News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Strangulation and Suffocation was sentenced on April 6, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Imagine shrinking tubes and beakers-in fact, most of a clinical chemistry lab-down to the size of a credit card. When engineers figured out how to do that two decades ago, they enabled complex tests to be performed with tiny "lab on a chip" technology. But until now, there has been no way to accurately...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILLIAM DAVIS, 27, of Allentown, Pa., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 176 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release for his involvement in a violent kidnapping and jewelry store robbery in April 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: A police officer, formerly assigned to the Miami-Dade Police Department Narcotics Bureau, pled guilty on April 16, 2015, to aiding and abetting a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Earthangle's African/Caribbean Connections Conference invites St. Croix to Find Your Park at the Christiansted National Historic Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Carlos Torres, 39, of Huntington Park, Calif., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to fleeing from a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint at a high rate of speed. The guilty plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Michigan. Friday, April 17, 2015. In commemoration of National Crime Victim’s Rights Week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan, Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Two men have entered guilty pleas, admitting they murdered a teenager in the Sam Houston National Forest, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Fernando Canales-Mendoza, age 52, a Mexican citizen living in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for two...
By State Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement regarding the introduction of bipartisan trade promotion authority legislation in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Yesterday, Senate Finance Committee Chairman ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAQUAN PRICE, 24, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Two former members of a powerful Boston Teamsters local, including its principal officer and a member who had been convicted of a prior felony, were sentenced today on charges of extortion and racketeering, including charges that they extorted local non-profits.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Saguaro National Park is offering a variety of hikes and talks this spring that explore the park's wonderful natural and cultural histories. Program listings also are available on the park's website, www.nps.gov/sagu, or visit us on Facebook. Interpretive programs are free, but park entrance fees apply. Program schedules are subject to change; call the visitor centers for updates or reservations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: ABILENE, Texas -Rockey Koonce, 39, of Stamford, Texas, appeared yesterday in federal court in Abilene and pleaded guilty, before U.S. Magistrate Judge E. Scott Frost, to one count of receipt of child pornography. The announcement was made today by John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Zion National Park will join other National Parks throughout the country in celebrating National Park Week from Saturday, April 18 to Sunday, April 26 with several events.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a bipartisan briefing on the state of Postal Service finances Thursday afternoon. The briefing provided an important opportunity for all senators to hear from the U.S. Postal Service...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Eric J. Louis, Jr., 35, a member and resident of Acoma Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a two-year term of probation for his misdemeanor assault conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: GREENBELT, Md. - Jason Miskiri, age 39, of Silver Spring, Maryland pleaded guilty today to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: (PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Michael Serritella, 60, of Palm Harbor, Florida, was sentenced by United States District Judge Nancy Torresen to 30 months...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Pennie Frazier, 37, of Jackson, was sentenced on April 16, 2015 by U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to four years and three months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for filing false federal income tax claims with the IRS, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, FBI Special Agent in Charge Donald Alway and Acting Special Agent in Charge Jerome R. McDuffie with IRS - Criminal Investigation.
