News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Richard W. Mar, 64, of Monterey, California, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine was sentenced to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. Mar was also prohibited by Judge Siragusa from being a member of or associating with the Hell’s Angels for four years after his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Alleged Shooter of New Mexico Police Officer Charged with Federal Firearms and Carjacking Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA - Seven individuals who are alleged to have been members of a conspiracy that trafficked controlled substances, including controlled substance analogues (also called synthetic drugs) from Asia that eventually made their way to the streets of Harrisonburg for distribution, have been indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Harrisonburg.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: On Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, Carmine Avellino, a member of the Lucchese organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, pleaded guilty to an extortionate collection of credit conspiracy. The proceeding took place before United States Magistrate Judge Marilyn...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Contact Person: Nick Bianchi (843) 727-4381.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: The guilty plea serves as a landmark prosecution in the efforts to disrupt Detroit’s drug pipeline to Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Kenel, South Dakota, man was sentenced on Aug. 15, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- August 25th marks the Centennial of the National Park Service, and Biscayne National Park’s year-long celebration will reach a crescendo next week. Highlights include.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Henry Alberto Fernandez Gomez (30, Cape Coral) to three years in federal prison for access device (credit card) fraud and aggravated identity theft. The Court also ordered him to repay $8,070.45 in restitution to his victims and an additional $8,070.45 to the United States in the form of a forfeiture money judgment representing the proceeds he obtained as a result of the offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Update: Man arrested for the July shooting of a teen in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today upon news that Aetna, the nation’s third largest health insurer, intends to withdraw from the majority of Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Aug. 15, 2016, Monique Pablo-Johnson, 47, of Sells, Ariz., a member of Tohono O’odham Indian Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez to 11 years in custody. Pablo-Johnson had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Rahul Malhotra, 46-year-old principal owner of Malhotra Law Firm, P.C. in Odessa and citizen of Canada, faces up to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty today to making a false statement to federal authorities announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Kenel, South Dakota, man was sentenced on Aug. 15, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Olden Minnick, a/k/a “O," age 53, of Clinton, Maryland, today on charges connected to a conspiracy to distribute heroin and marijuana.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 119,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE -Jesse Denver Hanes has been charged with federal firearms and carjacking offenses arising out of an Aug. 12, 2016 traffic stop in Hatch, N.M., during which Hanes allegedly shot and killed Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez and Hanes’ efforts to evade arrest following the shooting. The federal charges against Hanes are contained in a criminal complaint filed this morning in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) invites the public to attend the Gift of Acadia celebration on Saturday, Aug. 27, from 8:30 to 10 am at the Jordan Pond House in Acadia National Park. The Gift of Acadia will highlight 100 years of conservation and community stewardship as part of the year-long Acadia Centennial celebration.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Aug. 15, 2016, Monique Pablo-Johnson, 47, of Sells, Ariz., a member of Tohono O’odham Indian Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez to 11 years in custody. Pablo-Johnson had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter.
