News from November 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - An Indiana man was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for producing child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler of the Southern District of Indiana.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: TUPELO, MS: Weather depending, the Natchez Trace Parkway plans to conduct two prescribed fires (controlled burns) on Monday, November 23 and Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. The Tockshish prescribed fire will help to restore native black prairie and reduce vegetation along the parkway boundary that could burn in a wildfire. The Blackbelt Overlook prescribed fire will help to remove vegetation that is blocking the scenic vista. The prescribed fires are located at.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A federal grand jury in Providence returned a two-count indictment on Thursday charging Christopher Carroll, 47, formerly of Jamestown, R.I., with allegedly travelling in interstate and outside the country to evade paying more than $250,000 in child support payments for his three minor...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Jeremy Robinson, 26, of Hyannis Massachusetts, was sentenced in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith. Chief U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante imposed a sentence of 30 months imprisonment, three years supervised release, and a mandatory special assessment of $100.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: Scott Valente Defrauded More Than 100 Investors.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: Once considered a weed, camelina is gaining popularity in some parts of the country as a soil-protecting winter cover crop. Additionally, its seed contains high-quality oil for use in cooking and as biodiesel, offering a renewable alternative to imported petroleum.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - The president of a major seafood processing company in Gloucester was arrested today in connection with failing to pay taxes on more than $2 million in income he earned from 2006 to 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: NEW YORK - A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging John Wolf with conspiring to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession and distribution of child pornography. The defendant was arrested earlier today at his residence, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Jason Melchionda, 35, of Chelsea, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor to 108 months in prison and four years of supervised release. In May 2015, Melchionda pleaded guilty to distributing over 1 kilogram of heroin between March 2013 and August 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: Jerry L. Akin, 60, formerly from Belleville, Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, on Nov. 19, 2015, for two counts of wire fraud involving a scheme to embezzle funds from the doctor's office, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that William C. Day, 40, of Saco, Maine pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to pharmacy robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Damacio Diaz, 43, of McFarland, a detective with the Bakersfield Police Department (BPD) was arrested today, charged with abusing his position of trust as a police detective when he conspired with and assisted a narcotics dealer in the operation of the dealer’s drug organization...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: SAVANNAH -Fort Pulaski will once again commemorate the Confederate Nog Party of 1861 on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015 and Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015. The long lived Savannah tradition will continue this year with night-time tours of the fort by candlelight and oil lamps.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: Salt Lake City-The Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host its annual statewide public hearing at the BLM-Utah Price Field Office to discuss the use of helicopters and motorized vehicles in the management of wild horses and burros on Utah’s public lands. The hearing this year will be held:.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: Pamela Gardner 53, and Torvis Gardner, 44, both of Springfield, Tennessee, and Dr. Donald Boatright, 70, of Nashville, Tenn., were indicted on Nov. 18, 2015, by a federal grand jury on federal health care fraud charges, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz signed a today establishing the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. The agreement governs how the National Park Service (NPS) and the Department of Energy (DOE) will work together to preserve, protect...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: St Louis, MO - MELVIN L. ARGANBRIGHT IV, Salem, Missouri, and CODY D. WOFFORD, Salem, Missouri, were indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday, Nov. 18, for allegedly cutting down over 300 trees on Mark Twain National Forest land in Dent County between June 1 and Aug. 15, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Delace Johnson, 27, of Jackson, entered a guilty plea on Nov. 19, 2015, before Senior U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee, to possession of a firearm after having previously been convicted of a felony, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: Joshua Lewis, 33, of St. Louis, Missouri, was indicted by a federal grand jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, on Nov. 19, 2015, for filing a false report with the Department of Labor, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. The indictment...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2015
News Release: The Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will host its annual statewide public hearing at the BLM-Utah Price Field Office to discuss the use of helicopters and motorized vehicles in the management of wild horses and burros on Utah public lands. The hearing this year will be held: Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015...
