News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: SANTA ANA PUEBLO, NM - Montana U.S. Attorney Michael W. Cotter will join New Mexico U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez in welcoming the Native American Issues Subcommittee (NAIS) of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC) to Santa Ana Pueblo on September 9 and 10, 2015, and DOJ’s Tribal Liaisons on September 9-11, 2015. The meeting will be hosted by the New Mexico U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: The paved portion of the Trail of the Cedars Nature Trail will be closed temporarily for repaving. Paving is scheduled to begin as soon as Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. The project is anticipated to be completed in a few days. Signs will be posted on the trail during the temporary closure. The Trail of the Cedars Nature Trail is a wheelchair accessible trail located near Avalanche Creek Campground along Going-to-the-Sun Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Following a three day trial in U.S. District Court a jury convicted Juan Alberto Robles Zavala, a Mexico Nationalist working in Chattanooga, Tenn., of attempting to entice a child under the age of 18 for sex using a facility or means of interstate commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A former police officer in the Cook County Sheriff’s Department pleaded guilty in federal court today to robbing drug dealers of cocaine, marijuana and contraband cigarettes during home invasions and while on duty.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: On September 8, 2015, Ayiko L. Paulette, 40, of East St. Louis, Illinois, pled guilty to a superseding indictment charging him with Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances, Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises, being a Felon in Possession of Firearms, Distribution of Cocaine, Interstate Travel In Support of Racketeering, and Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: Search of Defendant's Home Leads to Discovery Of Hundreds of Images of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -- A federal judge today sentenced a Birmingham woman to six months in prison and six months home detention for stealing Social Security benefits intended for her grandmother for more than 21 years after her grandmother died, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General Resident Agent in Charge Marvin Mauldin.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: New York, NY -The National Park Service announces a major milestone in Ellis Island's recovery from Hurricane Sandy will be reached on Sept. 10, 2015 when the museum's exhibit collection is returned to the island from a National Park Service museum storage facility in Maryland.The date marks the 25th anniversary week of the opening of the immigration museum on Ellis Island to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Zora D. Parks, 29, of Boothsville, West Virginia, and Brittany Wodzinski, 25, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, were convicted of heroin and oxycodone trafficking today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jean Claud Mills, 32, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 133 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on methamphetamine trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Moni Son and Sreang Po, both 60, both naturalized U.S. citizens living in Philadelphia, were charged by indictment, unsealed today, with conspiracy to defraud the United States and failure to collect and pay over employment taxes, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: These communities may experience a 33 to 125 percent increase in the number of nuisance flooding days, the report said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - A 22-year-old member of the Gangster Disciples has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for felony possession of a firearm. The sentencing was announced today by Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Two men who admitted committing the armed robbery of a Subway restaurant in Richardson, Texas, last year, have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: “As today’s one-sided hearing title suggests, we will likely hear a series of allegations leveled against Planned Parenthood that it engaged in unlawful conduct based solely on a series of deceptively-edited undercover videos.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -Cape Lookout National Seashore invites all fourth grade students to visit the park as part of the White House's new Every Kid in a Park program. As of September 1st, fourth grade students can go to www.everykidinapark.gov to complete an activity and obtain a free annual entry pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: Hot Springs, AR - Hot Springs National Park is proud to help launch the Every Kid in a Park program as part of President Obama’s commitment to protect our nation’s unique outdoor spaces and ensure that every American has the opportunity to visit and enjoy them.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: Cumberland Island National Seashore is pleased to announce the selection of a Chief of Interpretation, Education and Visitor Services, Jill Hamilton-Anderson.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that today a federal grand jury in Harrisburg returned an indictment against Jay Eugene Reed, age 55, a resident of Three Springs, Pennsylvania. The indictment charges Reed with production of child pornography, possession of child pornography and tampering with witnesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Fourteen defendants arrested with illegal guns in Baltimore this summer will now face federal charges as a result of an alliance between local and federal officials. The defendants were transferred from state custody to federal court. All are charged with being a felon in possession of a gun and face a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.
