News from July 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A former resident of Ft. Knox military base pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court this week to assaulting and causing substantial bodily injury to one minor child and assaulting an adult woman and another minor child announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 141,665 visitors to the three parks in Cochise County spent $7,907,200 in communities near the parks in 2013. That spending supported 104 jobs in the local area. The NPS sites in Cochise County are managed as the “Southeast Arizona Group" and include...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. -A Keithville man was sentenced Thursday to 60 months in prison and three years of supervised release for his part in stealing firearms from a Shreveport warehouse, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox has denied Jeffrey MacDonald’s latest motions for a new trial. United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker stated, “Today our thoughts turn toward Colette, Kimberly and Kristen MacDonald whose lives were taken tragically by the defendant in this case. We have and will continue to seek justice on their behalf.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: OAKLAND - Russell Patrick Pfiester was sentenced yesterday to 97 months in prison for receipt of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Nick Annan, Acting Special Agent in Charge for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in San Francisco.
By State Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives on H.Con.Res. 105, affirming that American troops should not be deployed in a sustained combat role in Iraq without specific Congressional authorization...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A United Parcel Service driver was arrested this afternoon on federal gun trafficking charges for allegedly stealing dozens of guns going through the shipping company’s Ontario hub and providing them to an associate who sold the weapons in underground transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. sentenced Luis Alberto Urrego-Contreras to 15 years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, knowing and intending that such substance would be unlawfully imported into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Married Couple, Both Federal Retirees, Falsely Claimed More Than $723,000 Tax Refund.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today that the United States has entered into civil settlement agreements with four Virgin Islands convenience stores to resolve allegations that the stores unlawfully traded food stamp benefits for cash. The settlement requires the four stores to pay the United States in excess of $100,000, and be permanently debarred from participating in the Food Stamp Program.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida: Replacement of the roof on the park’s main visitor center, named after Ernest F. Coe, will result in temporary access changes to this building and the nearby park headquarters building during the next 3 months.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Saturday Sept. 27, 2014, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, and the Harpers Ferry Historical Association will host Pedal Through the Past: A Cycling Event through 3 National Parks, Harpers Ferry, Antietam Battlefield, and the C&O Canal. This event will feature public history stops and interactive...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Three Brownsville residents have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Roberto Ruiz aka Bobby, 38, Rodolfo Ruiz Jr. aka Pollo, 26, and Jose Luis Guerrero aka Pana, 41, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and conspiring to launder the drug proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today that a federal grand jury has charged Tommy Alan Cain, 61, with five counts of Sexual Abuse by Threat, one count of Abusive Sexual Contact by Threat, and six counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor. The indictment alleges Cain, formerly from...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Katisha Lombardo Deroche, 32, of Bay St. Louis, was sentenced on July 24, 2014 by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to six months in federal prison, six months in a community correction center and three years of supervised release for mail fraud in connection with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. She was also ordered to repay $13,600.00 in restitution to the BP Gulf Coast Claims Facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of Ohio. Friday, July 25, 2014. CONTACT: Fred Alverson. Public Affairs Officer. COLUMBUS, OHIO - Stewart Alan Miller, 48, of Columbus, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 121 months imprisonment for obtaining and receiving thousands...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - One month after the House approved H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity, and Global Freedom Act, Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) today urged the Senate to take action on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to help diminish Russia’s influence and create more jobs at home. With Russian aggression...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that ELADIO ARGUELLES, age 26, of El Paso, Texas, pled guilty to an Information charging him with Possession with Intent to Distribute 5 Kilograms or More of Cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Jeremy J. Brantley, 33, of Forest, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. He was also ordered to pay a $1500 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2014
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO: Rick Drummond and Marty Towery, Park Rangers at Ozark National Scenic Riverways, are hanging up their ranger hats after a combined service of 72 years of federal service mostly at the Riverways.
