westmoreland, 51, both of Rupert, Idaho, were sentenced to federal prison today for trafficking methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Gale was sentenced to serve 87 months imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: Defendant, an Armed Career Criminal, told the police he was “hunting" a rival.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Melchor Arroyos, 53, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 120 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Superintendent John J. Donahue announced today that the long awaited "emergency relief for federally owned roads" (ERFO) project will start on Aug. 18, 2014. The project was awarded to Rutledge Excavating from Tyler Hill, PA.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.) commended the Office of Management and Budget’s launch of the U.S. Digital Service, which, according to the Administration, will work to find solutions to management challenges that can prevent progress in the federal government’s IT delivery. Learn more about the Administration’s announcement here.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2014
News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park News Release. Aug. 12, 2014. Park Ranger Debra Mills (301) 663-9388. Official News Release. One Common Unity Brings Youth, Parents and Adult Professionals to End of Year Summer Retreat. On Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, 40 DC urban youth journeyed to Camp Round Meadow in Catoctin Mountain...
