News from March 2015
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management Alaska will host a two-day workshop on a strategy for regional mitigation in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). The workshop will take place at the Chief David Salmon Tribal Hall, 111 W. Clay Street, Fairbanks, Alaska. The workshop will be held on March 31 and April 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. The public is invited to observe.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: A registered sex offender was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today for accessing an Omaha-based child pornography website with the intent to view graphic images and videos depicting child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Deborah R. Gilg of the District of Nebraska and Special Agent in Charge Thomas R. Metz of the FBI’s Omaha Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - An ongoing investigation by agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the United States Attorney’s Office has resulted in the arrest and detention of Antonio Fortes, 24, of Cranston, on federal drug trafficking and firearm charges, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Divisionof ATF.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Curtis R. Martin, Jr., age 55, of North Potomac, Maryland, on charges related to a scheme to defraud a business of more than $212,000. In addition, the indictment charges Martin with making false statements to his probation officers. The indictment was returned on March 18, 2015, and unsealed on March 26, 2015, upon Martin’s arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that criminal charges were filed late yesterday in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg against four veterinarians involved in treating thoroughbred race horses at Penn National Race Track, in Grantville, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Efrain Sanchez Jr., 26, of San Bernardino, Calif., made his initial appearance this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., on a criminal complaint charging him with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Sanchez remains in federal custody pending a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing which are scheduled for March 30, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Benally, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Littlewater, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to assault charges. Benally is the last of three defendants to enter a guilty plea in this case.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: Donnie A. Sherrell, 22, of Granite City, Illinois, was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois to 70 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release on two counts of Sale of a Weapon to a Convicted Felon and two counts of Possession of a Weapon by a Felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - William Wilkins and Michael Fairnot-Woods have been sentenced to 18 years and 15 years in federal prison, respectively, for their roles in an armed robbery spree that targeted U.S. Postal Service letters carriers in Decatur and Lithonia, Georgia. The robberies were part of a scheme to steal...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be hosting the Fifteenth Annual Spring Planting and Music Festival on Saturday, April 25, 2015. Traditional arts and crafts as well as music will be included as part of the festival throughout the day. The park would like to take this opportunity to extend an invitation to all interested crafts persons to participate in this year's festival.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following President Obama’s requested resignation of the Chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today wrote to all remaining members of the board concerning the board’s management and governance decisions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - An ongoing investigation by agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the United States Attorney’s Office has resulted in the arrest and detention of Antonio Fortes, 24, of Cranston, on federal drug trafficking and firearm charges, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of ATF.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: Scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have devised and demonstrated a new, shape-shifting probe, about one-hundredth as wide as a human hair, which is capable of sensitive, high-resolution remote biological sensing...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: EUNICE/BATON ROUGE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley visited Louisiana State University at Eunice and Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge this week to talk about her office’s role in administering justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Lake County woman was charged yesterday in federal court with attempted bank robbery. TERESA M. KNOWLES, 39, of Volo, Ill., was charged with the attempted robbery of Chase Bank located at 2911 Commerce Drive, Johnsburg, Illinois, on March 24, 2015. According to the complaint, Knowles entered...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A 44 year-old Lubbock, Texas, resident, Eduardo Cantillo, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 121 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in December 2014 to one count of possession of prepubescent child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By State Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Nigeria’s election, which was rescheduled for March 28...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: Andre Hutson, 32, of St. Louis, Missouri, was sentenced today to a total of 60 months in prison on a three-count indictment charging him with Distribution of Cocaine, Distribution of Cocaine Base and Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced inmate Russell Carrington, a/k/ Rutt, age 34, of Baltimore, and a leader in the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) gang, today to 210 months in prison, followed by six years of supervised release, for a racketeering and drug conspiracy that included the smuggling of drugs and contraband inside the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC). Carrington was convicted on February 5, 2015, after a lengthy trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on March 26, 2015, Wade R. Buckner, 26, of St. Louis, MO, was sentenced to 9 days in prison, and 3 years of supervised release for Passing or Uttering Counterfeit Obligations or Securities, as charged in a one count indictment. Buckner was also ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment.
