News from May 2014
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Last of 17 Defendants to be Sentenced in Broad Extortion Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: ASHLAND, KY - A former corrections officer at the Federal Corrections Institute (FCI) in Ashland, Ky., has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring with an inmate and others to smuggle prohibited items into the prison.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: The Senate today begins consideration of the EXPIRE Act. Why do we need to pass this bill now?.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) eighth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 26, 2014, turned in 5,698 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount exceeded the previous statewide total collected during the Oct. 26, 2013 Take-Back event which yielded 5,626 pounds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: ATLANTA - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) eighth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 26, 2014, turned in 10,020.02 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount exceeded the previous statewide total collected during the Oct. 26, 2013 Take-Back event which yielded 8,283 pounds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Fulton, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today on two separate cases for marijuana trafficking and for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Camden County, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for illegally possessing a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Two launch ramps have opened and changes have been made to Aids to Navigation on Lake Mead.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging Joshua Moses, a/k/a “Roy R. Moses," 32, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with two counts of convicted felon in possession of firearm, announced United States Attorney Zane D. Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Charles Dewayne Loper, 37, and Shamal Anton Moss, 34, of Forest, Mississippi, were sentenced in U.S. District Court today in connection with an extensive narcotics investigation, dubbed “Operation Brusha", targeting illegal narcotics distribution in Scott County, Mississippi, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Former Jackson Police Officer Tony Davis, of Clinton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 25 months in federal prison for bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen. He was also ordered to pay a $5,000.00 fine.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - Acting Superintendent Chris Pergiel announced today that a vessel speed limit of 13 knots through the water for all vessels is being implemented in lower Glacier Bay to protect numerous humpback whales that have been sighted in this area. In addition,vessels greater than 18 feet...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Tristram J. Coffin, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, stated that David Schnyer, 77, of 213 Birge Street, Brattleboro, Vermont was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions III, to 60 months in prison for possession of child pornography. Schnyer was also sentenced to five years of supervised release after the completion of his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - North Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) eighth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 26, 2014, turned in 14,669 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount exceeded the previous statewide total collected during the Oct. 26, 2013 Take-Back event which yielded 10,880 pounds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A Portland woman was sentenced to four months in jail for stealing more than $10,000 in benefits intended for her disabled sister. Killda I. Boutros, 46, appeared in federal court for sentencing last week after previously pleading guilty to Social Security fraud in November.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO ― Julie B. Porter, a 10-year veteran of the U.S. Attorney’s Office who has supervised financial fraud and child exploitation cases and participated in significant trials involving corporate fraud and public corruption, has become the chief of the office’s criminal division, Zachary T. Fardon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - On Monday, May 12, 2014, Senior U.S. District Judge Owen M. Panner sentenced Christopher Darrell Joseph Sage, 49, of Grants Pass, Oregon, to 20 years in federal prison, after he previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Sage will be on supervised release for five years after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Fulton, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today on two separate cases for marijuana trafficking and for illegally possessing a firearm.
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it is seeking peer reviewers to evaluate grant applications for the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP). The FMLFPP grants are funded by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Farm Bill)...
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today...
