News from July 2015
By State Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement upon returning from Venezuela where he met with members of the opposition party, the families of political prisoners, business leaders and some government officials during a two day trip.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KEVIN RODRIGUEZ, also known as “Orlando," 21, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for robbing an undercover ATF special agent at gunpoint.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: On June 16-18, 2015, eight participants and four staff members from the Hawai‛i Girls Court visited Haleakalā National Park, spending three days and two nights in the Haleakalā crater. The wilderness immersion program offered a transformational experience to some of the state’s most underserved and at risk youth.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, in a bipartisan vote, the Senate passed legislation establishing trade promotion authority (TPA). This action follows House passage last week, and the bill will now head to the president for his signature. In response, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: Jensen, UT & Dinosaur, CO - Due to minimal activity over the past two days, fire crews on the Ecklund Fire are beginning mop up and demobilization activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Juliet Ellis (45, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in connection with embezzling funds from a local church. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. As part of the agreement, Ellis has agreed to pay restitution to the church in the total amount of $82,838.00. Her sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - An indictment was filed today charging six people with running a “Jamaican lottery" scam in the United States between January 2012 and March 2015, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent-in-Charge John P. Kelleghan.Maurice...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: Glacier National Park and the Glacier National Park Conservancy announce the winners of the recent annual park pass artwork contest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - William Nelson, 52, of Morningside, Md., pled guilty today to charges of felony assault and misdemeanor assault for attacking two people after an argument on a Metro train, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Vincent H. Cohen, Jr. and Ron Pavlik, Chief of the Metro Transit Police.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: TUPELO, MS-A special program of dulcimer music will be provided by the North Mississippi Dulcimer Association from10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.on Saturday, July 11, 2015, at the Parkway Visitor Center located at milepost 266 near Tupelo, Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Eileen Neff, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Northeast Area Field Office of the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General (“USPS-OIG"), Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DANIEL FIGUEROA-MUNGUIA, age 30, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information charging him with illegal re-entry into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that TRAVIS L. SMITH age 32, of Henryetta, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment and 4 years supervised release for Distribution of Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Michael Ray Mangum, 43, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced on July 2, 2015, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 120 months in federal prison for his role in an extensive a-PVP (alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in and around the Sullivan County area. A-PVP is a synthetic drug which is commonly referred to on the street as “gravel" or “flakka."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Long Island City, New York, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a scheme to transport more than 20 kilograms of cocaine from California to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: The schedule for Carter Barron and Fort Dupont Summer Theatre Concert series has been released.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: In an indictment unsealed today, a federal grand jury charged three people with smuggling Guatemalan minors into the United States and forcing them to work at egg farms in Ohio, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: Joseph Akins Owanikin, a/k/a Joe Akins, of Fort Lauderdale, was charged by indictment with ten counts of filing false claims with the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 287. Owanikin had his initial appearance and arraignment today in Fort Lauderdale before United States Magistrate Judge Patrick M. Hunt. He pled not guilty.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in King v. Burwell.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Michael Ray Mangum, 43, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced on July 2, 2015, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 120 months in federal prison for his role in an extensive a-PVP (alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in and around the Sullivan County area. A-PVP is a synthetic drug which is commonly referred to on the street as “gravel" or “flakka.".
