News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States filed a complaint to permanently bar a Louisville, Kentucky, man and his business, NJ Mobile Tax Service, LLC, from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Waterloo, Iowa-Across the country, as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), cities have established innovative law enforcement strategies that have proven effective in addressing violent crime. The purpose of PSN is to reduce incidences of gun violence. It is carried out most effectively through...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Three men who were charged with various felony offenses stemming from an alleged heist of money from an armored car on Dec. 22, 2014, in Amarillo, Texas, appeared in federal court yesterday, before U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson, and pleaded guilty to their respective roles, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Kenneth Ray Graham, age 38, of Baltimore, today to 382 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for attempting to commit an armed robbery, possessing and discharging a weapon in furtherance of a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Graham was convicted by a federal jury on Feb. 12, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Broussard man pleaded guilty to trying to illegally ship firearms, ammunition and other military grade items to Lebanon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Former Apple Queen Pageant Winner hid hundreds of thousands of dollars.
By US DOT Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: The FAA is working with the commercial aviation and medical communities to study the emotional and mental health of U.S. commercial pilots.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Two Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employees from Lander, Wyo., were presented with the Outstanding Public Lands Professional Award today for their achievements and dedication to managing America's public lands.Richard Vander Voet and Sue Oberlie were recognized by the Public Lands Foundation and the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO ― Two men were indicted on April 29, 2015, by a federal grand jury in an indictment unsealed today for allegedly intending to defraud ATMs in and around Chicago by altering the settings of the ATMs so that the actual amounts disbursed far exceeded the withdrawal requests as well as the balance...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Plea Agreement Requires Imposition of 15 to 25 Year Prison Sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that MICHAEL A. METZKER, a/k/a Lurch, age 37, of Checotah, Oklahoma was sentenced to 281 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release for Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the sentencing of MICHAEL ANDREW SCHLEGEL, 56, to 60 months in prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States, tax evasion, and failure to file tax returns. SCHLEGEL, who was convicted on March 13, 2014 following a seven-day trial, was sentenced on May 19, 2015 before Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in United States District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: The Defendants Include Two Current FIFA Vice Presidents And The Current And Former Presidents Of The Confederation Of North, Central American And Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF); Seven Defendants Arrested Overseas; Guilty Pleas For Four.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Jason Michael Leatherwood, 41, of Lincoln, was sentenced to 10 years and eight months, (128 months), in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine between about October of 2012 and April of 2014. Following the prison term, Leatherwood will serve five years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Jonathan Harry Lee Williams of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to 30 years in prison by United States District Judge Mark E. Walker for using a minor to produce child pornography and for possessing child pornography. The sentence was announced by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: For the hurricane season, which officially runs from June 1 - Nov. 30, NOAA is predicting a 70 percent likelihood of 6 to 11 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which 3 to 6 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including zero to 2 major hurricanes (Category 3, 4 or 5; winds...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 151 months in prison for using the internet to attempt to entice a child in Lake Charles, La., to engage in sexual activity and for possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Brian Lafrance, 36, of Topsham, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to mail fraud.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Tomorrow biologists will celebrate a milestone when they band a bald eagle chick that is expected to be the 100th bald eagle to naturally hatch and fledge on the Channel Islands.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2015
News Release: Dear Commissioner Koskinen: Thank you for your call on Friday, May 22 informing me of the recent data breach at the Internal Revenue Service. According to both your update and recent press accounts, criminals have gained access to the confidential tax information of more than 100,000 taxpayers through...
