News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: Dante Glinn, age 22, from Chicago, Illinois, has been charged with one count of theft of a firearm from a licensed firearms dealer and one count of possession of a stolen firearm. The charges are contained in a Complaint filed on Aug. 28, 2015. Glinn was arrested in Chicago on Aug. 31, 2015, and made his initial appearance yesterday in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: FEDERAL COURT PERMANENTLY BARS WISCONSIN TAX RETURN PREPARER FROM PREPARING TAX RETURNS FOR OTHERS.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: Peoria, Ill. - Late yesterday, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment that charges Arthur D. Wheeler, 30, of of the 600 block of Harberts, South Pekin, Ill., with distribution of child pornography and impersonating a federal officer, as announced by Jim Lewis, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: Polukhin used purported charitable trust to receive kickback payments.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: Employers' names: Glennco Excavating Inc. and Labor Ready Northwest Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced Sept. 22, 2015, to ten years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Steven A. Crites, 44, of Martinsburg, was sentenced to one day in prison followed by one year of supervised release for making a false statement on a loan application, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: Springdale, UT- The Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, connecting to State Route 9, between Canyon Junction and the East Entrance remains closed after a major rock fall. The road is expected to remain closed into the weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that Joshua Mark Taylor, 32, of Weirton, West Virginia was sentenced today in federal court in Charleston to 15 years in federal prison to be followed by 20 years of supervised release. Taylor will also be required to register as a sex offender. Taylor pled guilty in June of 2013, admitting that he received child pornography via his cell phone.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo announced that $574,808 in federal grant funds have been awarded to the Hualapai Tribe to assist efforts to prevent and reduce alcohol- and substance abuse-related crimes within tribal jurisdiction. The grant funds were awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (“BJA"), which is a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (“OJP").
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former CFO and co-founder of a now-defunct South Carolina public charter operator today admitted using phony documents and inflated revenue figures to defraud a New Jersey bank and other financial institutions out of millions of dollars, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: Springdale, UT- A major rock fall has closed the Zion- Mount Carmel Highway, State Route 9, in Zion National Park as of early this morning. Effective immediately, the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, between Canyon Junction and the East Entrance is closed. A significant rock fall occurred on the switchback...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney Kenyen Brown announces that Devine Kun a 20 year old, resident of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced today to 37 months incarceration followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a Taurus.22 caliber pistol.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: SHASTA LAKE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Northern California Area Office, in partnership with the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, will host a clean-up event at Shasta Lake’s Fisherman’s Point Day Use Area and the Shasta Dam area on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in celebration of National Public Lands Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - The cousin of a man convicted with Heather Mack of murdering Mack’s mother at an Indonesian resort was charged with conspiring with the couple to commit the killing, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in federal court in Chicago today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY-On Sunday, October 25th at 2:00 pm, Women's Rights National Historical Park will host lawyer, author, filmmaker, and speaker Valerie Alexander to present a lecture on her book How Women Can Succeed in the Workplace (Despite Having "Female Brains".) Despite graduation rates from colleges...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Bossier City man was sentenced to 180 months in prison for receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Michael J. Moore announced today that Raymond Lee Hendrix a/k/a “Georgia Lee" and “Lee", of Echols County, Georgia; and Willie Henderson, of Lowndes County, Georgia, were sentenced in United States District Court in Valdosta to by the Honorable Hugh Lawson, Senior District Court Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: Julena Campbell or Amy Bartlett. (307)344-2015. e-mail us. Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk announced today that Pete Webster has been selected as the park’s new chief ranger. Webster has been the deputy chief ranger since July of 2014, and has intermittently shared the role of interim...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2015
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss - Joshua Herron, 29 of Arkansas, was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to serve 10 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Donald Alway.
