News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Dirk Antonious Engram, Jr., has been sentenced to federal prison for taking bribes to smuggle contraband into U.S. Penitentiary-Atlanta while he worked there as a corrections officer. He admitted that he charged $500 every time he smuggled cigarettes, marijuana, or other contraband into the prison for inmates.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A total of nine people have been taken into custody following the return of eight separate, unrelated indictments, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Robert Elder, special agent in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A former resident of Garland, Texas, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to an indictment charging one count of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft, was sentenced today, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Debra Arno, 56, formerly of Amherst, NY, and Lauren Frey, 55, of Kenmore, NY, with conspiracy to commit murder for hire. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Four People Arrested and Charged in Cross-Country Insider Trading Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: DEL RIO, Texas - In Del Rio yesterday, 45-year old Texas Mexican (TMM) member Jesus Meza, Jr. (aka “Jesse") was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release for violating federal racketeering and drug trafficking statutes announced Acting United States Attorney Richard...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: In Del Rio yesterday, 45-year old Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) member Jesus Meza, Jr. (aka “Jesse") was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release for violating federal racketeering and drug trafficking statutes announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CHARLES ADONAY-LAINES, age 23, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien previously convicted of an aggravated felony.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Good morning and welcome. Inspectors general (IGs), the watchdogs of the executive branch, are the only employees within federal agencies that are statutorily mandated to be independent from their agencies’ heads. There are 33 IGs who are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. It is...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Stanley Duryea Johnson, age 60, of Baltimore today to 20 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for robbery and using a gun during the robbery. Judge Garbis also entered an order that Johnson pay restitution of $93,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA - Federal and state law enforcement officials from Montana and North Dakota have announced the creation of the Bakken Organized Crime Strike Force. Montana U.S. Attorney Mike Cotter and Acting U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Chris Myers, joined North Dakota Attorney General Wayne...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) held a hearing Tuesday on the recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data breach that affected 100,000 American taxpayers, compromising their private information and raising serious concerns about the confidentiality of information supposedly being protected by federal agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin today announced that a Logan County man pleaded guilty to making a false statement in connection with the acquisition of firearms. Brian Keith Conley, 42, of Logan, admitted that he lied when attempting to retrieve three firearms he pawned at a local pawn shop.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges everyone engaged in cleanup after the recent floods in Texas - employers, workers and the public - to avoid potential hazards and take steps to protect themselves.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jacob J. Loredo, 29, of Carlsbad, N.M., pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to violating federal firearms and drug trafficking laws.
By State Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: This hearing is the part of a series of events we are holding this month to prepare members of the committee to evaluate a possible nuclear agreement with Iran.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a one hour walk at 2 pm on Saturday, June 20, 2015, that will explore the story and legacy of slavery and emancipation in Chattanooga. This program will begin at the entrance of Orchard Knob Reservation...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Glacier National Park Rangers captured and euthanized a black bear near the head of Lake McDonald area on Monday, June 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2015
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A federal grand jury has indicted a Bourbonnais, Ill., man, Daniel Ballard, 56, on charges of bank fraud in an indictment returned yesterday. The U.S. Clerk of the Court will issue a summons to Ballard to appear for arraignment in federal court in Urbana.
