News from November 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals today issued an order affirming the bribery conviction of former Oklahoma State Senate President Pro Tem Michael Steven Morgan, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. In addition, the appellate court remanded the case to the district court for resentencing.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers collaborated with New Mexico State Parks to accept the Every Kid in a Park pass at their state parks. Fourth graders who present their pass at Reclamation or Army Corps-owned state parks will receive free entry alongside their guardian.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A west Michigan pair, who absconded during a federal child pornography investigation, are in custody at Calhoun County Corrections Friday after they surrendered to local authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging James A. MacCallum, 44, of Bemus Point, NY, with mail fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: LAUREL - Lisa Renee Wyche, 46, of District Heights, Maryland has been missing since the evening of Oct. 31, 2015 from the area of the Baltimore Washington Parkway and Route 197. She was reported missing on Nov. 1, 2015. The United States Park Police, with the assistance of many others, have been coordinating searches for Mrs. Wyche over the last six days.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: Owners of Billiards Palace, a Pool Hall in Northeast Albuquerque, Conspired to Evade Federal Taxes by Maintaining False Books and Records and Filing False Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced that Timothy Siangdun of Battle Creek, Michigan was sentenced to eight months’ confinement and two years of supervised release for making a Facebook post that threatened school shootings at Western Michigan University. Siangdun also...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Lawrence Monte Morgan, 24, of Waldorf, Maryland, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for his role in the illegal purchase of 12 guns, including one gun that was used in multiple shootings in Washington, D.C.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement after Health Subcommittee Chairman Joseph R. Pitts (R-PA) announced he will retire at the end of the 114th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: FARGO - U. S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Oct. 5, 2015, Jay Littlewind Sr., 41, Tokyo, North Dakota, was found guilty of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child following a three-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that George W. Holliday, Sr., 46, of East Alton, IL, entered pleas of guilty on November 5, 2015 in U.S. District Court in Benton, IL, to federal charges of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Attempted Distribution of Methamphetamine, and Obstruction of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced that Trymaine Davis, 26, of East Saint Louis, Illinois, was sentenced on Friday, November 6, 2015, in federal district court, for unlawful possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. Davis received a sentence of 21 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, a $100 special assessment, and a fine of $250.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a three day trial, the alleged current head governor of FAM Mob, a violent street gang based throughout North Memphis and Shelby County, was found guilty of felony firearm possession by a federal jury. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey man was charged today with distributing images of child sexual abuse online, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a two count indictment charging Jose Manuel Lua-Guizar, 25, of California, with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine and money laundering conspiracy. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Anthony Jenkins, 51, of Providence, has been ordered detained in federal custody following his initial appearance in federal court in Providence on Thursday on a criminal complaint charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of stolen firearms. Jenkins was arrested by members of an ATF task force moments after he allegedly stole six firearms from a garage in Cranston.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: Washington, DC - House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster issued the following statement today after President Obama permanently halted the Keystone XL pipeline project that would have added thousands of jobs to the American economy and increase our Nation’s energy security.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the statement below following the Obama Administration's decision to reject the Keystone tar sands pipeline.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOSEPH RIVERA, age 33, of New Orleans was taken into custody today after previously being charged in a one-count Indictment by a federal grand jury with receipt of images and videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children. The Indictment was recently unsealed.
