News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that ROY LYNN WESBERRY, age 55, of Davis, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 87 months imprisonment, $500 Special Monetary Assessment, $3,216,031.22 in restitution, and $3,200,000 Money Judgment in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Edward L. Dugan, 46, of Reynoldsburg, and Tonya Sue Carpenter, 41, of Athens, for stealing outgoing mail from residential mailboxes, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: New Zealand Tip Uncovered Videos, Images of Adults Raping Toddlers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A local man has been sentenced to 171 months in federal prison for committing six armed robberies of commercial establishments in Las Vegas during the summer of 2013, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., announced today that Mica Donadelle, 43, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine before U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney John E. Rogowski, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, in the early morning hours of Nov. 27, 2014 (Thanksgiving Day), an individual known as D.F. was standing in a parking lot on Chippewa St. in downtown Buffalo when he was accosted by a uniformed police officer identified as the defendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was arrested today for illegally possessing a firearm. CLIFFORD HORTON, 27, of Rockford, Ill., was charged yesterday by a federal grand jury in Rockford for possessing a.380 caliber pistol as a convicted felon. Horton is scheduled to be arraigned today at 1:00 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Iain D. Johnston in federal court in Rockford.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Pilot reports of unmanned aircraft have increased dramatically over the past year, from a total of 238 sightings in all of 2014, to more than 650 by August 9 of this year. The FAA wants to send out a clear message that operating drones around airplanes and helicopters is dangerous and illegal. Unauthorized operators may be subject to stiff fines and criminal charges, including possible jail time.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Eric Thomas Boettcher, 58, of Newport News, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release for receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Daniel Frohnhofer, 44, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was convicted today of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: NEW BERN, N.C. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court yesterday, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Francisco Arrollo-Silva, 27, of Clayton, North Carolina, to 142 months in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Six defendants were indicted on charges stemming from their participation in an extensive tax refund and identity theft fraud scheme involving thousands of individuals’ personal identifying information (PII).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - John Everette Murdock, 70, of Lubbock, Texas, appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy M. Koenig and pleaded guilty to an indictment charging one count of access with intent to view child pornography, announced John R. Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: A two-count criminal indictment was filed charging an Olmsted Township woman with embezzling approximately $13,906 from Pipe Fitter Local Union No. 120, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 24-year-old resident of Corpus Christi has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for being a felon in possession of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Robert W. Elder, special agent in charge of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Michael Tovar pleaded guilty June 4, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Bakken Organized Crime Strike Force Leads to Indictment of 29 Defendants for Drug-Related Offenses in North Dakota and California.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Kevin M. Sullivan, a professor in Emory University’s Epidemiology Department, has been arraigned on federal charges of receiving and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: Former Executive Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Bribe Panamanian Officials.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -The Thompson Fire expanded east yesterday and today into the higher elevations of the upper Nyack Creek area, located in the south-central region of Glacier National Park. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE-Farrell Bowman, 28, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Fruitland, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in Albuquerque, N.M., to involuntary manslaughter charges under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Bowman will be sentenced to 74 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
