News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Defendant Had Purchased Ticket to Travel to Turkey to Join ISIL.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Richard McNeal Hillman, 54, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced on Aug. 13, 2015, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 188 months in federal prison for his leadership role in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia and western North Carolina and for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Defendant faces Mandatory Minimum 15-year Prison Term due to Prior Convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Donald and Karlien Winberg, of Earth, Texas, were sentenced today in separate hearings by U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer to serve prison sentences for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and FBI Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle announced. Donald Winberg...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Randy Zacherle, age 55, of Okanogan, Washington, was sentenced today after having previously been convicted by a jury on Nov. 3, 2014 of Possession of Child Pornography. United States District...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Brooklyn, New York, Resident Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for selling heroin to an undercover federal agent.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced that it is seeking public nominations over a 45-day period to fill three positions on its national Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. To be considered for appointment, nominations must be submitted via email or fax by Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, or postmarked by the same date. The BLM announced its formal request for nominations on Friday, Aug. 13, 2015, in the Federal Register.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Michael Carvalho today pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government property and one count of aggravated identity theft. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison for the theft of government property and a consecutive...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced TRAVIS JERMAINE PITTMAN, 31, of Greenville, North Carolina, to 72 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for possession of firearm by a convicted felon. PITTMAN previously pled guilty to this charge on May 11, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: A domestic abuser who possessed a loaded firearm in the Cedar Rapids area last December was sentenced today to 71 months in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: The BLM, in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region and the Wyoming State Forestry Division is beginning the “One Less Spark-One Less Wildfire" campaign.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Crater Road (Rt. 378) and Haleakalā National Park’s summit road will close to visitor traffic while a slow moving convoy transports extremely wide loads to the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope near the volcano’s summit.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Richard McNeal Hillman, 54, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced on Aug. 13, 2015, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 188 months in federal prison for his leadership role in an extensive a-PVP (alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in northeast Tennessee, southwest Virginia and western North Carolina and for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - An Iraqi refugee living in Jefferson County, Kentucky was found guilty this week in U.S. District Court of falsely procuring U.S. citizenship, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This afternoon, as part of the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act, the House voted to extend the authorization for our highways and transit program through October 29. The legislation also provides funding estimated to close the highway trust fund shortfall through December. Following House passage, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of JAMES FRANCIS VOLIN, 65, of Inver Grove Heights, to 24 months in prison for hiding income from used car sales from the Internal Revenue Service for two years. VOLIN was indicted on May 21, 2014 and pleaded guilty to Income Tax Evasion on Nov. 18, 2014. He was sentenced on Aug. 13, 2015, before Senior Judge Michael J. Davis in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Milwaukee Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Receiving Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: Doctor at Brooklyn, New York, Clinic Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Engaging in $13 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2015
News Release: A glacial outburst flood and debris flow occurred at Tahoma Creek in Mount Rainier National Park on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, beginning at approximately 9:40 am. The glacial outburst flood originated from the South Tahoma Glacier as a 0.5 acre portion of the terminus of the glacier broke off and quickly released water stored in the glacier.
