News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man who facilitated his 16-year-old girlfriend’s commercial sex acts appeared in federal court this morning and pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney to one count of sex trafficking of children, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Travis Leonard Sumpter, 38, of Charleston, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. On December 4, 2014, members of the Charleston Police Department found Sumpter to be in possession of a Cobra Enterprises.38...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: Linda Sue Newcomb to Serve 120 Months in Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: More than $30,000 in drug proceeds and 10 firearms seized and forfeited in charges stemming from heroin connection between Chicago and Steubenville, Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dominic A. Sedillo, 24, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 60 months in prison for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. He will be on supervised release for four years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: MONROE La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Monroe man was sentenced Monday to 72 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm in relation to drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: A Brooklyn, Ohio, man faces charges related to his operation of a sports wagering business, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On July 1, 2015, Corey Lee Steffen, 37, of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, was.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: The last time the Oregon Inlet Public Boat Ramps received an upgrade was in 1989.After many years of extensive use, and weathering many storms, the ramps were in poor condition.The National Park Service is proud to announce a major renovation has been completed to the five public ramps and the.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: LONDON - The final member of a scheme, in which the defendants used other people’s identities to defraud a Leslie County bank out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, has been sentenced today to prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Yi Soon Bakery, Inc. of Allston, Mass., and its owner, Kung Hung, have settled allegations that they violated the Federal Meat Inspection Act by making meat pastries and selling them to wholesale customers without having the pastries inspected by the Food Safety and Inspection Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: As part of its ongoing commitment to improving the health and management of wild horses and burros on federal lands in the West, the Bureau of Land Management today said it will initiate 21 research projects aimed at developing new tools for managing healthy horses and burros on healthy rangelands, including...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: On Saturday, July 18th, members of the Tolowa Nation will present a Tolowa Dance Demonstration at 1:00 p.m. at the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park Day Use Area, located off Highway 199, just west of the community of Hiouchi, California. The demonstration is open to the public, free of charge, and will last about an hour.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey man was arrested this morning on charges that he received images of child sexual abuse on his home computer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Tiffany H. Lee, who is handling the case, stated that between January 2014 and January 2015, Powell used the Internet and a cellular telephone to communicate with a female who was under the age of 14 to entice the minor to engage in sexual activity with him. Specifically, the defendant used Facebook messenger to engage in sexually explicit chats with the minor. The communications led to Powell meeting with the minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: RENO, Nev. - Five Elko County residents, including three convicted felons, have been indicted by the federal grand jury in Reno on charges that they possessed multiple stolen firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada and ATF Acting Special Agent in Charge Eric D. Harden.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former Labette County bank clerk pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge of embezzlement, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Shaun Valente, age 30, of Montgomery Village, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to distribution of child pornography.
By State Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - As the Obama Administration works to complete a final nuclear deal with Iran, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today announced the second in a series of hearings to examine an anticipated nuclear deal with Iran. The hearing, at which former...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Whitney M. Golden, 25, and Al-Teric Garrett, 33, both of Clarksburg, West Virginia, were sentenced in federal court today for heroin trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
