News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - Twenty-seven defendants are facing state or federal narcotics charges for their alleged roles in supplying and distributing heroin and crack cocaine in the neighborhood just north of Douglas Park on the city’s west side. An investigation led by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Indiana man has been convicted on federal charges of using the Internet to attempt to sexually exploit a teenage girl in Lawrence, Kan., U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TYRELL C. SUTHERLAND, age 28, of New Orleans, pled guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Provide Contraband into a Prison Facility, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), announce that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Yesterday, June 11, 2014, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 34 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Today, FBI agents and officers of the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD), the agencies in charge of the investigation, executed the arrest warrants.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 12, 2014 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on “American Energy Jobs: Opportunities for Innovation." The hearing examined technological innovation used to harness job growth from both alternative energy resources such as wind, solar, hydropower, and nuclear as well as oil, natural gas, and coal.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: Ventura, CA - Channel Islands National Park is participating in a special coast-to-coast singing celebration of Star-Spangled Banner Bicentennial on Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 1:00 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: Wyoming Man Charged with Assault of a Spouse by Strangling.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: DENVER - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office sold seven parcels totaling 4,676 acres for $295,688 including rentals and fees at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The highest per-acre price was for an 884-acre parcel in Rio Blanco County sold to Ursa Operating Company, LLC in Denver for $280 per acre.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Manuel Orosa, Chief, City of Miami Police Department (MPD), announce that former City of Miami Police Sergeant Raul Iglesias...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: Momolu Sirleaf, 34, of Darby, PA, is charged by indictment, unsealed today, in a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by stealing the identities of foster children, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger and IRS Special Agent-in-Charge Akeia Conner. Sirleaf is charged with six...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: Raymond Parr, 51, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on June 9, 2014, for possession with intent to distribute 48 grams of methamphetamine. Parr was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received 60 months imprisonment, to be followed by four years of supervised release, and was ordered to a $100.00 special assessment. This case was investigated by the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
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By State Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to the terrorist advance in Iraq, led by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: Contact: Public Information Officer. Number: 954-660-4602. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and United States Attorney for the Middle District A. Lee Bentley, III announced earlier this week, Arnold (42, Sanderson) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Steven L. Jackson has been sentenced today to 24 years and six months in prison for recidivist armed bank robber and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - An indictment was unsealed today charging six people in an identity theft and tax fraud scheme in which the identities of disabled children and foster care children were stolen, announced U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent-in-Charge Akeia Conner.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has signed a new 5-year cooperative agreement with Southern Company to evaluate advanced carbon-capture and gasification technologies at the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) in Wilsonville, Ala.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Marcel Lehel Lazar, 42, of Arad, Romania, also known as the hacker “Guccifer," was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of wire fraud, unauthorized access to a protected computer, aggravated identity theft, cyberstalking and obstruction of justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2014
News Release: Case was another victory for United States Attorney Wigginton’s Hobbs Act Armed Robbery Initiative.
