News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Kenneth Wayne Morgan, Jr., 38, of Blackwater, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 108 months in prison. On April 30, 2015, Morgan was found guilty by a jury of assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - RICKER BROOKS and ZONDRA JONES have been charged for their alleged preparation of false tax returns by overstating business expenses for the tax years 2009 and 2010. Brooks owns Brooks Accounting Service, providing accounting and tax preparation services. Jones owns Alliance In-Home Care Services, which provides home health care services to individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon sentenced Carolyn M. Knudsen, 29, of Camas, Washington, to 300 months in prison, for transporting her young child across state lines from Camas, Washington to Gresham, Oregon, for purposes of sexually abusing the child. Following her release from prison, Knudsen will be required to serve ten years on supervision and register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Brian Keith Dunnigan, 46, of Charleston, West Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court in Charleston to possession with intent to distribute 50 or more grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a homeless woman and the man who served as her getaway driver have been charged in federal court with robbing two Kansas City metro area banks and a Webb City, Mo., bank this summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: Authorities are Seeking Possible Additional Victims in California and Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today an indictment charging Crystal A. Blakely, 26, and Hercules E. Baker, 27, both of Sumter, South Carolina, with their roles in a scheme to defraud the United States by claiming false and fraudulent federal tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: A former Miami Dade College (MDC) employee was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $19,083 for his participation in an identity theft tax fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A federal detainee being held at the Essex County Correctional Facility pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with importing several kilograms of methylone, also known as “molly," from China and distributing it in Massachusetts. He also admitted to smuggling a small quantity of the designer drug alpha-PVP, also known as “flakka," into the Essex County Correctional Facility.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: Twelve high-performing organizations will receive site visits for the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA), the nation's highest recognition for organizational performance excellence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to commit several armed robberies at restaurants in the metropolitan area.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $174,600 civil penalty against Mesa Airlines of Phoenix for allegedly violating federal drug and alcohol testing regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Three federal prison inmates and a resident of Toledo, Ohio, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of credit/debit card fraud and identity theft, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Tonya Lucille Higgs, age 50, of Owings Mills, Maryland pleaded guilty today to misappropriation of postal funds.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -Superintendent Patrick M. Kenney announces that permits for temporary duck blinds will be available at the Harkers Island Visitor Center beginning Tuesday, September 8, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., and thereafter Monday through Friday, except holidays.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: Glen Echo, MD -Clara Barton National Historic Site will host a special illustrated talk by a park ranger on Saturday, September 19 at 4:00 p.m. in honor of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. Photos from the Civil War era will be used to explore the dangers Clara Barton faced and to highlight her...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - BLM Alaska has completed an important milestone in the cleanup of legacy well sites at Cape Simpson in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). The BLM facilitated removal of surface debris at Simpson Core Test 26, 30, and 30A through an interagency agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which contracted with Alaska-owned Mahto Construction, Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that Roshanda J. Story a/k/a Roshanda J. Guyton, 34, of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced on the charge of Theft of Government Funds to a total of eight months in federal prison, to be followed by...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: Release Date: Sept. 1, 2015. Contacts: Stephanie Steinhorst, Stephanie_Steinhorst@nps.gov, 229 924-0343, x. 203. NR15-06. Former POW Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum to Speak at POW/MIA Events in September. National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Recognition Day is Friday, Sept. 18, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gurpinder Sandhu, 47, of Vallejo, pleaded guilty today to possession of credit card making equipment and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
