News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce McGiverin authorized a criminal complaint charging Mario Lebrón-Càceres with one count of attempted sex tracking by means of force, threats of force, fraud and coercion, and one count of interstate extortion, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: LITTLE ROCK - Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Grover Crossland, Resident Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), announced today that a Federal Grand Jury has returned an indictment charging Dentrel Maurice Bragg, 20, of Helena-West Helena, with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: Several people have been found guilty and sentenced for violating federal tax laws over the past few months, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Kathy Enstrom, Special Agent in Charge of IRS-Criminal Investigation’s Cincinnati Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On Apr. 7, 2015, a federal grand jury returned a nine-count indictment charging Kevin Mendell Walker, 44, of Hixson, Tenn., with aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false federal income tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man and six Columbia, Mo., residents have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Boone County, Mo., and elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Billy J. Williams, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Portland returned an indictment charging defendants.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: This National Volunteer Week, April 12-18, the National Park Service commends Volunteers Mark &Yvonne Knock, who are volunteering with the Outer Banks Group at the Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center and the Museum Resource Center at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that DANIEL COONS, 35, a registered sex offender, was sentenced yesterday to 30 years...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area announces a special youth-focused program to celebrate Earth Day, Junior Ranger Day, and National Park Week. The program will be held on Saturday, April 18, at 11:00 a.m. (CT) at the Gateway to the Big South Fork Visitor Center in Crossville, Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to operating an illegal gambling business that generated nearly $4 million in bets placed during its final year of operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: Illegally imported and distributed steroid products to individuals in over 30 states.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement following the news that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been found guilty on all counts related to the Boston Marathon Bombing...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - The owner and operator of Discount Tax Service was sentenced to one year and one day in prison on charges of filing false tax returns. According to court documents, CHRISTOPHER MICKLES prepared over seven hundred and fifty federal income tax returns on behalf of his clients for tax years...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JOSHUA ALLEN BARNETT, age 24, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma was sentenced to 41 months imprisonment and 3 years Supervised Release for Interstate Travel or Transportation in Aid of Racketeering Enterprises, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1952(a)(3) and 2.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to the “A Day in the Park" event on Saturday April 18, 2015 from 10am to 4pm. This event will occur on the National Park Service’s Junior Ranger Day and will give kids of all ages the opportunity to have fun while learning about how the National Park Service operates. This is an entrance fee free event, and it will kick off National Park Week at Harpers Ferry.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Ryan Abbott, 23, of Plymouth, Wisconsin, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to transporting child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: Law enforcement served 10 warrants early this morning in Marion, Vigo and Morgan Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that GIE PRESTON, age 39, and EMANUAL CASAME, age 26, both residents of New Orleans, were sentenced today for federal drug and gun violations. PRESTON was convicted by a federal jury in November 2014 of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: NEVADA'S NEWEST NATIONAL PARK NAMES INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT, PLANS FIRST CLEANUP.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2015
News Release: Rome, NY - For the past four years, the National Park Service and many other organizations and individuals have been commemorating the 150thAnniversary of the Civil War and the continuing efforts for human rights today. On April 9, 1865, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant met Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to set the terms of surrender of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
