News from November 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Four defendants who pleaded guilty this summer to their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in the Dallas - Fort Worth area, and elsewhere, have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - United States Attorney Edward Tarver announced that 59,000 students in Chatham, Richmond, Burke, Columbia, Evans, Liberty and Wilkes Counties joined with students across the nation to take the Student Pledge Against Gun Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in an armed robbery spree of banks and commercial establishments in Bergen and Hudson counties in July 2013, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Glenn Litton, 47, resident of Carson City, Nevada, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to two years in prison for aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Jonathan Apple, 35, of Williston, North Dakota, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in the receipt of $2 million in micro-dairy contracts from the U.S. government for use in Iraq.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: (FORT WORTH, - Texas - Four defendants who pleaded guilty this summer to their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in the Dallas - Fort Worth area, and elsewhere, have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: The National Weather Service has issued a beach hazards statement for large surf and sneaker waves, which is in effect from late Friday night through Saturday afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: Charges are the result of a new initiative in effort to combat drug trafficking in this area.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man and a Versailles man have both been charged with unlawfully distributing a controlled substance resulting in an overdose death.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park announces winter operations, in preparation for weather conditions and recreation opportunities the winter season provides for visitors. Though many park roads are closed to vehicle access for the winter, areas throughout the park remain open for recreation. Superintendent...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: “This case - which includes the murder of two innocent civilians - is a perfect example of why our Office continues to target violent street gangs," U.S. Attorney Hochul stated. “With the continuing assistance of the public, there is no doubt we can one day rid this area of these predators.".
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: Augusta, GA: Anna Marie McDonald, 57, from McRae, Georgia, was sentenced last week by Senior United States District Court Judge Dudley H. Bowen, Jr. to serve 6 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for her role in a conspiracy to bring marijuana into a federal prison facility for an inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Miguel Sotelo, 41, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 11 years in prison and a $25,000 fine for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Doyon/Aramark Joint Venture (JV), to provide transportation, bus tour, retail, food and beverage, camping and other services under a new 10-year concession contract at Denali National Park and Preserve.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Grand Rapids resident Andres Orrego-Hernandez, age 30, pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government and aiding in the filing of a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today. U.S. Attorney Miles was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Jarod J. Koopman, IRS- Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS - Over the last two decades, a perfect storm has led to skyrocketing rates of opiate painkiller addiction and subsequent drug overdoses. Patients have increasingly abused addictive opioid pain-killers, and then transitioned to heroin, which may be cheaper and more accessible but often times more deadly.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of New York. Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - An Ellis County man was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in federal prison on drug and gun charges, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that BRITTEN PARSONS, age 22, of Huntsville, Alabama, was sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to conspiracy to possess and transport stolen firearms in interstate commerce and transportation of stolen firearms in interstate commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Wilkes-Barre man was indicted on Nov. 10, 2015 by a federal grand jury in Scranton on heroin trafficking and firearm offenses.
