News from July 2015
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service has announced that permits will be required for all motor vehicle and bicycle day use on White Rim and Elephant Hill roads in Canyonlands National Park as of Sept. 1, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: Cranston Police, DEA dismantled the meth lab in a Cranston housing complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Hazleton man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Wilkes-Barre to 63 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge A. Richard Caputo for wire fraud and income tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: HELENA - The United States Attorney’s Office announces today that members of the White Rhino drug operation team are the recipients of a prestigious national award from the U.S. Department of Justice Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Program. The award, known as the National OCDETF...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted his involvement in two fraud schemes - one involving a $148,000 scheme to defraud a payroll company and another involving the transfer of fraudulent New Jersey birth certificates, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: Two Miami-Dade County residents pled guilty today for their participation in a stolen identity tax fraud scheme based on information discovered while they were boarding a flight at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of loans to build broadband in rural areas, along with changes to the program required by the 2014 Farm Bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on July 28, 2015, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging ALIONIS PEREZ, 39, a citizen of Cuba last residing in New Jersey, and YOANDRYS CUE, 29, a citizen of Cuba last residing in Florida, with engaging in a conspiracy to burglarize outlet stores in six states between August and November 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Kenneth Dwayne Choate, 51, of Pismo Beach, charging him with manufacturing counterfeit U.S. currency, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Choate was ordered detained by Judge Stanley A. Boone on July 23, 2015, after being arrested on a federal criminal complaint.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that James W. Russell, 36, of Lake Worth, FL, was sentenced in the United States District Court in Benton, Illinois on one count of extortion. Russell was sentenced to 18 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Russell was also ordered to pay full restitution to the victim of his crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man is charged today with coercing a minor family member to engage in sexually explicit conduct while he photographed the abuse, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Essex County, MA. Significance: Native peoples of this area migrated between the coast and inland forests, fishing and gathering in cycle with the changing seasons, while the Puritans settled in tightly knit communities and tried to cultivate the rocky soil. By the early 18th century...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Denita Hill, age 27, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 42 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for a scheme to defraud the City of Baltimore through the reissuance of fraudulent checks for pay and benefits. Judge...
By State Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, have introduced H. Res. 402, a bipartisan resolution that supports Israel in its efforts to counter the boycott, sanctions and divestment movement against Israel.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: Will Forfeit over $1.5 Million in Profits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: Defendant Pleaded Guilty in Cases Filed in Texas and the District of Columbia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: Peggy Holmes, 48, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by Information with one count of theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the Information, the defendant received retirement benefits intended for her mother, after her mother’s death in December 2010 until March 2014. The defendant’s alleged actions resulted in a loss to the government of approximately $33,952.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Rogelio “Roger" Cordero, age 58, of New Castle, Delaware, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Sue L. Robinson to 262 months in federal prison for Receipt of Child Pornography, in violation of federal law. Cordero also was sentenced to a life term of supervised release following his prison sentence. He also will be required to continue to register as a sex offender in any jurisdiction in which he lives, works, or attends school.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: Miami-Dade County resident sentenced for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney, Kenyen R. Brown, announces that Frederick Miller was found guilty after a jury trial in Federal Court. The jury returned a guilty verdict on all charged counts, namely, Conspiracy to possess and distribution of more than 500 grams of Cocaine, 300 grams of Crack Cocaine and...
