News from October 2014

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man who was arrested after leading police officers on a 100-miles-per-hour chase in Independence, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm and crack cocaine.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: What do archeologists find when the dig? How do they know where to dig? Is there archeology in.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Clarence Lambert, 22, was charged by criminal complaint with obstructing commerce by robbery, and possessing and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. The robbery charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a travel agent pleaded guilty in federal court today for stealing $360,000 from the Willard High School Band Boosters, which forced the cancellation of a trip to Hawaii for more than 300 students and chaperones.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: James Olthoff, a 27-year veteran of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been named director of the agency's Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML).

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: Indictment Alleges That Defendant Mailed Threatening Letter Containing White Powder.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that the federal grand jury sitting in Scranton, Pennsylvania, returned an indictment yesterday charging an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Canaan, Pennsylvania, with allegedly assaulting another inmate...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Olivia Leigh Suriani, 32, a citizen of Canada, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with illegal re-entry. The charge carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: In Waco today, U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith, Jr., sentenced the owner of A-Kind Bookkeeping and Tax (AKBT) located in Mexia, TX, and her daughter to federal prison for their roles in a fraudulent Income Tax Return preparation scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and IRS-Criminal Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge William Cotter.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ANTONIO OLMEDA of New York, New York, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to all six counts charged in the Indictment against him: three counts of being a convicted felon in possession of various...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Rachel Lee, 43 of Canby, Oregon, faces up to nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a scheme to defraud a victim of approximately $16 million dollars. On Oct. 14, 2014 before U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Jones, Lee pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, and one count of criminal failure to file personal income taxes.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming now has a way for the public to be involved in the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) process for BLM undertakings in Wyoming.BLM Wyoming will use the NEPA Register, which contains basic information about upcoming projects. If interested, contact the...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -A bat recently removed from an area along the Colorado River within Grand Canyon National Park has tested positive for rabies. All visitors to Grand Canyon, including those who are recreating in the backcountry and on the Colorado River, are reminded to be aware of their surroundings and be alert to potential interactions with bats or other wild animals.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for downloading images and videos depicting child sexual abuse on a computer at his parents’ house, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite announced that DOMINIC TERELL LEWIS, age 32, a resident of Harvey, Louisiana, was sentenced today after having previously pled of guilty to receipt of stolen government money.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Mark Edward (52), of Deatsville, Alabama, was sentenced on Oct. 15, 2014 to serve 210 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, announced Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: Elin Coello-Ordonez Previously Admitted To Forcing Young Honduran Woman Into Prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: 1125 Chapline Street, Federal Building, Suite 3000 ● Wheeling, WV 26003.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2014
News Release: Retired State Worker’s Child Pornography Collection Included.