News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Allegheny County has been sentenced in federal court to 78 months in prison, followed by 10 years supervised release, on his conviction of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor. Judge Schwab also ordered Ryan Henry Miller to pay $2,881.28 in restitution to a victim, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Santa Barbara-area physician who wrote numerous prescriptions for powerful painkillers, such as OxyContin, for “patients" - many of whom were drug addicts, and some of whom died from drug overdoses - was convicted today of 79 drug trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Bobby Tribble, age 62, of Athens, Georgia entered a plea of guilty on Aug. 28, 2015 to one count of possession of a stolen firearm before the Honorable C. Ashley Royal, U.S. District Court Judge, in Athens.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 53-year-old resident alien from Mexico who resided in Brownsville, has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of attempting to export 3,500 rounds of ammunition and one AK-47 rifle, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Rosa Maria Melendez-Jimenez was convicted in May 2015, following a three-day trial and less than two hours of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced Aug. 21, 2015, to five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ANGELA MITCHELL, age 40, of Mandeville, was indicted today for Theft of Mail and Misappropriation of Postal Funds.
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 Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) welcomes their September Artist-In-Residence (AIR) for 2015; Cara O’Brien, a Michigan artist currently working and living in Whitehall, Michigan. Ms. O’Brien’s work explores the possibilities of high fire porcelain clay, driftwood, aged metal...
By State Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will deliver the Weekly Republican Address on Saturday, August 29. Royce, the author of legislation to prevent the implementation of the Iran deal, will discuss the president’s agreement with Iran and its negative consequences for our national security.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Joseph Preble, age 19, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced, after having previously pled guilty on June 19, 2015 to Receipt of Child Pornography. Senior United States District Court Judge Justin...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted in Pittsburgh by a federal grand jury on charges of mail fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Connie Richardson, 65, of Richmond, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for bribery concerning a program receiving federal funds. Richardson was also ordered to pay $158,428.09 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County has been sentenced in federal court to 12 months plus one day term of imprisonment, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release, and restitution ordered on his conviction of conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Fourteen defendants arrested with illegal guns in Baltimore this summer will now face federal charges as a result of an alliance between local and federal officials. The names of the defendants will be disclosed when they are transferred from state custody to federal court next week.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -The St. Mary Campground, located on the east side of the park, is currently available to hard-sided camping only. The campground has seen a recent increase of bear activity, as they feed on berries in the area, creating a high potential for negative human/bear interactions. No incidents between humans and bears have been reported in the St. Mary Campground to date.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Brian Cannon, Terry Peace and Cory Williamson have been sentenced for conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction in attacks against federal government agencies. The defendants planned to attack critical infrastructure while motivating militia groups in other states to rise up and join them in removing government officials who they believed had exceeded their Constitutional power.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement today in reaction to a federal judge’s ruling granting a preliminary injunction on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: The David Wills House at Gettysburg National Military Park and the Eisenhower National Historic Site invite all 4th grade students to visit for free, as part of the White House's new "Every Kid in a Park" program. Starting Sept. 1, 4th-grade students can go to www.everykidinapark.gov to complete an activity and obtain a free annual entry pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston man arrested earlier this year following his social media posts regarding ISIS has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Frederick Remon Robinson, 46, pleaded guilty June 3, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 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 convicted in federal court today of his role in conspiracies to distribute methamphetamine in Jackson County, Mo., and to engage in money laundering.
