News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - Mathew Kelly Millegan, 31, of Victoria, has pleaded guilty to production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - In anticipation of the heavy rain and wind forecast with the arrival of Tropical Storm Guillermo, all backcountry areas in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park will be closed as of 5 p.m. on Tues., Aug. 4 until it is safe to reopen them. No backcountry permits will be issued until park staff reassess the storm's impact.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i -Everyone is invited to Find Your Park and participate in the upcoming Kahuku events and guided hikes at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, in August and September 2015. Kahuku is open to the public every Saturday and Sunday of the month, and all events are free. You can explore on your own, or join these upcoming programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Timothy James Fisher, 48, of Bunker Hill, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for unlawful possession of firearms, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-Freddie Allen Hayes, 34, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, announced Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. United States District Court Judge Claire V. Eagan also sentenced Hayes to three years of supervised release following his prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center at Glacier National Park is hosting a brown-bag luncheon presentation by Glacier National Park Superintendent Jeff Mow. The free presentation, “Responding to Climate Change: An Organizational Perspective," is Wednesday, August 5, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the park’s community building in West Glacier.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Jay Maurice Tharps, age 33, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, today to 17 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, possession with intent to distribute controlled...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: YAKIMA, Washington - The Bureau of Reclamation's August 2015 Total Water Supply Available forecast for the Yakima Basin indicates a full water supply for senior water rights during this irrigation season, but an estimated 47 percent supply for junior water rights.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Jason Rodney Clay of Gulf Shores was sentenced, following an October 2014 guilty plea to a charge of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Clay was previously convicted in Ohio of Breaking & Entering...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today issued the following statement on the House Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man was charged today in U.S. District Court in Springfield with possessing child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources and the House Small Business Committee held a joint field hearing in Homestead, Florida, on the National Park Service’s (NPS) General Management Plan (GMP) for Biscayne National Park released in June 2015. The GMP, which includes a Marine...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Huntington, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Lawrence Milton Works, 28, of Detroit, Michigan was sentenced to three years and ten months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute a quantity of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Wheeling Jesuit University will pay the United States the sum of $2,300,000 to settle claims that it misused grant funding awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the United States Department of Labor, and the National Science Foundation, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced William Terrance Proctor, a/k/a “Boobie," and “Booby," age 32, of Lexington Park, Maryland, today to 78 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for aiding and abetting the theft of a firearm, possession of an unregistered firearm, unlawful sale of a firearm to a prohibited person; and receipt, possession and transportation of contraband cigarettes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Two Miami-Dade County brothers were each sentenced to 70 months in prison for identity theft schemes involving unemployment insurance fraud, federal income tax fraud, and state income tax fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, NC - Today, Chief Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced Davion Junior Gales, age 29, of West Jefferson, North Carolina, to 15 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, money laundering ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: During a sentencing hearing this morning in federal court in East St. Louis, Paul P. Gierten, 47, of Salem, Illinois, was sentenced to 15 months in prison on his federal fraud conviction, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. The court also ordered Gierten to pay $38,300 in restitution to the victim of his crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced William Terrance Proctor, a/k/a "Boobie," and "Booby," age 32, of Lexington Park, Maryland, today to 78 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for aiding and abetting the theft of a firearm, possession of an unregistered firearm, unlawful sale of a firearm to a prohibited person; and receipt, possession and transportation of contraband cigarettes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Donald W. Wainwright Sr., 49, of Live Oak, Fla., was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 21 months in prison and a $125,000 fine for 12 charges related to violating the Lacey Act, one count of conspiracy and one count of wire fraud. His son, Donald W. Wainwright, Jr., 29, of Live Oak, Fla., was sentenced to four months of house arrest and three years of probation for eight charges related to violating the Lacey Act.
