News from June 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: Zionsville man allegedly robbed five banks in Central Indiana.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge John Antoon II yesterday sentenced Todd Leslie Kroeber (43, Port St. Lucie) to 24 years and 5 months in federal prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for the attempted sexual enticement of a minor. He was found to be a repeat and dangerous sex offender against minors. Kroeber pleaded guilty to the offense on Jan. 17, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, Montana, on June 6, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris, KEVIN J. DEVEREAUX, 50, of Poplar, was sentenced to a term of 20 years imprisonment, five years supervised release, and a special assessment of $300.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: Today, Ruth Welch was officially sworn in as the Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Director by BLM Director Neil Kornze at the BLM Colorado State Office.Welch has been acting as the Colorado State Director since February. The former State Director, Helen Hankins, retired in 2013. Welch served...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - The results of the June 2014 Federal Grand Jury were announced today by Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Edward Grace, Deputy Assistant Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement, and Tracy A. Dunn, Special Agent in Charge, SAC Southeast Regional Office, NOAA, announce that Jonathan M. Hale, 30, of Patchogue...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - A former Correctional Officer at Big Spring Correctional Center (BSCC), Matthew Castaneda, 24, and an inmate at BSCC, Ferdinand Trinidad, 45, have been sentenced for offenses related to contraband smuggling at the facility, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ----- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Calvin James Hall age 43 of Irmo, South Carolina was sentenced today in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina to life in prison without the possibility of parole. On July 25, 2013, a federal jury convicted Hall of...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Great Falls, Montana, on June 6, 2014, before U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris, ROBET LEWIS BURSHIA, of Lame Deer, was sentenced to a term of 12 years imprisonment, three years supervised release, and a special assessment of $400.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Yesterday a grand jury indicted Luke D. Brugnara on charges of mail fraud, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: Washington - This morning, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Anne Alonzo and Assistant Secretary for Administration Dr. Gregory L. Parham will ring the bell to officially open the USDA Farmers Market for its 19th season on the National Mall.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Durham, North Carolina, man has been sentenced for his involvement with child pornography, announced United States Attorney Ripley Rand.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - In a 91-count superseding indictment unsealed yesterday, five Worcester residents were charged with participating in a marijuana trafficking and money laundering scheme.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing and vote schedule for the week of June 9. The committee will vote on several bills in the energy and health sectors, continue its 21st Century Cures initiative with a discussion of incentives for drug and device development, examine media ownership as it continues to evolve, and discuss how the president’s health care law limits access to doctors and prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: BOSTON - In a 91-count superseding indictment unsealed yesterday, five Worcester residents were charged with participating in a marijuana trafficking and money laundering scheme.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below regarding the White House's report on the health impacts of climate change which was released today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: “Go Wild!" during Junior Ranger Day at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) on June 14. Join the event’s festivities to learn about wilderness and why it’s so important to protect while earning your National Junior Ranger Day badge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: William E. Gardner, 67, of Warminster, Pennsylvania was charged today by information with one count of theft of Government funds, and one count of social security fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane D. Memeger. The information alleges that between May 22, 2005 and January 2014, William E. Gardner...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Christopher Jon Kirkland (41) and William Brinkley, Jr. (35), both of Jacksonville, yesterday pleaded guilty to manufacturing and aiding and abetting the passing of counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes. Each faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. As part of the plea agreement, both men agreed to forfeit the computer equipment used to manufacture the counterfeit currency.

By US DOT Newswire | Jun 6, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the statement below following the release of the final report to the President by the Chemical Facility Safety and Security Working Group.