News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - A 51-year-old man from Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to a 13-year prison term on charges stemming from sexual assaults he committed against three step-grandchildren, Acting U.S. Attorney Vincent H. Cohen, Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Randall Lee Walker Jr., 38, of Columbus, Ohio, entered a guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Walker admitted that on June 2, 2014, he had a.45 caliber Glock pistol in his backpack at the Greyhound bus station in Charleston.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - The mayor of Pine Lawn, Missouri, SYLVESTER CALDWELL, was sentenced to 33 months in prison on charges involving the extortion of cash payments from the owner of a local towing company and from the owner of a Pine Lawn convenience store. In addition to the prison sentence, he was also ordered to pay $5,500 restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today applauded the decision by the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to designate a group of five Spanish colonial missions in the San Antonio area - including most of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and the Alamo - as a World Heritage Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: A Youngstown man was indicted for four bank robberies that took place earlier this year, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services demanding answers regarding the federal select agent program. This letter builds on the ongoing bipartisan investigation surrounding the shipments of live anthrax from a Department of Defense laboratory, Dugway Proving Ground.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count superseding indictment charging Jeffery C. Howell, aka Jeffrey C. Howell, aka “J", 34, of Youngstown, Ohio, with possessing with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack); possessing with intent to distribute heroin; and with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Salahudin Shaheed, 34, Khayree Gay, 31, and Basil Buie, 23, all of Philadelphia, PA, were charged July 2nd by superseding indictment with conspiracy, kidnapping, and attempted Hobbs Act robbery, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The superseding indictment adds the conspiracy charge to the existing indictment that charged Gay with attempted Hobbs Act robbery and kidnapping, and adds defendants Shaheed and Buie.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: A woman who committed Social Security Fraud for approximately eleven years pled guilty on July 2, 2015, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Neosho, Mo., man has been convicted in federal court of illegally possessing firearms.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a letter to the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services demanding answers regarding the federal select agent program. This letter builds on the ongoing bipartisan investigation surrounding the shipments of live anthrax from a Department of Defense laboratory, Dugway Proving Ground.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: A two-count indictment was filed charging a Cleveland man for his role in an armed robbery in Cleveland Heights, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Brian C. (56, Melbourne) to eight years and one month in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone not in the usual course of professional practice. The Court also ordered him to forfeit his Florida pharmacist license and imposed a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $274,400. Weiler was found guilty by a federal jury on Dec. 12, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: Two Youngstown men were indicted for their roles in unrelated bank robberies in Youngstown, said said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Shane Roach, 25, of Albuquerque, N.M., appeared in federal court this morning on a criminal complaint charging him with sex trafficking charges. Roach remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for July 8, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: Gang Members Allegedly Committed Two Murders and Three Attempted Murders; One Murder Victim Who Fled El Salvador to Escape MS-13 Threats Was Killed in Frederick.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: Local Musician CF Bailey &Shadow Ridge to Perform at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.-The National Park Service invites the public to celebrate Western Arts Day 2015, Saturday, July 11, on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. Western Arts Day celebrates the unique culture that defines Grand Canyon, Northern Arizona, and Southern Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man who participated in a Huntington heroin distribution conspiracy in 2013 and 2014 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Khaleef Teron Chandler, 21, entered a guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute heroin. Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers conducted the plea hearing.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today released the Final Environmental Assessment and Findings of No Significant Impact for the proposed exchange of up to 13,195 acre-feet of water between the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors and Westlands Water District, in response to drought conditions in the San Joaquin Valley.
