News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Giedre Ruseckaite, 24, a Lithuanian citizen who has resided in Nevada, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for sex trafficking of a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to 112 months in prison for receiving and possessing over 200 images and videos of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced that a federal Grand Jury has returned an indictment against six individuals...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Although the latest forecasted model predicts Hurricane Joaquin will track further east out into the Atlantic Ocean, Cape Lookout National Seashore continues to move forward with its emergency weather evacuation plan. Due to public safety and the welfare of park visitors and staff, the National Seashore will continue to remain closed to all visitors until further notice.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week both the U.S. House and Senate approved H.R. 1624, the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, authored by Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Vice Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY). President Obama has signaled his intent to sign this bill into law, helping to protect...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced today that a federal Grand Jury has returned an indictment against six individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Michael DePalma, 56, of Plainfield, New Hampshire, Louis Turcio, 51, of Springfield, Vermont, and Andrew Darling, 52, of North Walpole, New Hampshire, appeared today in United States District Court in Burlington following...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler and Ryan Noel, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, announced today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement has determined that the deaths of some walruses at a haulout near Cape...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England announced that 67,107 pounds of expired, unused, and unwanted prescriptions were collected throughout New England on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. “The amount of drugs collected clearly indicates...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Special Agent in Charge Karl C. Colder, Washington Field Division announced today that 42,591 pounds of prescription drugs were collected in Washington, D.C., Virginia, West Virginia and in Maryland during the DEA Washington Division’s Prescription Drug Take-Back event held Saturday, September 26th.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: A Pope County man was sentenced on Oct. 1, 2015, to 16 years in federal prison on methamphetamine related charges, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: A man who illegally possessed a firearm and ammunition was sentenced Sept. 29, 2015, to nine years in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), a veteran and ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding President Obama’s intent to nominate Michael Missal as the Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector General...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMES BOWMAN, also known as “Jimmy Jam," 36, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) finalized the collection and tally of prescription drugs turned in this past Saturday by citizens across Arizona in conjunction with DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. In all, over 10,601 pounds of controlled substances were removed from homes throughout the state in a cooperative effort to safely dispose of dangerous drugs and prevent the onset of drug addiction.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Effective on Sunday, October 4th, the Kelso Depot Visitor Center in the Mojave National Preserve will be open Thursday through Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Jacksonville residents Hezekiah Williams (59) and David Lee Mitchell (53) have pleaded guilty to attempted bank fraud, possession of counterfeit business checks, and aggravated identity theft. Each faces a maximum penalty...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Maura K. O'Donnell, who is handling the case, stated that Linton operated a business that created fraudulent pay stubs and other fraudulent documents. Some of those documents were then submitted to various lenders in support of fraudulent loan applications, causing lenders to release funds, under fraudulent pretenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - The final person in a 14-defendant cocaine conspiracy has been ordered to federal prison for more than 24 years, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Jeramy Jerome Gage, 34, of Huntsville, pleaded guilty March 28, 2014, to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana.
