News from August 2015

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH- A Pittsburgh resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of interstate stalking, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Nicholas Edward Seskar, Sr., age 41, of Lusby, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to attempting to induce a minor to engage in sex.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: Visual Artist Kristin Gjerdset from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will continue to highlight this year's Art in the Park Program at Rocky Mountain National Park with presentations held Wednesdays, August 12 and August 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Marcus D. Bennett, 31, of Henrico County, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to charges of robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of that robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: MONROE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Tallulah man was sentenced Monday to 120 months in prison for selling methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA- On August 6, 2015, Jesse Craig Wilkinson, a 33 year-old resident of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Robert W. Pratt to 84 months in prison, for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Judge Pratt also ordered Wilkinson to serve two years of supervised release following the period of imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Rafael Perez, 31, of Guaymas, Mexico, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of wire fraud and one count of possession of fifteen or more counterfeit credit cards, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Kate Lynn Baker, 20, of Friendly, West Virginia, was convicted in federal court for her role in manufacturing methamphetamine, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: GREENVILLE - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced AKI D. STANLEY, 41, of Raleigh, to serve 45 months in prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release. Pursuant to his plea agreement, STANLEY agreed to pay $378,834 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.

By US DOT Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement today on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) toxic spill into Colorado's Animas River...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A former police officer has been charged with extortion under color of official right as well as making false statements to federal agents in relation to an armored car robbery that occurred in Houston in 2013, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: Another Defendant Was Sentenced in Separate Case on Monday.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ----- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Greenville, South Carolina, returned a multi-count Indictment alleging.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: LITTLE ROCK- Another feeding program sponsor has been indicted for his role in a scheme to steal federal money. Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today that Reuben Nims, age 51, of Little Rock, has been arrested after the filing of a 10-count indictment.

By DOL Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Aug. 11, 2015

By DOL Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: NORTH LIMA, Ohio - Emergency ambulance workers must concern themselves first with the needs of the people who depend on them. Employees working at a North Lima medical transport company also had to worry about the dangers of infection and disease because their employer failed to protect them.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Tallulah man was sentenced Monday to 120 months in prison for selling methamphetamine.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: BLYTHEVILLE, Ark.-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, David T. Resch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Scott Ellington, Prosecuting Attorney for the Second Judicial District of Arkansas...

By US DOT Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy calling on EPA to take all necessary steps to address the wastewater spill from the Gold King Mine in Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2015
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 25-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.