News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: A Cahokia man, Raphael L. Harris, 22, convicted of Destruction of Evidence in violation of federal law, was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison on May 11, 2015, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Harris was also sentenced to 1...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr., announced today that Lynn Michael LaVictor, 44, of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge R. Allan Edgar to 355 months imprisonment for sexually assaulting his then- girlfriend in Sault Ste. Marie, attempting to...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania was sentenced in federal court to 100 months imprisonment, followed by 15 years supervised release, on his conviction of distribution of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged Bryan Barbarawi, 35, of West Chester, Ohio with committing money laundering and with filing a false currency transaction report in an indictment returned in Cincinnati.
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: In the fifth in the series of videos introducing the Republican members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., today stresses the importance of increasing domestic energy production especially in places like his home state of Louisiana that has vast resources of oil and natural gas both onshore and offshore.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Did you know that you could camp in New York City? There is camping available at all three units of Gateway;Jamaica Bay, Staten Island and Sandy Hook. Year round camping is available in Jamaica Bay, while the other two sites are open between late spring and early fall. To find out more about our programs visitGateway's website.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Tumacácori National Historical Park will join the state of Sonora, Mexico in celebrating the life and missions of Father Eusebio Francisco Kino as part of the Mexican state's annual Festival Kino. In its fourth year in Arizona, the Kino Festival has been an annual event in Sonora since 1967. Beginning...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - Following a two-day jury trial, Gregory Lynn Shrader, 56, of Jay, Oklahoma, a convicted felon, was found guilty of being in possession of firearms and ammunition, United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern District of Oklahoma announced today. On June 5, 2014, Shrader was charged by a grand jury with the offense.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10 a.m., U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will convene a Committee hearing to examine the persecution of religious minorities in the Middle East at the hands of ISIS. The hearing is entitled “Ancient Communities Under Attack: ISIS’s War on Religious Minorities.".
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that United States District Court Judge Yvette Kane sentenced Kulwinder Singh Grewal, age 42, of Myerstown, today to 1 ½ years’ imprisonment for selling bath salts and synthetic marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Everett, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to five years probation, the first 12 months of which must be served by conditions of home confinement, a $3,000 fine, 100 hours of community service, and $113,218 restitution to the Coalition for the Advancement for the Protection of Sports Logos on his conviction of trafficking in counterfeit goods, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Jerry Sutherland, 28, of Miami-Dade County, Florida, formerly an officer with the City of Miami Police Department, was sentenced yesterday to 24 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, including 150 hours of community service, following a guilty plea to two counts of extortion. Sutherland was also ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and forfeit $3,400 in illegal proceeds.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: On Friday, May 15, Rocky Mountain National Park will celebrate endangered species success stories, especially the protection and recovery of many species of threatened and endangered wildlife in the park. Rocky's event will be from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center. Endangered Species...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 12, 2015 - Yesterday, the Department of the Interior gave conditional approval to allow Shell to move forward with developing Alaska’s offshore areas. Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) released the following statement.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called for the Senate to vote to begin debate on trade policy, including bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation that would reaffirm Congress’s role in international trade negotiations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Sheila Denise Kelly-Christie, 48, of Fort Pierce, pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 2326. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 10, 2015, at 3:00 p.m., before U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez in Ft. Pierce. At sentencing, Kelly-Christie faces up to fifteen years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: Summer camps are legally required to make reasonable accommodations to accept children with disabilities, U.S. Attorney Deb Gilg announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking expressions of interest for the use of eight historic houses and their associated outbuildings at the Natchez Trace Parkway. The homes are located on the east side of Hwy 145 in Lee County, Mississippi. The street address is County Road 665, Tupelo, MS 38804.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced that GEORGE M. KOSTUCH, age 43, has pled guilty to one count of wire fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, in connection with a scheme to defraud the State of Louisiana’s Motion Picture Industry Development Tax Credit Program (“Tax Credit Program"). KOSTUCH faces the potential of a significant term of imprisonment, supervised release, and a substantial fine.
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, stressed the importance of strengthening our nation’s mineral security at today’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s hearing on S. 883, the American Mineral Security Act of 2015. The legislation, authored by Murkowski, would revitalize the United States’ minerals supply chain and help reduce our dependence on foreign suppliers.
