News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Ramel Robinson, 21, of Rochester, NY, was charged by criminal complaint in connection with his unlawful possession of firearms which had been stolen from the residence at 184 Clay Avenue in Rochester. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Le Grande Tetons, LLC, the company that owned and operated the Twin Peaks bar and restaurant in east Wichita, has pleaded guilty to engaging in a pattern or practice of employing aliens not authorized to work in the United States, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: NEW YORK - Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson announces the unsealing of a 97-count indictment against 27 alleged members of “6 Wild," a subset of the Bloods gang, who are accused of committing murders, attempted murders, drug sales, and other crimes during a five year period ending Aug. 20, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: The winning entries from this year's California Coastal Art & Poetry Contest will be on display at the Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center through Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Springdale, UT- The seven Keyhole Canyon canyoneers who were overtaken by a flash flood in Zion National Park, have been identified. They are Mark MacKenzie, 56, of Valencia, CA;Linda Arthur, 57, of Camarillo, CA;Steve Arthur, 58, of Camarillo, CA;Gary Favela, 51, of Rancho Cucamonga, CA;Don Teichner, 55, of Mesquite, NV;Muku Reynolds, 59, of Chino, CA;and Robin Brum, 53, of Camarillo, CA.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that TIMOTHY CRAIG BOXFORD, age 43, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, pled guilty to POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of the Interior (Interior) today announced a $940 million proposed settlement with a nationwide class of Native American Tribes and tribal entities that, if approved by the federal district court, would resolve a 25-year-old legal dispute...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Judicial Redress Act of 2015 (H.R. 1428 ) by voice vote. Introduced by Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Two Others Have Agreed to Plead Guilty for their Involvement in the Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Man Sentenced in Connection with Rope Tied Around Neck of James Meredith Statue on Ole Miss Campus.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: MOOSE, WY -Visitor services at Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway are winding down from the 2015 summer season. The park and parkway remain open to visitors year-round, though roads and park areas may be temporarily closed due to weather, road conditions, wildlife, or other reasons. Scheduled facility closure dates are.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: One trillion dollars in unpaid for tax cuts. That’s how much Republicans have proposed adding to our national debt when you add the cost of today’s bills with those considered by this Committee earlier this year. If you stacked up a trillion one-dollar bills, you would get almost one quarter of the way to the moon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Russell T. Ippolito, Jr., who is handling the case, stated that according to the indictment, Ward applied for two separate automobile loans and in each instance provided false information. The defendant falsely represented on each of the applications that she was employed by the Internal Revenue Service, earning an annual salary of $50,000. Ward has never been employed by the IRS.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a joint hearing with the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Animas River spill, which resulted in 3 million gallons of toxic water spilling into the Animas and San Juan Rivers from Colorado and into New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jesse Brewer, age 40, of Jamaica, New York was convicted late yesterday of interference with commerce by robbery and use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence after a three-day jury trial in Harrisburg before U.S. District Court Judge William W. Caldwell.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Robert Shanley-Sexton, 23, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, and James R. Dove, 30, of Keyser, West Virginia, were convicted in federal court for their role in a multi-state heroin trafficking operation, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Defendant was Part of Conspiracy that Used Identities of Others to Fraudulently Purchase $124,708.71 in Goods from Retailers in Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: Victim Non-Profit Assisted Disadvantaged Children to Find Foster Homes and Provided Services to Children and their Foster Families.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - On Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn sentenced an Indian Trail, N.C. man to 20 years in prison on transportation of child pornography charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Jason Michael Brown, 41, was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release and was ordered to register as a sex offender.
