News from August 2015

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Gary Brian Adams, 35, of Logan, West Virginia was sentenced today in federal court in Charleston to 37 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of three firearms. In May of 2013, officers with the West Virginia...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: ST. LOUIS, Mo. - DEA Special Agent in Charge James Shroba announced today that Anthony Jordan, 29, was arrested on a federal indictment that included multiple drug and weapons charges which resulted in the deaths of three area people.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A federal court in Boston has rejected efforts by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) to convert an open-air pavilion on the end of Long Wharf into a restaurant. Siding with the National Park Service (Park Service), the court held that the end of Long Wharf is protected by a federal law requiring the land to be used for public outdoor recreation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: A grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Mario Lopez Lopez, 34, of Elyria, with receiving and distributing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, and with possessing child pornography, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Dean Daniels, 52, Richard Smith, 57, Brenda Daniels, 45 and William Bradley, 58, all of Florida, pleaded guilty and were sentenced today in U.S. district court for charges related to a scheme involving the false production of biodiesel.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a grand jury in Williamsport has indicted Alexander Cebilla-Amaya on charges of Illegal Reentry to the United States after a prior deportation.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Alexis Javier Centeno-Baez, 21, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy and attempt to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Each count carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Daniel M. Harbison has been sentenced to one year, nine months in federal prison for impersonating an armed DEA agent, after having previously been convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JAROL DAVID SOSA-PALMA, age 34, a citizen of Honduras, was charged today in a one-count Indictment with illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: Devils Tower, WY - Come and celebrate the lifeways of rural America by creating the "campfire" which everyone can come and share in the appreciation of the culture and traditions unique to the Black Hills. The Cowboy Poetry Festival kicks off Sunday, September 6 at 1:00 pm with Robert Dennis, Paul Larsen and Don Hewlit. Each cowboy brings their own unique western experiences to life every time they take the stage and present cowboy culture.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: As part of its ongoing commitment to ensuring a safe and welcoming learning environment for all students, Fayette County Public Schools partnered with community leaders, law enforcement officials and the U.S. Attorney’s Office to kick-off the 2015-16 school year with an anti-bullying summit for high school students.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: Dumar Combs, 24, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was charged today by indictment with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Loren Delaney, 24, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for her role in a multi-state heroin and oxycodone trafficking operation, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: Dozens of Investors Lost More Than $13 Million in Scheme.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Ledale Johnson with three counts of credit card fraud, two counts of filing false tax returns, and three counts of aggravated identity theft. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of up to...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake, sentenced Deshawn Steven Yarborough, age 29, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 12 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: "Camp of Instruction" - Sept. 12, 2015.

By Homeland Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: OSHKOSH - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) made these remarks Thursday regarding the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: Defendant Attempted to Entice Undercover Law Enforcement Officer Posing as a 14-Year-Old Female to Engage in Sex Acts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - - Jose Ramon Canales, 37, of El Paso, Texas was sentenced on Aug. 26, 2015, to 70 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to launder drug money out of the United States and into Mexico. Canales previously pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to launder the proceeds of...