News from August 2015
By DOT News Wire | Aug 19, 2015
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Aug. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 62-year-old resident of Corpus Christi has entered a guilty plea to possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Lewis Wayne Blackburn admitted in court today that he possessed more than 10 thousand images and videos containing the pornographic material.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA,KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges of carjacking and robbery, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - After a four day jury trial, Delfín Robles-Álvarez was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine for the purpose of unlawful importation, conspiracy to import cocaine, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Contact Person: Jim May (803) 929-3000.
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 PATRICIA ANN RABORN age 56, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 5 years of probation and ordered to pay $86,289.50 in restitution for Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 641 and 2.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Former Freedom Presidents Gary Southern and Dennis Farrell.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: At the request of the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Aviation Administration will issue temporary flight restrictions in support of Pope Francis’s visit to Philadelphia, PA September 26-27, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted in federal court today of his role in a conspiracy to distribute PCP as well as a money-laundering conspiracy.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: “Today’s verdict is believed to be the first instance where this Office has used the federal fraud laws to convict a murderer," said U.S. Attorney Hochul. “This Office will continue to use all of the resources at our disposal to rid our streets of dangerous predators.".

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Luzerne County man was indicted late yesterday by a federal grand jury in Scranton for heroin trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - A 66-year-old Millington reserve police officer has been indicted on multiple charges for possessing and producing child pornography. The indictment was announced by Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a New Jersey man was convicted in federal court today of illegally trafficking in paddlefish caviar after being caught in an undercover operation in the Warsaw, Mo., area.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a criminal Information was filed today charging a Hazleton resident with distributing more than 100 grams of heroin and illegally reentering the country after having been removed as an illegal alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Amir Meir Levi, 38, of Canoga Park, Calif., was sentenced this morning to 21 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain high-value cellular phones from retail stores in California, Arizona and New Mexico and to resell the cellular phones for profit.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- A National Park Service program designed to introduce inner-city youth to environmental careers wrapped up its 16th season this week. A new partnership with the Los Angeles Conservation Corps helped organizers double the size of this year’s cohort.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has returned a guilty verdict on all ten counts against Ronald Epps, 47, of Amherst, N.Y., The charges included wire fraud, mail fraud, arson, possession of Molotov Cocktails, maintaining a premises for drug trafficking, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth R. Moellering, who is handling the case, stated that Mr. Young, a former employee at the Erie County Department of Motor Vehicles, used his position as a Motor Vehicle Representative to solicit and accept bribes for his assistance in passing permit examinations. After...

By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Find Your Park and Celebrate the 99th Birthday of the National Park Service.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: BAINBRIDGE, Ga. - Leonard Hoskins, aged 42, of Bainbridge, Georgia, was sentenced on Aug. 18, 2015 to serve 25 (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.