News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Following an investigation of firearms trafficking in Baltimore City, a federal grand jury has indicted five defendants in three separate cases, on firearms related charges including: unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm; possession of a firearm and/or ammunition by an ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Ukisha Lashay Carter, 34, of Collinsville, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to a term of nine months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for theft of federal funds, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced. Carter was also ordered to make restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in the amount of $25,947.00 and pay a $2,500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Gregory Michael McCarty (46, Green Cove Springs) to five years in federal prison for receiving child pornography over the Internet. He was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervision following his release from...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a man from Alabama pleaded guilty to transporting sexually explicit pictures of a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Glimpses of the Past: June 18, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: GREAT FALLS-Christopher Stefani, 47, of Great Falls, was sentenced today for manufacturing methamphetamine in his grandfather’s garage, which led to an explosion. Great Falls United States District Court Judge Brian Morris sentenced Stefani to 144 months in prison, followed by a term of 3 supervised release.
By State Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the 26th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square uprising and massacre...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Two brothers, enrolled members of the Navajo Nation who reside in Crownpoint, N.M., were sentenced yesterday in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., for their convictions on assault charges arising out of the brutal attack on another Navajo man in Sept. 2014. Gabriel Largo, 28, was sentenced...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 4, 2015 - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in response to the study issued today by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on hydraulic fracturing activities and drinking water resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that it has opened an investigation of the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham, Alabama, focusing on the treatment of juveniles. The investigation will assess whether juveniles are detained at the jail in conditions that pose a serious risk of harm to their physical and psychological well-being.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that PABLO E. PAZ, 45, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit theft of government funds.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: “Ensuring Transparency through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)"
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: York Man Sentenced to 70 Years for Producing Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Three People Arrested in Puerto Rico in a Contractor Major Scheme to Defraud the U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Humboldt County Marijuana Farmer Sentenced to Life in Prison Plus 35 Years for Murdering Immigrant Worker and Related Crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -The body of an adult male was recovered near Morning Star Cove on Lake Mohave June 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the indictment of PHILLIP DWAYNE LLOYD a/k/a “PC," 43, and RAQUEL MONE BELCHER, 29, for trafficking three teenage girls for the purpose of commercial sex. LLOYD is also charged with producing child pornography of one of the trafficked victims. BELCHER...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s draft assessment that concluded “Hydraulic fracturing activities have not led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: Defendant Regularly Paid Con Ed Supervisors In Exchange For Lucrative Contracting Work.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2015
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA -The National Park Service has received numerous inquiries about the possibility of current volcanic activity at Sunset Crater Volcano. The internet source of the purported eruption is based upon a black and white satellite image. The report is not from an academic source or part a scientific agency, such as the United States Geological Survey. Furthermore, no activity has been observed on the ground by park rangers staffing the National Monument.
