News from November 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Joann C. Rittall, 45, of Augusta, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release for making false claims against the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Michael Carey Clemans, 55, of Sacramento, charging him with a conspiracy to produce child pornography, production and receipt of child pornography, and the buying of children, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $240,500 civil penalty against Helicopter Transport Services, LLC of Corvallis, Ore., for allegedly operating a Sikorsky S61R10 helicopter when it was not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: SILT, Colo. - Permits for cutting Christmas trees on Bureau of Land Management lands are available in Silt at the Colorado River Valley Field Office, 2300 River Frontage Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Theron Bryce Brown, 42, of Mobile, was sentenced this morning to 65 months in prison for receiving child pornography. Following his release from prison, Brown will be supervised for fifteen years by the United States Probation Office and required to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: SAVANNAH -Effective immediately Fort Pulaski National Monument has closed the Cockspur Island Lighthouse and Lighthouse Island.The lighthouse is closed because it presents health and safety risks to park visitors and Lighthouse Island is closed as it is an active ecological restoration area.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Bryan McMahon, 30, of Burlington, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to a charge of Interference with Commerce by Robbery. Chief District Judge Christina Reiss ordered McMahon detained pending his sentencing, which is set for March 14, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Greg Ramsey, age 54, and his niece, Tyesha Towanda Roberts, age 37, both of Baltimore, have been charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to obstruct and impede a federal investigation. Ramsey is also charged with malicious destruction of property by fire. The charges arise...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) and the State of Montana (Montana Fish, Wildlife &Parks and the Montana Department of Livestock) announced today the release of the public scoping comment report for the Yellowstone-area Bison Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (Plan/EIS).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Rannie Henley, Sr., 78, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by Information with one count of theft of government funds, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According to the Information, the defendant received retirement benefits intended for his mother, after his mother’s death in January 2011 until his fraud was discovered in February 2015. The defendant’s alleged actions resulted in a loss to the government of approximately $60,567.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that OMAR RICO-ALMANZA, age 34, a citizen of Mexico, was charged in a one-count Indictment for violations of the Federal Gun Control Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Amin Jason Carl Garcia, 26, of New York, New York, a convicted serial rapist and former U.S. Navy sailor, pleaded guilty today to charges relating to the attack of a former Army officer while she was taking a shower at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait in 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Justice Department Sues Three Michigan Apartment Complexes for Discriminating Against Families with Children.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell to inquire about the Department’s preparations for when states are allowed to apply for the waivers in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig R. Gestring, who handled the case, stated that the defendant was convicted in federal court in 2010 for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. As part of that sentence, the Bureau of Prisons assigned Nelson to the Volunteers of America Residential Reentry Center in Rochester in September of 2014. However, in November 2014, Nelson left the Residential Reentry Center without authorization and failed to return.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - William C Killian, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, has submitted his resignation to President Barack Obama effective Dec. 5, 2015. He is joining a national law firm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage couple was sentenced for drug distribution and money laundering by the United States District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason. The couple was indicted by the federal grand jury in Anchorage for drug distribution and money laundering of drug proceeds over a several year period. A third defendant has recently been arrested in Oregon and remains in custody there.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Washington County resident has been indicted by federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on Nov. 16, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
