News from June 2015
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva released the following statement on the publication of a new study by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) researchers in the journal Science showing that, contrary to Republican claims, global warming has not slowed over the past 15 years.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: MINERAL, CA- Lassen Volcanic National Park is one of 37 national parks selected to receive a 2015 Active Trails grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks. Now in its seventh year, the Active Trails program supports healthy living by getting people out and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: A woman who embezzled more than $120,000 from the bank where she worked was sentenced to twenty-one months in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: MANILA, Philippines - A check for $1.3 million was presented to the Republic of the Philippines by U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg June 3, marking the conclusion of a joint investigation of a former Philippine official by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and the Office of the Ombudsman of the Philippines.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: MISSOULA - Robert White, 51, of Butte, was sentenced today in federal court to seven years in prison for distributing child pornography and possessing a firearm that was not registered to him in the national registry. He received seven years for each count, to run concurrent. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen also sentenced White to 10 years supervised release, $4,000 in restitution, and ordered him to forfeit his laptop computer and the firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging convicted sex offender Kevin Wick, 42, of Wheeling, with traveling across state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct with multiple minor victims, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - As part of an ongoing initiative to enhance law enforcement effectiveness and promote safety in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has welcomed two new federal prosecutors, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: On Monday, June 8, the Kīpahulu `Ohana will demonstrate poi pounding in the Kīpahulu District of Haleakalā National Park between 1pm and 3pm. The demonstration is part of Hana No`eau, which refers to demonstrating and honoring Native Hawaiian traditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: DUBLIN, GA - Michael Derrick Goins, 44, from Miami, Florida was sentenced on last month by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Dudley H. Bowen to 151 months in prison following his conviction on a drug trafficking charge. Goins was one of 10 defendants charged and convicted in the United States District Court in an indictment involving a large drug-trafficking organization operating in Laurens County.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Dear Commissioner Koskinen: As Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, we have an obligation to oversee the Internal Revenue Services’ administration of the tax code. One critical aspect of administering the tax code is ensuring the integrity of the tax return and tax refund processes,...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Defendant Sprayed Victim With Cleaning Solution After Storming Area Where Homeless People Slept.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Cesar Arnoldo Menjivar, 30, of Lane County, Oregon, was sentenced on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, in U.S. District Court to a 96-month prison term for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Following his release from prison, Menjivar will be on supervised release for four years. On June 3, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Dennis Getz and Brandi Marple to Each Serve Jail Time.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that TAMMY JEAN McDANIELS, age 56, of Gore, Oklahoma, pled guilty to an Information charging her with WIRE FRAUD, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reached a multimillion dollar settlement Tuesday with Prescott-based Broetje Orchards, LLC, for its civil violations of the Immigration Reform and Control Act related to verifying U.S. employment eligibility.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: NEWARK N.J. - A Westfield, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for his role in a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme in which he obtained more than $1 million in illegitimate proceeds, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: First Assistant United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that defendant Mao Peng (age 25) of Kenosha, Wisconsin has been charged in a three-count criminal information with conspiring to engage in wire fraud, identity theft, and misuse of the United States’ Automated Export System to further criminal activity. Mr. Peng has also entered into a written plea agreement by which he has agreed to plead guilty to those charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Fred Alverson, former Law Enforcement Coordinator and Public Information Officer of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Ohio, was one of 160 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 31st Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced June 3, 2015, to more than one year in federal prison.
