News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Christopher Shawn Kanatzar, 28, Springfield, Oregon, appeared before U. S. District Court Chief Judge Ann Aiken in Eugene today and was sentenced to ten years in prison. Earlier this year, Kanatzar pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a 9 mm pistol found by Springfield police in a stolen car following a high speed chase. Kanatzar and two police officers sustained injuries when he resisted arrest after the pursuit ended.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-One member of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood (UAB) prison gang pleaded guilty today to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. of the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: Peoria, Ill. - Seth Morris, 25, of the 1000 block of N. Glenwood, Peoria, Ill., entered a plea of guilty yesterday, in federal court, to one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, as announced by Jim Lewis, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois. Sentencing has been scheduled for Oct. 14, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Joe Billy McDade.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that four Mexican nationals were indicted by a federal grand jury today, in two separate but related cases, for their roles in distributing large amounts of methamphetamine in Jackson County, Mo., and elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: Stole 28 Forms I-9 from Urban Outfitters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Delaware man with a prior conviction for child sexual abuse was indicted by a federal grand jury today for using the Internet to entice a Richmond, Mo.-area teenager...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ Jaime Cisneros, 50, of Roma, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possessing with intent to distribute approximately 434 kilograms of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Saenz pleaded guilty Feb. 2, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: Williams, Ariz., Managers of both the Kaibab National Forest and Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona were recently recognized for the leadership role they've played in managing wildland fire across the landscape and jurisdictional boundaries for the purpose of improving forest health conditions.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, "Watchdogs Needed: Top Government Investigator Positions Left Unfilled for Years. " Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the June 2015 Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld presented the Federal Green Challenge award to the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Western Laboratory for increasing its electronics recycling more than any other federal agency in 2014. Mr. Blumenfeld presented the national award at the DEA National Lab Directors Conference.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: Despite rainy weather during May, Grand Teton National Park trail crew members labored continuously to complete a trail improvement project on the southwest segment of the Jenny Lake trail system. The popular and well-traveled trail around the south end of Jenny Lake is now open for public use. Major...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced today that four indictments were unsealed in federal court charging the following 16 defendants with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including crack cocaine and cocaine.
By State Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded unanimous committee passage of the Fiscal Year 2016 Department of State Operations Authorization and Embassy Security Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: As a result of the expansion, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary now will be known as Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. The name change reflects the sanctuary’s new geographical boundaries and expanded opportunities for stewardship, research and education.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: L. Brian Whitfield, 49, formerly of Franklin, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday to serve 20 years in prison, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. On November 7, 2014, a jury found Whitfield guilty of conspiracy, wire fraud, theft from an employee benefit program, filing a false tax return, and money laundering.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today advanced her efforts to end the current prohibition on most U.S. crude oil exports in a report entitled “Rendering Vital Assistance: Allowing Oil Shipments to U.S. Allies."
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee announced the Affordability is Access Act, a new bill that would build on contraception coverage access in the Affordable Care Act by ensuring that when the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Thomas Parker of Brooklyn, New York was sentenced today to 39 months in prison. Chief Judge Christina Reiss also ordered Parker to serve a three-year period of supervised release following his term of imprisonment. Parker...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2015
News Release: MAN SENTENCED FOR EXTORTION SCHEME AT ARCH MINE.
