News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Penni Enama, age 50, of Lewes, Delaware, pled guilty to one count of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and one count of tax evasion, in violation of 26 U.S.C. §7201. Enama, who will...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Seventeen people have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: As the National Park Service approaches its centennial year, national parks across the country invite neighbors and friends to participate and assist in various ways. "Tumacácori relies heavily on volunteers to meet its mission of preserving, protecting, and interpreting this special place," says Superintendent...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Harold Bailey Gallison II, 58, of Valley Center, California, pleaded guilty today to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit international money laundering in connection with an international “pump and dump" scheme involving stocks traded on the over-the-counter (OTC) market.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Madison, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for distributing images of child sexual abuse from his home computer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By State Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - At a hearing today to examine the violence engulfing South Sudan, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called out South Sudanese officials for their government’s role in the harassment and targeting of humanitarian aid workers. Relief organizations are providing assistance to more than 1.6 million people who are internally displaced and 750,000 who have fled the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Fort Yates, North Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on Nov. 30, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: SAN DIEGO - This morning, the DEA San Diego Field Division’s Narcotics Task (NTF) along with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and Health Advocates Rejecting Marijuana, (HARM) announce the total amount of illegal marijuana plants seized in San Diego County in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Monroe County man was sentenced today to 30 months’ imprisonment by Senior United States District Judge Edwin M. Kosik, for his role in a methamphetamine-trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEFFREY KRANTZ, 50, of New York, N.Y., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to three years of probation and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine for supplying customers with falsely remarked microprocessor chips, many of which were used in U.S. Military and commercial helicopters.
By State Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement in response to news reports that the P5+1 has delivered a draft resolution to the IAEA Board of Governors to close the investigation into possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program ahead of a vote early next week...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - An Army sergeant was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for his role in a conspiracy to commit bribery in connection with supply contracts while serving in Afghanistan.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Stresses Strong Link Between Domestic Production, National and Global Security
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting a Federal Officer and Using and Carrying a Firearm During and In Relation to a Crime of Violence was sentenced on Nov. 30, 2015, by Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: HOONAH, ALASKA--Today, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Park Service (NPS) announced the award of $797,500 in support of 33 grants in 16 states, including an award of $20,000 to Hoonah City School District (HCSD) to support a traditional Tlingit song-writing workshop for high...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Today, Joseph Edward Camargo, 30, of Tucson, Ariz., a non-tribal member, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Raner C. Collins to 65 years’ imprisonment. Camargo was found guilty of second degree murder, aggravated assault, and weapons offenses, by a federal jury on March 17, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Pursuant to Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative and The HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - Hawk-eyed volunteers across the country will brave the winter weather to count birds during the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count, which takes place Dec. 14, 2015, through Jan. 5, 2016. Birders and nature enthusiasts take part in this tradition, because they enjoy participating in the longest running wildlife census on the planet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - An indictment, unsealed today, charges eight people with conspiring to distribute heroin in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Charged are: Jorge Balbuena, a/k/a “Hansel," 29, Yan Mota Soto, 25, Luis Garcia, a/k/a “Twin," a/k/a...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Former CEO and Managing Partner of Defunct Public Charter Flight Company Indicted for Multimillion-Dollar Wire Fraud and Bank Fraud.
