News from August 2015

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of North Huntingdon, Pa., has been sentenced in Pittsburgh, on Aug. 3, 2015, on charges of bankruptcy fraud, concealment of assets, and making false statements under oath, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA - Tuesday, August 4th United States Attorney Kevin Techau and office staff will join law enforcement and community leaders as part of the annual National Night Out crime and drug prevention campaign.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - A Troy, Alabama, man was sentenced to prison yesterday in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama for his involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama, and Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on July 28, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Aug. 3, 2015, William W. Peugh (Peugh), 62, of West Burlington, Iowa, entered guilty pleas to three counts of failure to file tax returns before United States Magistrate Judge Stephen B. Jackson, Jr., announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. On each count Peugh faces a maximum...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Indictments Charge Large Quantities of Heroin Distributed In Oneida County.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Baldwin Borough, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park has released an Environmental Assessment (EA) for a proposed Multiuse Trail that would roughly parallel the road network on the east side of the park. The purpose of this proposed trail system is to connect with planned multiuse trails in the Estes Valley and enhance multimodal...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Former Deputy Sheriff in Madison County, Alabama, Charged with Civil Rights Violations and Obstruction of Justice.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A Uniontown resident currently incarcerated for state convictions has been sentenced in federal court to 30 months imprisonment, 15 months of which will be served consecutive and 15 months will be served concurrent to his state sentence for child molestation, among other crimes, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - DEA, Special Agent in Charge James P. Shroba announced today that a man who imported pseudoephedrine from Canada to Iowa in order to manufacture methamphetamine was sentenced on Aug. 3, 2015, to more than 12 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger, ATF Special Agent in Charge for the St. Paul Field Division James C. Modzelewski, Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau and Hennepin County Attorney Michael O. Freeman today announced a federal indictment charging seven members of the 10z and 20z street gangs ...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mexican Citizen convicted of Illegal Reentry After Deportation was sentenced on July 28, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Former U.S. Postal Service letter carrier Philip A. Rizk was sentenced to two years of probation, fined $1,000 and ordered to pay $27,798 in restitution for working under-the-table at a bingo hall while receiving worker’s compensation, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Court Concludes Agreement That Prompted Important Reforms to the Nebraska Service System for People with Developmental Disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: A four time felon who made threats by pointing a loaded shotgun at another and then discharging it in that person’s presence was sentenced today to just short of four years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Branson, Mo., EMT pleaded guilty in federal court today to producing child pornography. Nicholas James Dickerson, 30, of Branson, Mo., pleaded guilty before U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that today in federal court, following jury selection in his criminal trial, MILTON RUSS BARNHILL, of Tabor City, North Carolina, entered guilty pleas to all pending counts against him.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ricardo Rodriguez-Magallanes, 38, of Deming, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 87 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact by Force was sentenced on July 29, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.