News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Joseph Shepherd and United States Attorney Walt Green announced that United States District Court Judge sentenced Jeffery D. Perry, age 32, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, yesterday to serve life imprisonment, followed by a prison term of 15 years. The Judge also ordered Perry to forfeit drug trafficking related proceeds of up to $10,505,205.
By State Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: JACKSON, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement today about reports concerning the agreement between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran regarding inspections of the Parchin military complex where Iran is believed to have conducted nuclear weapons development.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: On Aug. 20, 2015, Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, a unit of the National Park Service, has closed campgrounds in the Kettle Falls District due to expanding wildfires. Currently, conditions inhibit containment on the wildfires in the surrounding area and forecasts expect accelerated fire growth. Red flag conditions are in effect through the week and include dry weather, high winds, and hot temperatures and expect to contribute to high fire danger.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - Two defendants, Ceddrick Lamont Johnson, a/k/a “Bunny Cool," of Abilene, Texas, and Stephanie McQueen, of Sweetwater, Texas, who pleaded guilty to their roles in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy have been sentenced, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A civil complaint and consent decree were filed yesterday on behalf of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) against Murex Investments I, L.P., a limited partnership in Philadelphia, PA, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The complaint alleges that Murex entered...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A coin and precious metals dealer and his company pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges for defrauding more than 400 customer-victims of over $15 million, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The Tulving Company, Inc., and its owner, Hannes Tulving, Jr., 60, of Newport Beach, California, entered their guilty pleas today before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Keesler.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - The former chief executive officer of Chicago’s first red-light camera vendor pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge Thursday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Pamela Cothran Marsh announced her resignation today as United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, effective September 4, 2015. Since 2010, U.S. Attorney Marsh has served as the leading federal prosecutor for Florida’s 23 panhandle counties, from Alachua to Escambia, overseeing offices in Gainesville, Tallahassee, Panama City, and Pensacola.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: Starting at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 21, until further notice, the John Muir Lodge, Grant Grove Cabins, and all campgrounds will be temporarily closed in the Grant Grove area of Kings Canyon National Park. This action is due to ongoing Rough Fire activity. Park staff continues to work closely with the Rough Fire Incident Management Team to monitor fire activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - A 58-year old Kanawha County man, Ronnie Eugene Naylor, was sentenced to 97 months in federal prison followed by 15 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. The sentence was handed down by United States District Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Robert M. Schaefer, 68, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to eleven years and four months in prison for two counts of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Charles Shawn Shannon, 54, of Belington, West Virginia, was convicted today of marijuana trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank T. Pimentel, who is handling the case, stated that between January and September 2014 the defendant sent packages of marijuana from the Carlsbad, California area to Western New York, where the marijuana was then distributed and more than $800,000 in proceeds from the marijuana distribution shipped back from Western New York to the defendant in California.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Leonard Hoskins, aged 42, of Bainbridge, Georgia, was sentenced on Aug. 18, 2015 to serve 25 years (300 months) in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Leslie J. Abrams, United States District Court Judge, in Albany, Georgia.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.-The National Park Service is turning 99 years old on August 25 and Grand Canyon National Park wants to give you a present- free admission! The usual entrance fee will be waived for all visitors to Grand Canyon on Tuesday, August 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that MARNITA CAROL FOSTER a/k/a Marnita Carol Parker, age 48, of Ravia, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 5 years of probation and ordered to pay $78,939.50 in restitution for THEFT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Two individuals pled guilty for endorsing and cashing stolen and fraudulently obtained United States Treasury checks.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX- Today, Raul Gutierrez-Cisneros, 43, of Phoenix, Ariz., pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JAMIE PLAISANCE, age 38, of Raceland, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment for possession of child pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Science & Technology Press Office Contact: John Verrico, (202) 254-2385 Washington, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced a $1.7 million cybersecurity Mobile Technology Security (MTS) research and development ...
