News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: Miami brothers Ronet Blanc, 24, and Renet Blanc, 20, were sentenced yesterday to 94 months imprisonment and 82 months imprisonment, respectively, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for filing fraudulent unemployment insurance and Social Security claims using stolen identities.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Tallahatchie Lumber and Mat Co. Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Marquise E. Ross, 24, of Chicago, Illinois, pled guilty today to charges returned against him in an indictment by a Federal Grand Jury in November 2014. Specifically, Ross pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin in Marion County (Count 1); and Distribution of Heroin on two occasions in July, 2014, in Marion County (Counts 5 and 7).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Brian Keith Conley, 42, of Logan, was sentenced today in federal court in Charleston for making a false statement in connection with an attempt to acquire firearms. Conley was sentenced to serve one month in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, seven months of which will be spent on home confinement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH -- A resident of Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of Conspiracy, Using Unauthorized Access Device in Aggregate of $1,000, Possessing Device-making Equipment, and Possessing Fifteen or More Access Devices, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: This September, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument will offer two Night Sky Programs, one of which is a special Eclipse-Watching event for a Total Lunar Eclipse. Both offer the opportunity to explore the stars under dark-sky conditions, far from city lights.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) highlighted important progress made in implementing the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act), which increases transparency and public access to federal spending through the standardization of spending data across the federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: Pamela Denise Robtoy, 55, from Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison as a result of her convictions for Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud in a Scheme to Defraud and Embezzle from the U.S. Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund and The BackStoppers, Inc. the United States Attorney...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: WAUKESHA, Wis. - A 52-year-old maintenance manager died of head and neck injuries after being struck by a forklift at metal recycling facility in Waukesha. Working without head protection, the man was hoisting an oxygen cylinder onto the forklift when the accident occurred.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton today sentenced Harold Didier Loiaza-Quintana (42, Cali, Colombia) to 10 years and 5 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin. He pleaded guilty on April 29, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-- A federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a 32-count indictment on July 21, 2015, against 36 individuals involved in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, a conspiracy to launder money, and numerous firearms offenses. Those indicted include: Martin Kenneth Wheeler, Jr., 50...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: OSHKOSH - Disasters can strike anywhere and anytime. National Preparedness Month - observed every September - serves as a reminder that everyone must prepare for the types of emergencies and disasters that can affect each of us where we live, work or visit.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: Crater Lake, OR - Crater Lake National Park invites all fourth grade students to visit the park for free as part of the White House’s new Every Kid in a Park program. Starting Sept. 1, fourth grade students can go to www.everykidoutdoors.gov to complete an activity and obtain a free annual entry pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Helen Jean Anderson, age 57, of Anderson, South Carolina, was sentenced to 105 months for conspiracy to commit mail fraud, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349. Senior United States District Henry M. Herlong, Jr. of Greenville imposed the sentence and ordered Anderson to pay $407,336.86 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Michigan. Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. Edward Belczak, 70, the former priest of St. Thomas More Church in Troy, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced. McQuade was joined in the announcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: Duane Karsten Previously Admitted to Stealing More Than $2.3 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: A man who was found in possession of a loaded handgun pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Treshawn Smith, age 19, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was convicted of one count of being an unlawful user of marijuana in possession of a loaded handgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned a racketeering indictment today against the former director of the West Virginia Division of Highway’s Equipment Division, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: MOOSE, WY - Jenny Lake Rangers responded to an injured climber in Garnet Canyon Monday night, and transported him from the area early this morning, Tuesday, September 1.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
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