News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: Miguel Angel Vasquez Torres, 34, from Beckemeyer, Illinois, was charged in federal court by a two-count criminal complaint with distribution and receipt of child pornography, United States Attorney Stephen R. Wigginton announced today. After a detention hearing held today, Vasquez Torres was held without bond pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: Bruce L. Johnson, 50, of Wayne City, Illinois, the former Manager of Finance and Office Services for Wayne-White Counties Electric Cooperative and Treasurer of the Wayne City First Christian Church, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Benton to 18 months in prison for defrauding both...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated that Eric Shawn Bradley, a/k/a “E," age 47, of Columbia, South Carolina and formerly of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to a total of 210 months (17.5 years) imprisonment today in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, after...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA SEPT 4 TO OCT 3.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This afternoon a federal jury sitting in Santa Fe, N.M., found Firas Abuzuhrieh, 38, of Albuquerque, N.M., guilty on federal synthetic drug trafficking charges after a four-day trial. The guilty verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy of the DEA’s El Paso Division.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: Ten high school students from Fentress and Scott counties recently finished the summer working on a Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) team at the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Owen R. Adair, 23, of Vinalhaven, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to one year in prison, up to one year in community confinement and three years of supervised release for making...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney=s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that U.S. District Court Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner sentenced Jerome Knight, age 35, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania today to 30 months imprisonment in federal court in Harrisburg. Knight pleaded guilty on March 26, 2015 to distribution and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Anthony Jordan, 29, St. Louis, was charged with multiple drug and weapons charges which resulted in the deaths of three area people.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Michael Ealm, 36, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Charleston to distribution of heroin. On three occasions in January, February, and March of 2015, Ealm sold heroin to an individual working as a confidential...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GEORGE GALLO, 47, of East Hampton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for receiving more than $100,000 from a political campaign direct mail vendor to whom he steered business.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that the owner of a Kansas City, Mo., business has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a wire fraud scheme in which he stole more than $125,000 from a retiree who wished to assist the inner city community by renovating homes for those in need.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: A grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging David K. Turner, of Knoxville, Tennessee, with engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, distributing a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, coercion and enticement of a minor, and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: Aug. 27, 2015 BOS 2015-155. Date of action: Aug. 24, 2015. Type of action: Judgment. Name of defendant: Lessard Roofing & Siding Inc., Lessard Brothers Construction Inc., and their successors and/or alter egos. Background: Lessard Roofing & Siding Inc. and Lessard Brothers Construction Inc., both located...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that MARINICA MIREL COTOI, age 37, of Romania, pled guilty today to one count of bank fraud related to the use of ATM “skimming" devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: A former police officer was indicted for two counts of selling firearms to people he knew were felons, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Cleveland office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve (DENA) managers invite public input and comments about their vision for trail management as part of a future Trails Management Plan.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Latite Roofing and Sheet Metal LLC, Pompano Beach, Florida 33069
By DOL Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) issued the following joint statement today after the National Labor Relations Board released a partisan decision in Browning-Ferris Industries that overturns established labor policy and will disrupt the operations of small businesses across the country...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jerry Little, 44, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with bank robbery. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
