News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - -A lengthy drug trafficking investigation of a criminal group with ties to California and Mexico has resulted in seventeen arrests and the seizure of pound quantities of methamphetamine and heroin. Over the last 36 hours, teams of local, state and federal law enforcement agents searched 20...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On July 29, 2015, Keelyn Stokes, age 21, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 85 months in prison, after Stokes pleaded guilty to the charge of felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Stokes was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following the period of incarceration, and to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims Fund.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced six appointments to the National Commission on Forensic Science.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - An Iowa man pleaded guilty today on charges of threatening to shoot and kill Muslims by posting threats on the Facebook page of an Islamic organization in Boston.
By State Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to the announcement that the U.S. and Russia have reached an agreement to support a UN Security Council Resolution that would establish a panel to investigate the use of chlorine against civilians in Syria...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy is hosting a forum for tribal leaders on Oil and Gas Technical Assistance Capabilities on Aug. 18 in Denver, Colorado. This event will provide an overview of DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory’s Oil and Gas program and overall capabilities related to program management, system analysis, and applied research in oil and gas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today released the following statement in observance of the 50th Anniversary of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - The leader of a large drug trafficking operation, that distributed large quantities of heroin and marijuana in northern Kentucky and southern Ohio, has been sentenced to 353 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Tiffany H. Lee, who is handling the case, stated that between January 2014 and February 2015, the defendant produced a sexually explicit video and still images of a minor related to him who was under the age of 12. The defendant used a computer and a Samsung camera to produce these images.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: While the Reynolds Creek Fire has impacted some park concession services in the fire area, most services are available and unaffected by the fire. Concessioners provide a variety of services for park visitors. Please contact concession companies directly for questions related to services or reservations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York and FBI Announce Return of Stolen Stradivarius Violin to Heirs of Musician Roman Totenberg.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three Virgin Islands men were charged in an indictment unsealed today with various offenses based on their participation in a bribery scheme involving over $17 million in construction contracts awarded by the Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority (VIPFA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT/MONROE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/LAFAYETTE, La.: Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act by President Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a DeQuincy man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for making $100 counterfeit bills at a casino hotel.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Richard Palmisano, 41, formerly of Central Falls, a career offender with a criminal history dating back more than twenty years, including convictions on drug trafficking, firearms and assault charges, was sentenced today to 150 months in federal prison for trafficking more than 90 ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office has posted its proposed list of parcels for the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, at the Holiday Inn in Cheyenne, Wyo. Doors open at 7 a.m. with the auction beginning at 8 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that New Orleans resident BETH MARIE NGUYEN, age 38, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over one kilogram of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A federal grand jury today returned a five-count indictment that charges Kelton Snyder, of Decatur, Ill., in the April 3, 2015, armed robbery of the Circle K convenience store and the April 5, 2015, murder of Paige Mars, also of Decatur. Snyder, 23, is charged with conspiring to commit ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury in Buffalo has returned a two-count indictment charging Peter Kalimu, 48, of Buffalo, NY, with making false statements both in his application for naturalization as a United States Citizen and to Special Agents...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The federal government is proposing a new standard that would dramatically lower workplace exposure to beryllium, a widely used material that can cause devastating lung diseases. The proposal would apply to an estimated 35,000 workers covered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
