News from August 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Paul Rodney Cain, age 48, of Pasadena, Maryland, today to 135 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Surjit Toor, 59, and his son Raju Toor, 34, both of Hilmar, were arraigned in Fresno today for a scheme that defrauded Foster Farms of more than $46,000, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Josh J. Minkler, 51, has been named the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. Minkler served as the First Assistant under former United States Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett and will now lead the federal prosecutor’s office.
By State Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called for the immediate confirmation of 25 ambassadorial nominees, all career Foreign Service Officers, during the final hours of the Senate’s legislative session - a request that was rejected outright by Republicans on the Senate floor.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that RICHARD DAVIS, also known as “Quan Bezel," 20, of New Haven, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, July 30...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Darrius Roszario D. Washington, age 20, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 135 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for an armed bank robbery in which Washington forced a teller at gunpoint to accompany him and open the bank vault.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Billy.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park News Release. Aug. 1, 2014. Debra Mills. Official News Release. Catoctin Mountain Park Invites Individuals and Groups to Join the Barberry Brigade. It has been stated that the invasive of non-native, alien plants is the most irreversible human impact on earth's ecosystem. Catoctin...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Tribe Working Closely With Federal Law Enforcement To Address Heroin Problem.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: A criminal information was filed in U.S. District Court charging the former director of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Nursing Anesthesiology School with embezzling $215,760.07 from the school, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By State Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Memphis, TN - Craig Wilson, 45, of Memphis, TN, pleaded guilty yesterday to assisting others in stealing United States Department of Treasury funds through the filing of false income tax returns, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641, announced Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that charges have been filed against Sinclair L. Atkins who is currently confined at United States Penitentiary Terre Haute, Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: A man who was involved in an attempt to manufacture methamphetamine in his apartment, but instead set the apartment building on fire, was sentenced on July 29, 2014, to more than seven years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: NatureBridge and Alcoa Foundation proudly announce the 2014 NatureBridge Alcoa Scholars program. Twenty-four high school students were selected from more than 160 applicants from Alcoa communities around the world, representing 18 countries. This summer, these Scholars will participate in a 10-day program immersed in the wonder and science of Yosemite National Park while building connections with each other.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Illinois. Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. Follow @SDILNews. Ronnell M. Hunter, 21, of Belleville Illinois, was sentenced on Aug. 1, 2014, in federal district court, in East St. Louis, Illinois, for unlawfully possessing a firearm by a previously...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: MISSOULA -Whitefish father and son, Scott Joseph Hineman, 60, and Benjamin Scott Hineman, 29, were sentenced on July 31, 2014 for conspiracy to distribute cocaine in the Flathead, Montana area. Both defendants were sentenced after pleading guilty on April 22, 2014. Benjamin Hineman was sentenced to 60...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Philip Hooge announced today that the 13-knot vessel speed limit in lower Glacier Bay will be raised to 20 knots through the water due to a decrease in the number of humpback whales in the area. This change goes into effect at 5 AM Saturday August...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., yesterday led the committee to report five nominees...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of MARKEACE CANTY a/k/a “QUAKE," 33, to 300 months in federal prison for prostituting a child throughout the Upper Midwest, including in Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. CANTY was indicted on May 6, 2013, and found guilty by a federal jury on Sept. 12, 2013, of Conspiring to Commit Sex Trafficking of a Child, and Sex Trafficking of a Child.
