News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: BECKLEY, WV - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Kenyata E. Smith, 34, of Beckley, West Virginia pleaded guilty in federal court in Beckley to passing counterfeit money. Smith admitted that on April 6, 2014, she passed $100 in counterfeit money at the Dairy Queen in Beaver, West Virginia.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: In the eleventh in the series of videos introducing the Republican members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., today shares his vision for America’s energy future that unleashes nuclear power, wisely invests in energy research, and protects America’s national treasures.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Third Degree Burglary was sentenced on June 15, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Brandi Larrea, 31, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Larrea to serve four years of supervised release following her release from prison. Larrea pleaded guilty on March 26, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - A Springdale, Arkansas, man was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court in Fayetteville, Arkansas, for multiple tax crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Conner Eldridge of the Western District of Arkansas and Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Attorney’s Office has obtained federal grand jury indictments in two separate unrelated cases where a woman, working with a male, sexually exploited a child, captured the abuse on camera or transmitted it live via the internet, thus producing child pornography. One case was investigated...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging Pensacola resident Robert M. Grafton Jr., 29, with attempted enticement of a minor and possession of child pornography. The indictment was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of San Bernardino, Calif., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), today held a hearing on a Department of Labor proposal that would restrict access to financial advice and expand the definition of “fiduciary" under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Members questioned Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, raising concerns that the proposal is unworkable and would make it harder for working families to save and plan for retirement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Quy Ngoc Nguyen, 25, of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced today by United States District Judge Callie V. S. Granade to 73 months imprisonment for possession of a firearm by a felon. The judge ordered that Nguyen serve...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Penn Hills resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute a quantity of cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the release of a new report that shows the U.S. biobased industry is generating substantial economic activity and American jobs. He also announced changes under the 2014 Farm Bill that will create additional opportunities for growth in renewable plant-based materials, supporting the Obama Administration's efforts to develop a new, rural economy and promote creation of sustainable jobs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: TYLER, Texas - The former Chief Financial Officer of Shelby Regional Medical Center has been sentenced to federal prison in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Jeffrey William McCall, 41, appeared earlier this week before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy M. Koenig and pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography, announced John R. Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: KLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that a Sophia woman was sentenced in federal court in Beckley for a federal drug offense. Andrea Austin, age 43, of Sophia, West Virginia was sentenced to five years of probation plus 100 hours of community service. Austin previously pled guilty in February of 2015, to distributing heroin to a person cooperating with law enforcement authorities. The drug deal took place on East Camilia Street in Sophia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Six men and three women have now been ordered to federal prison following the sentencing of two more today in a lengthy case which was the result of the efforts of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) investigation dubbed “Operation Prototype," announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced that United States District Judge Lynn S. Adelman has sentenced Milwaukee resident Troy Randle, age 37, to 20 years imprisonment following Randle’s conviction on two federal sex-trafficking counts. The sex-trafficking counts involved two separate minor females.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Federal Operation Convicts Nine Montanans of More Than Half a Million Dollars in Social Security Fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Meeker, Colo. - Firefighters secured the west flank of the fire and burned out along the north flank to remove unburned vegetation along that line to reinforce it. Winds from passing thunderstorms yesterday evening pushed the Blackwall Fire to one acre and caused some spotting outside the fire perimeter.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $71,500 civil penalty against Sherwin-Williams Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, for allegedly violating Hazardous Material Transportation Regulations.
