News from October 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Butler County resident has been sentenced in federal court to nine years imprisonment, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, on his conviction of receipt and possession of materials depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced today that federal criminal complaints were issued charging Steven P. Link (47) with one count of receipt of child pornography and three counts of distribution of child pornography and Kory C. Murphy (36) with three counts of receipt of child pornography, all in violation of Title 18, United State Code, Section 2252A(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that the former director of a program that provided a home for disabled persons in Higginsville, Mo., has been sentenced in federal court for embezzling more than $300,000 from the organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: This Agreement will implement sustainable reforms to ensure high quality, effective and constitutional police services for Albuquerque. It is also a roadmap for rebuilding the bond between the community and the police officers who risk their lives every day to protect the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: Muskogee, Oklahoma - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that ELIZABETH PORTUGAL, age 28, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma pled guilty on Oct. 29, 2014, to Interstate Travel or Transportation in Aid of Racketeering Enterprises, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1952(a)(3).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: With national park areas around the country, Olympic National Park is inviting public input on possible fee increases proposed for 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: A Renwick, Iowa, man was sentenced Oct. 28, 2014, to over four years in federal prison for his illegal possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Aundre Devon Holifield, 24, and his brother Akeem Orlando Holifield, 21, both of Marion, Alabama, were sentenced in federal court today for selling a firearm to a convicted felon. The brothers pled guilty to the charge in July of 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: Christopher Troy Sullivan, 41, of Joelton, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday, by United States District Court Judge Aleta A. Trauger, to 15 years in prison for distribution of child pornography, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Billie Preston, 41, of Monkton, pleaded guilty on Oct. 29, 2014, in United States District Court in Burlington to a charge of wire fraud. Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss released Preston on conditions pending sentencing, which has been set for February 27.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - United States Attorney John S. Leonardo announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (“AUSAs") Dominic Lanza and Raymond K. Woo will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 4, 2014, general elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Three defendants, convicted on child pornography offenses in unrelated cases, were sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The National Park Service is issuing a drinking water advisory for the following areas along the North Kaibab Trail, Manzanita Rest Area (Roaring Springs) and Cottonwood Campground within the backcountry at Grand Canyon National Park.Because of the detection of fecal indicators (E.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Aundre Devon Holifield, 24, and his brother Akeem Orlando Holifield, 21, both of Marion, Alabama, were sentenced in federal court today for selling a firearm to a convicted felon. The brothers pled guilty to the charge in July of 2014.
By State Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, issued the following statements after a Mexican court decision to release U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi from the jail in which he has been held since his March arrest...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: Hammond, Indiana - The United States Attorney’s Office announced the following activity in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Shaun E. Sweeney has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer (DEO) for the Western District of Pennsylvania. In that capacity AUSA Sweeney is responsible for overseeing the District’s handling of complaints of election fraud and voting rights abuses in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters in Washington.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: The Public Lands Foundation presented the Western Rivers Conservancy (WRC) with a 2014 Landscape Certificate of Appreciation for work along the Sandy River. The BLM is an active partner with the WRC and has helped to expand recreational opportunities along the river. Since 1999 the WRC has worked closely...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today that his office will accept calls during and after regular hours on November 4 concerning alleged election fraud or interference with the exercise of the right to vote. Miles appointed veteran federal prosecutor Don Daniels as Election...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III, today sentenced UDH members Tony Johnson, a/k/a “Tony Mack," age 27, and Russell Lumpkins, age 25, both of Baltimore, each to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and heroin in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore.
