News from August 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Novel Rogers, 26, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of selling counterfeit currency, was sentenced to time served and three months home confinement by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - Two confessed heroin dealers were sentenced this morning in federal court in Dallas, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: The public is invited to attend a community meeting hosted by Haleakalā National Park on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, at the Kīpahulu Visitor Center. The meeting is scheduled from 5:00pm to 6:30pm. The park superintendent and chief of interpretation will be there to answer questions about park programs and provide general updates.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: (BURLINGTON, Vt.)- - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Bunthan Sam, 35, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to 120 months in prison, having pleaded...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Yellowstone National Park. P.O. Box 168. Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. Aug. 18, 2014 14-059. Al Nash. (307) 344-2015. YELL_Public_Affairs@nps.gov. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE. Young Girl Dead After Fall In Yellowstone. A young girl...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault by Strangulation and Suffocation and Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Honduran National Police signed a memorandum of cooperation Tuesday to enhance their ability to share immigration and criminal history record information concerning Honduran nationals who are being repatriated from the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: Jacqueline Henry-Ross and Robert Scott Stanton will perform a special concert at the Chateau at the Oregon Caves on Saturday, August 23 at 7 p.m. The musicians will each play solos, then end the concert with several duets. Spanish classical guitarist Henry-Ross last performed at the Chateau in 2012 with...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - Alan Leroy McVay, 47, of Medford, Oregon was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison by Senior U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner after his conviction for malicious destruction of property by explosion for the bombing of the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office. The court also ordered McVay to pay $14,854.20 in restitution to Jackson County for the damage to the District Attorney’s office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - On Aug. 18, 2014, Luis Enrique Villegas-Lugo, 40, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silverto 17.5 years in prison. Villegas-Lugo pleaded guilty on Feb. 25, 2014 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney, Kenyen R. Brown, announced today the sentencing of Janet Marie Boykin. Judge William H. Steele sentenced Janet Marie Boykin to a year and a day imprisonment. Boykin, 53, of Robertsdale, was indicted in July of 2013 along with seven co-defendants, charged with conspiracy to...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -Due to popular demand, Superintendent Patrick M. Kenney is pleased to announce additional Moonrise Tours of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse on September 4, 5 and 6. Bring your own flashlight and experience the lighthouse, and island as the keepers did, in the dark of night. Hear stories of the light keepers and watch the moon as it rises over the Atlantic Ocean and reflects off the waters of Core Sound.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: Chief United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Randall J. Thompson, age 65 of Omaha, Nebraska, upon his conviction for failing to pay over to the IRS the federal income taxes which had been withheld from his employees’ paychecks. Judge Smith Camp sentenced Thompson to six months imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. Thompson was also ordered to pay restitution to the IRS in the amount of $95,505.42.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - James Spencer, Jr., 33, of Lewiston, Idaho, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Spencer to pay $388.22 in restitution and a $100 special assessment. He pleaded guilty to the charge on May 27, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO ― Two suburban men are facing federal gun charges for allegedly illegally possessing 40 firearms, and one of them was also charged with selling firearms without a federal license between 2010 and 2011, federal law enforcement officials announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Michael Glenn Glascock (39, Merritt Island) pleaded guilty today to one count of using a minor to produce images depicting child pornography and one count of attempting to induce a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - An Indictment against one of two owners, as well as two employees, of the now-defunct Rancho Feeding Corporation, a livestock slaughterhouse located in Petaluma, Calif., was unsealed today in federal court, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Special Agent in Charge Lori...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An associate of the Armenian Power gang, who was convicted at trial for his role in a racketeering conspiracy that included stealing personal and financial information of elderly bank customers for accounts valued at more than $25 million, was sentenced today to 160 months in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: Yosemite National Park is one of 39 national parks selected to receive a 2014 America’s Best Idea grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks. Inspired by Ken Burns’ critically acclaimed documentary “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea," this program...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced that Elia V. Orlando, (age: 26) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 40 years imprisonment, followed by a lifetime of supervised release for four counts of production of child pornography. Each count involved a separate child between the ages of two and three years. It should be noted that on March 4, 2010, Orlando was convicted of Possession of Child Pornography in state court.
