News from August 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: The rule, under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), aims to level the playing field for American fishermen who comply with U.S. marine mammal conservation standards, and is intended to help foreign fisheries support a healthy and diverse marine ecosystem.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A resident of the City of Orange pleaded guilty today to federal charges of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and making a false statement in a passport application.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Mark W. Wolfe, 50, of Sunbury, Ohio, surrendered this morning to the U.S. Marshal Service in Columbus, Ohio, after being charged by criminal complaint for receipt and distribution of child pornography.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced that seven school feeding projects, to be supported by the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program in fiscal year 2015, will potentially benefit more than 2.5 million children in Africa and Central America.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: In San Antonio, a federal judge sentenced 41-year-old Javier Guerra of Austin, TX, to 33 months in federal prison and ordered him to pay $874,801 restitution to two employers for fraudulently selling their computer parts announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that AGOSTINO INCORVAIA, 47, of Danbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to three years of probation, the first six months of which INCORVAIA must serve in home confinement, for tax evasion. INCORVAIA also was ordered to pay a fine of $5,000 and more than $800,000 in back taxes, interest and penalties.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: On Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at 8:00 a.m. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to retrace the 1906 footsteps of the men and women of the Niagara Movement during a commemorative ranger guided walk to the 1906 site of the John Brown Fort. The ceremony will include music, historic readings and a memorial roll call of the members of the Niagara Movement.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Bigston Corporation. Investigation site: 1590 Touhy Ave., Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Chicago North Area Office issued 11 serious and two other-than-serious safety and health violations...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - James Steven Harris, aka Steve Harris, 45, of Loma Linda, pleaded guilty today in connection with his involvement in smuggling smokable synthetic cannabinoids into prison, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a series of programs at Point Park and at Chickamauga Battlefield on Saturday, Aug. 22, to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the park's establishment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Joseph Allen Rogers, 41, of Chapmanville, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for selling the powerful prescription painkiller oxymorphone, commonly known as Opana. The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. in Charleston.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: There are only a few areas still closed to the public within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (Lakeshore). The closure signs at the dune face of the Lake Michigan Overlook (Stop #9) on the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive have been removed. The Lakeshore always recommends that visitors enjoy the spectacular...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces today that Stephen Paul Cotton (43, Palm Coast) has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of failing to register as a sex offender after traveling from Florida to North Carolina. He faces up to 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Cotton was arrested in Suwanee, Georgia on April 11, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for robbing a bank and attempting to rob a casino.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Possession of National Firearms Act Items.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Loan Officer also Pleads Guilty to the Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Field, who is handling the case, stated that Justice assaulted a mail carrier by threatening him with an assault-style rifle. The assault occurred after the mail carrier refused to deliver mail to defendant’s residence because he had been attacked by dogs. Subsequently, Justice also falsely claimed that the mail carrier had sprayed him with mace.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A former Detroit man was sentenced today to 41 months in prison on a federal drug charge, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Tony Searcy, 48, previously pled guilty in federal court in Huntington to possessing heroin with the intent to distribute it. Searcy admitted that on Sept. 26, 2014, he traveled from Detroit, Michigan to Huntington, West Virginia, with approximately 100 grams of heroin that he intended to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: California Resident Pleads Guilty to Providing Material Support to ISIL and Making False Statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Carencro Police officer was sentenced to 18 months in prison for receiving cash payments from James Panos, former owner and manager of Desperado’s Cabaret, while the officer was in charge of regulating exotic dancer permits for the Carencro Police Department, and during a time Desperado’s operated as an illegal enterprise.
