News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: In San Antonio today, United States District Judge David A. Ezra sentenced 21-year-old Michael Anthony Keich of D’Hanis, TX, to 57 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for manufacturing a destructive device announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the owner of a Grandview, Mo., lawn care company was sentenced in federal court today for a $3 million extortion and money laundering scheme that began when a cocaine deal went awry.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY - United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. announced the guilty plea of former Teamsters Local 783 President Jerry Thomas Vincent, Jr. to multiple charges of embezzling labor union funds and criminal recordkeeping violations, before Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell today in U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: Three species of federally protected freshwater mussels (Cumberlandian Combshell, Tan Riffleshell, and Littlewing Pearly Mussel) were released in a Kentucky section of the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River on Wednesday, August 12. All three of these species used to be found throughout the river.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal jury today convicted the controller at Birmingham's Serra Nissan dealership for conspiring to defraud Nissan North America through the manufacturer's sales incentive program, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton, and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Veronica Hyman-Pillot.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on the Interior Department’s final approval of Shell’s drilling program in the Chukchi Sea this summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank T. Pimentel, who is handling the case, stated that on Aug. 22, 2014, the defendant shipped a package containing $77,000 in United States currency, which was marijuana sale proceeds, to a co-conspirator in Carlsbad, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Lance M. Szady, 27, of Windsor, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to seven years and three months in prison and three years of supervised release for aiding and abetting the robbery of a Rite Aid pharmacy in Augusta, Maine on Sept. 2, 2014. He pleaded guilty to that charge on Feb. 10, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA - The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa today entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Iowa Select Herbs LLC, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, its president and CEO, Gordon L. Freeman, and a partial owner, Lois A. Dotterweich, to prevent the distribution of adulterated dietary supplements, announced Principal Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. -august 17, 2015. Caleb Kesler, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-5276 x227. Camp Verde, AZ -Montezuma Castle National Monument. Clarkdale, AZ -Tuzigoot National Monument. National Parks And Monuments' Fee-Free For Founders' Day. National Park Service units throughout the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Willie Collier, 65, of Macon, Ga., pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a cocaine trafficking charge. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Collier will be sentenced to 60 months in federal prison followed by not less than four years of supervised release.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
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By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Ryan Jeremiah Abbott, 23, of Plymouth, Wisconsin, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 5 years in prison and 7 years of supervised release for transporting child pornography. Abbott pleaded guilty to the charge on April 8, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - One of the principal cocaine traffickers associated with an international narcotics ring was sentenced this morning to 20 years in federal prison after law enforcement seized more than 170 pounds of cocaine and $1.5 million in drug-tainted cash linked to his narcotics-trafficking activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Wheeling businessman Mark C. Busack, 51, was sentenced today to 35 months in prison for defrauding customers of his mortgage brokerage business, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A New York resident was sentenced today in federal court to 30 months imprisonment followed by three years supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,500.00 in restitution, on his conviction of conspiracy to possess and to pass counterfeit currency, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Josh J. Minkler, United States Attorney, announced today that Edward B. Tunwar, 55, was sentenced to prison today by U.S. District Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson for his role in smuggling contraband into the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: BEACH LAKE, PA -Come discover your inner "Rail Fan" on Sunday, August 23rd at 2:00pm at the Zane Grey Museum in Lackawaxen, PA. The Erie Railroad brought economic prosperity to the Delaware River Valley, and traces of the rail company's impact on the area can still be seen today. This program will draw connections between the history of the railroad and important historical figures from the area, including Zane Grey!.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
Release: Washington, DC, Aug. 17, 2015 - In preparation for the 2015 school year, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, Kevin Concannon, encourages schools to maintain momentum and continue striving toward a healthier generation by offering nutritious, balanced meals to all students.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A New York resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating the CAN-SPAM ACT, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
