News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Worcester for distributing cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite announced today that a federal jury has convicted DELOYD JONES, age 23, BYRON JONES, age 24, and SIDNEY PATTERSON, age 24, all of New Orleans, following an 8-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that a Superseding Indictment was returned today charging members of a violent New Orleans street gang known as “the Young Melph Mafia" or “YMM" with violating federal racketeering statutes and committing five homicides as well as multiple violations ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: Nevada County Man Sentenced to Nearly 30 Years in Prison for Wounding Two Law Enforcement Officers in Gun Battle.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ A marketer for several area home health agencies has entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to commit health care fraud for her role in a scheme to defraud the Medicare program, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite announced today that a federal jury has convicted DELOYD JONES, age 23, BYRON JONES, age 24, and SIDNEY PATTERSON, age 24, all of New Orleans, following an 8-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: Little Rock-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and David Resch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today that former Arkansas State Treasurer Martha Ann Shoffner, 71, of Newport...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that a Superseding Indictment was returned today charging members of a violent New Orleans street gang known as “the Young Melph Mafia" or “YMM" with violating federal racketeering statutes and committing five homicides as well as multiple violations of federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA- Lewis Jackson, 60, of Brunswick, Georgia pled guilty today before Chief United States District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to stealing loggerhead sea turtle eggs in violation of the Lacey Act. Among other things, the Lacey Act makes it unlawful for any person to acquire, receive...
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 Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a series of special programs commemorating the 152nd anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga from Friday, September 18 through Sunday, September 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that U.S. District Court Judge John W. DeGravelles sentenced LARRY D. BUTLER, age 50, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to sixty (60) months in federal prison as a result of his scheme to defraud two of his former employers. BUTLER was also...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: The Obed Wild and Scenic River will celebrate National Public Lands Day by teaming up with the East Tennessee Climbers Coalition (ETCC) to host the 16th annual Adopt-a-Crag event at the park on Saturday, September 12. Volunteers are needed to help with several projects such as general trail maintenance...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Florida resident has been indicted in Pittsburgh by a federal grand jury on charges of bankruptcy fraud, concealment of bankruptcy assets, false bankruptcy declaration, false statement under oath, and money laundering, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: In Austin, 18 individuals have been sentenced over the past two days to federal prison terms for their roles in a cocaine and methamphetamine distribution operation announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-Two men responsible for a robbery spree in metro Tulsa were sentenced in United States District Court, announced Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: The year-long celebration of Rocky Mountain National Park's 100th Anniversary will honor past and present employees at Rocky Mountain National Park with an employee reunion weekend. This celebration is scheduled for September 18 and 19, at the YMCA of the Rockies. Social events and special activities will provide opportunities for employees and alumni to re-discover the park and connect with friends old and new!.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: BEACH LAKE, PA - On Sunday, September 27 from1:00pm to 2:30pm Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River's Park Rangers will lead a hike on the Bouchoux Trail (known locally as Jensen's Ledges) in Lordville, New York. Join us outdoors to get some exercise and enjoy the scenery, nature, and history that make the Upper Delaware a special place.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Ali Shukri Amin, 17, of Manassas, Virginia, was sentenced today to 136 months in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release and monitoring of his internet activities, for conspiring to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced that Kwaku Nsiah, of Ghana, was sentenced to twelve months and a day in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported. Nsiah will be deported after he serves his sentence.
