News from April 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: A woman who embezzled from her employer for more than five years was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Yesterday, Tule Israel Alonso-Castaneda, 27, of Douglas, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David C. Bury to serve 150 months in prison. Alonso-Castaneda had pleaded guilty to four counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - James E. Dunivan, Jr., 52, of Powhatan, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for wire fraud. Dunivan was also ordered to pay $500,000 in restitution to victims of the offense.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today announced up to $60 million in funding for two new programs that aim to solve some of the nation’s most pressing energy challenges by accelerating the development of novel energy technologies. The first...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ivan Lujan, 32, of Taos, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 51 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for violating the federal firearms laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Child Abuse and Operating a Motor Vehicle Under the Influence of Alcohol with a Minor Present in the Motor Vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Palm Springs man who helped fraudulently raise millions of dollars for independent movie productions - money that primarily went to the fundraisers - has been sentenced to 135 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Ioanis Dimitriou, 48, of Montague, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield to five counts of filing false tax returns from 2008 to 2012. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 30, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom Monday announced federal charges alleging a guard joined with two inmates and four people outside prison to smuggle methamphetamine, synthetic marijuana, and alcohol and cigarettes to inmates in the CCA Leavenworth Detention Center.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., urged trade enforcement officials in the United States and around the world to step up efforts against Chinese manipulation of the global steel market. Strong enforcement is the best way to support the U.S. steel industry and tens of thousands of American jobs, Wyden said, at a hearing hosted by the Office of U.S. Trade Representative on Tuesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that CHARLES BLAIR SMALLWOOD, age 24, of Durant, Oklahoma, pled guilty to THEFT BY OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OF GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ON INDIAN LANDS, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2250(a)(1), 2250(a)(2)(B) and 2250(a)(3).
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks in support of the Global Food Security Act of 2016, as amended (H.R.1567 )...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Manderson, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on April 5, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: A former East Cleveland police officer was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for his role in a conspiracy in which he kept thousands of dollars from alleged drug dealers, much of which was seized through illegal searches and fabricated reports, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. today announced the guilty plea of an Oldham County, Kentucky, man before Senior District Judge Charles R. Simpson III, in United States District Court, to a charge of aiding and abetting the sex trafficking of a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Randy King announces that the park is preparing for the annual spring opening of park areas and facilities. In addition, the park will celebrate National Park Week April 16-24 with waivers for all entry fees, and a variety of events and activities. Mount Rainier...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Markice Jasper, age 38, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, was sentenced to 76 months imprisonment followed by 10 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $6,900.00 fine for Receipt of Child Pornography. The sentencing took place before the Honorable Timothy L. Brooks in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Yesterday, Nicole Leigh Davis, 35, of Golden Valley, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to 12 months in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. Davis previously pleaded guilty to one count of felony possession of stolen mail.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A stunning photograph of Glacier Bay was previewed today as the seventh of 16 Forever Stamp images to be revealed over a three-week period to celebrate the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary. The stamp image is a photograph by Tom Bean of Flagstaff, AZ.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2016
News Release: Washita Battlefield National Historic Site is recruiting teachers to participate in the Teacher-Ranger-Teacher program this summer. The Teacher-Ranger-Teacher program is a professional development opportunity for K-12 teachers to spend the summer acquiring new skills in experiential learning through...
