News from April 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, Ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement after the committee passed four bills to bring new transparency, enforcement and labor protections to trade agreements, while expanding support for the U.S. workforce...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy C. Lynch, who handled the case, stated that beginning in early 2010 and continuing through June 14 2011, the defendant distributed between five and 15 kilograms of cocaine in the Buffalo area. Avery initially obtained cocaine from a source in Ohio. This source utilized Linda Johnson to transport the cocaine to Avery in Buffalo. Later on, Avery obtained cocaine from Tyree Bishop, who was obtaining the cocaine in Detroit, Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Fritch, Texas -Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument will celebrate National Junior Ranger Day this Saturday, April 25, at the Alibates Visitor Center located off Cas Johnson Road. This event is part of National Park Week, April 20-25, when entrance fees into national parks across the country will be waived.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Sylvestre Reyes, Jr., 40, of Corpus Christi, has been ordered to prison for nearly 25 years following his conviction of sexual exploitation of a child, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Reyes pleaded guilty in February 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Rahim Henderson, 38, Tian Larode, 34, and Waliyda Henderson, 33, all of Philadelphia, PA, were charged by indictment, unsealed today, with running a counterfeit credit card manufacturing operation, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. All three defendants were charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, and access device fraud. Rahim Henderson was also charged with multiple counts of aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: HAMMOND - Two alleged members of the Two Six Nation street gang were indicted on attempted murder and firearms charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Good morning and welcome. Today marks our fifth hearing focused on border security, this time to define the threats we face on the northern border. The threats at our northern border differ from the threats at our southwest border: There are fewer illegal crossings at the northern border and less contraband...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Michael Doherty (51, Texas) with attempted sexual enticement of a minor. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum term of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Doherty that the United States intends to forfeit the electronic media that is alleged to have been used in the commission of the offense.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Chamizal National Memorial to Host Celebration of Community Artists and Volunteers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Nine Trash Bags of Mail Recovered from Overgrown Lot.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Dariel Sardinas Lopez (22, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to credit card fraud and identity theft. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison on the credit card fraud charges, followed by two years on the identity theft charges. Sardinas Lopez was indicted on February 5, 2015. His sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: This afternoon in Del Rio, a federal grand jury indicted four individuals for their roles in a scheme to smuggle two firearms and an assortment of ammunition into Mexico announced Acting United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge James Spero.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - BRANDON FOSTER pled guilty to charges involving his participation in the Oct. 16, 2014, theft of firearms from Allstar Pawn in Wentzville, Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LAWRENCE TREIGLE, age 33, from Covington, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information charging him with conspiring to smuggle turtles out of the United States in violation of the Lacey Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: Redirected Funds Intended to Be Applied to Defaulted Commercial Mortgage Loans Into Bank Accounts He Controlled.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - A 56-year-old woman suffered a broken left wrist and severe lacerations after coming into contact with moving parts of a high-volume Lebanon machine, a machine used to assemble air filters, at American Air Filter Co. Inc. in Atlanta.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, underscored the complex security challenges and economic opportunities along the U.S. northern border. During today’s committee hearing, “Securing the Border: Understanding...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Charles Palmer, Sr., 51, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 12 years in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 22, 2015 - Today, the Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing to commemorate the five year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy and to review safety innovations that the industry has put forth since then.
