News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2014
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Sept. 25, 2014, Erik Szczesh, 28, of Cleveland, Tenn., was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles sentenced Todd Wheeler, age 28, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, today to 46 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a prohibited person, specifically an unlawful user and a person addicted to drugs, in possession of firearms, including improvised explosive devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2014
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Theodore Dempsey Towne, 20, Kenneth O’Neal Knox, 46, Catina Towne Henderson, 36, Princeton Scott Knox, 34, and Aubrey Knox, 35, all of Gautier, Mississippi, pled guilty before Chief District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to charges related to the theft of 46 firearms, including machine guns, from a federal firearms licensee, U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2014
News Release: DALLAS - Darren Lewis, 45, who admitted committing the armed robberies of several businesses in the Dallas area in 2012-2013, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 324 months (27 years) in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2014
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Rahdel Sharbaan, age 31, of Bronx, New York, pleaded guilty on Sept. 24, 2014, to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin. Co-defendant Gary Barham, age 52, of Easton, Maryland, pleaded guilty on Sept. 15, 2014, to the same charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2014
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Khalid Kareem, of Pittsburgh, Pa., was sentenced to 60 months in prison for conspiring to distribute over 100 grams of heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2014
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. September 25: Live Webcast on Alternative Fuel Online Tools and Resources. Webcast Sponsors: Clean Cities, Vehicle Technologies Office. The Energy Department will present a live webcast titled “Alternative Fuels Data Center Tools and Resources" on Thursday, Sept. 25, from 1:00...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2014
News Release: Las Vegas -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Red Rock/Sloan Field Office has issued a five-year temporary closure for a portion of Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (NCA) due to Carpenter 1 Wildland Fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Nicholas Richard Blume, 36, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2014
News Release: LITTLE ROCK, AR - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; along with David Downing, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); 20th Judicial Prosecuting Attorney Cody Hiland; and Van Buren County Sheriff Scott Bradley announced...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 24, 2014
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky., Sept. 24, 2014 – USDA Rural Development Acting Under Secretary Doug O'Brien today announced the selection of 85 utilities and development organizations for loans and grants to support rural business activities that will boost economic growth in rural communities.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 24, 2014
News Release: The Obama Administration today announced the launch of the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture, a new effort to promote greater international engagement on ways agriculture can help mitigate the impact of climate change. The announcement, during the United Nations Climate Summit in New York, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2014
News Release: Former Hamilton County Deputy Sheriff Willie Greer, 33, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for sexually assaulting a woman while he was on duty on Jan. 5, 2014, the Justice Department announced. Greer was charged with a civil rights violation for sexually assaulting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2014
News Release: A national of Eritrea and citizen of the United Kingdom pleaded guilty today to smuggling undocumented immigrants from Eritrea and Ethiopia into the United States. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. of the District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2014
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder released the following statement Wednesday on the 225th anniversary of the U.S. Marshals Service: "Today, we recognize a legacy of achievement by America's oldest federal law enforcement agency, the United States Marshals Service. For 225 years, the Marshals Service has occupied ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2014
News Release: Pharmaceutical company Shire Pharmaceuticals LLC will pay $56.5 million to resolve civil allegations that it violated the False Claims Act as a result of its marketing and promotion of several drugs, the Justice Department announced today. Shire, located in Wayne, Pennsylvania, manufactures and sells ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2014
News Release: Interpol Washington today announced the formation of a dedicated Interpol Foreign Terrorist Fighter (FTF) program in partnership with the National Security Council (NSC), the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2014
News Release: Joseph Arigo, 47, a sergeant with the Fulton Police Department in Fulton, New York, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law for beating a handcuffed man inside the Fulton police station. According to court documents filed in connection with his guilty ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2014
News Release: A third Colombian man extradited to the Eastern District of Virginia pleaded guilty today for his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James Terry Watson in Bogotá, Colombia, on June 20, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2014
News Release: The United States filed eight civil injunction suits in Florida to bar Walner G. Gachette, the founder of Orlando-based tax preparation company LBS Tax Services, seven LBS Tax Services franchisees, and three LBS Tax Services managers from owning, operating, or franchising a tax return preparation business and preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
