News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Amber Lopresti, 28, of Taunton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge George A. O’Toole, Jr., to two years of probation and restitution of $2,410.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces today that Ronald Eugene Mabrey, Jr. (34, Callahan) has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography over the Internet. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison. A sentencing hearing has not yet been set. Mabrey has been in custody since his arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Ten men were arrested Wednesday on federal charges of conspiring to distribute anabolic steroids and engage in international money laundering, announced Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, New York State Police Superintendent Joseph A. D’Amico, and Acting Inspector in Charge James V. Buthorn, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Boston Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Andre L. Barnes, 39, and Christopher N. Johnson, Jr., 29, both of Rochester, NY, were arrested charged by a criminal complaint with conspiracy to sex traffic minors and sex trafficking of minors. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Catahoula Parish man pleaded guilty to possessing unregistered explosives and illegally possessing firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Oct. 1, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Transporting Nuclear Materials: Design, Logistics, and Shipment."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: Marshall Glenn McGinty, 44, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on Sept. 24, 2015, for being a felon in possession of a firearm; carjacking; and using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence. McGinty was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received 204 months imprisonment...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Oct. 1, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Transporting Nuclear Materials: Design, Logistics, and Shipment."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: A Streetsboro man was sentenced to nine years in prison for child pornography crimes, law enforcement officials said.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: Reps. Mike Bishop (R-MI) and Mark Pocan (D-WI), members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, today introduced the Higher Education Extension Act of 2015 (H.R. 3594). The legislation extends for one year the Perkins Loan Program that is set to expire on Sept. 30, as well as other higher ...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Patricia Hoffman submitted a memo to the Electricity Advisory Committee providing the Department of Energy's response to the EAC's analyses and recommendations made in 2015.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Oct. 1, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Transporting Nuclear Materials: Design, Logistics, and Shipment."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: The owner of a business in Cleveland’s Lee-Harvard neighborhood was indicted for paying bribes to city officials in order to receive payment from a $25,000 city grant despite failing to achieve the equal opportunity employment goals required by the grant agreement, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -The St. Mary Campground, located on the east side of the park, has reopened following a temporary closure due bear activity. Bear activity has decreased in the area, however visitors are reminded to follow bear-safety protocols at all times.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gary Fields, 68, the former mayor of Pratt, West Virginia, admitted to selling the powerful prescription painkiller oxycodone. Fields pleaded guilty today in federal court in Charleston to distribution of oxycodone, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: Owner of Florida Mortgage Company Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Prison for Orchestrating $64 Million Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: Council Bluffs, IA- On Sept. 23, 2015, James Jayson Davis, 41, of Shenandoah, Iowa, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 183 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Nicholas Klinefeldt. Davis’ term of imprisonment is to be followed by five years of supervised release.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, Oct. 1, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Potential Ways to Improve the Medicare Program." Subcommittee members will discuss three bills to strengthen Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment today against Juan Penaloza-Ramirez, aka Juan Penaloza-Herrera, aka Juan Penaloza (Penaloza), 44, of Michoacán, Mexico, residing in Taft, California, and Russell Lee Riggs, 67, of Weldon, charging them with conspiring to manufacture...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - -This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 10th National Prescription...
