News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On Aug. 27, 2015, Barbara Lang, a.k.a. “Aunt Bea," 61, of Rossville, Ga., was sentenced by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, U.S. District Judge, to serve 280 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa Marangola, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, on Feb. 28, 2015, the Federal Bureau of Investigation determined that a user of an internet account at a residence on Lexington Avenue in Elmira was linked to an online community of individuals...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A policeman’s life was never easy - and it’s harder now.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: BEACH LAKE, PA - Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River is celebrating National Public Lands Day onSeptember 26thby holding a park-wide volunteer event! We are looking for a local Boy Scout troop to help us to do trail maintenance on the Tusten Mountain Trail. The trail is maintained through a...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: A Boardman man was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm and body armor, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: HONOLULU - Senior District Judge Helen Gillmor yesterday sentenced Davelyn Mahi, 42, a resident of Maui County, to six years imprisonment of 72 months for aggravated identity theft and theft of mail. The Court also sentenced Mahi to a term of one year of community confinement following her release from custody to assist the United States Probation Office in supervising her, and ordered her to pay $8,551.03 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking comments on two draft policy updates on contracting and charges for non-project use of excess water capacity in Reclamation facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and the members of the South Florida Joint Terrorism Task...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA- On Aug. 26, 2015, Pedro Cabrera Lopez, Jr. aka Pedro Lopez Cabrera, Jr., age 39, of Muscatine, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 120 months in prison on a charge of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, announced United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: A man who unlawfully possessed a shotgun pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Matthew Robbins, age 42, from Ely, Iowa, was convicted of one count of being a felon and unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: San Juan, PR. -Superintendent Walter J. Chavez announced that San Juan National Historic Site will open to all visitors today, Aug. 28, 2015 at noon. An assessment will be conducted during the morning hours to guarantee and visitor's safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Melissa Elizabeth Suszka, age 34, and Alycia Jean Scott, age 23, both of Wellpinit, Washington, were sentenced for their participation in a drug-related violent assault. Suszka previously plead...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Richard Spriggs, Sr., 47, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, conspiracy to commit money laundering and unlawful possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced today that Jesus Manuel Gutierrez Guzman, 54, of Culiacan, Mexico was sentenced today to 16 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine. Gutierrez Guzman pleaded guilty to the charge on Oct. 2, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: MIAMI - A.D. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Paul C. May, Sheriff, Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office, John J. Burke, Special Agent in Charge, Florida Department of Law (FDLE), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that United States District Court Judge Thomas O. Rice dismissed a disability discrimination and whistleblower retaliation lawsuit brought by a former federal employee of the Department of Agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced Brent Douglas Cole, 61, to 29 years and seven months in prison today for an assault on law enforcement officers, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: Kenyan National Sentenced to 15 Years for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: TUPELO, MS-A special program of dulcimer music will be provided by the North Mississippi Dulcimer Association from10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.on Saturday, September 5, 2015, at the Parkway Visitor Center located at milepost 266 near Tupelo, Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division Drug Enforcement Administration announced today that Travis Ybarra was convicted in federal court today for his role in conspiracies to distribute methamphetamine in Jackson County, Mo., and to engage in money laundering.
