News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ahmed Pervez Aarianpur, 36, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, pleaded guilty today to bribing a public official of the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Ricky Delano Sheppard (59, Brevard County) has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography. He faces a mandatory minimum of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that TRAVIS CARTER, age 37, of Marrero, was charged yesterday in a one-count Indictment with bank robbery.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: For all the promise they have shown in the lab, polymer solar cells still need to “get on a roll" like the ones employed in printing newspapers so that large sheets of acceptably efficient photovoltaic devices can be manufactured continuously and economically. Polymer solar cells offer advantages over their traditional silicon-based counterparts in numerous ways, including lower cost, potentially smaller carbon footprint and a greater variety of uses.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: On Saturday and Sunday, August 27 and 28, at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, visitors are invited to witness the power of the artillery that defended the Union garrison during the Siege of 1862. The park’s Living History staff will present artillery demonstrations at 1, 2, and 3 p.m., on the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that BRADLEY COMMERFORD, 20, of Derby, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - An Everett man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to a federal murder-for-hire charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - One of the principal defendants charged in a major drug distribution conspiracy that operated in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and elsewhere was sentenced yesterday afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to a lengthy federal prison sentence after pleading guilty last year to felony offenses stemming from his role in that conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: UNION, W.Va. - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Union Community Volunteer Fire Department announced the preliminary findings in the Small Equipment Services, LLC fire. The investigative entities have deemed the status of this incident as accidental.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 50-year-old Louisiana man has entered a guilty plea in relation to the September 2015 robbery of BBVA Compass Bank in Sugar Land, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Charles Wood, 50, of Farmersville, Louisiana, admitted he robbed the local bank and further acknowledged he robbed banks in four other states.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Texas man was charged with fraud and obstruction of justice in an indictment unsealed today involving two investment companies that allegedly defrauded investors resulting in losses of approximately $900,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: The Osyka Police Department, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, and Federal Bureau of Investigation are seeking two additional suspects connected to a bank robbery that occurred on August 4, 2016 at First Bank of Osyka in Osyka, Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Williamsport indicted Christopher Goins, age 40, Ashley Dixon, age 28, Troi Venable, age 36, and Perlie Johnson, age 31, yesterday, for assault with a deadly weapon.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: Oyster Bay, NY - Celebrate the National Park Service 100th Birthday and “Find Your Park" on Long Island during Founders Week, August 21-August 28. Sagamore Hill National Historic Site will host FREE programs throughout the week and invite you to explore this National Park site in your backyard.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - One of the principal defendants charged in a major drug distribution conspiracy that operated in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex and elsewhere was sentenced Thursday to more than 35 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: Yarbrough attempted to steal more than $500,000 in fraudulent tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Andrew N. Debolt, 33, of Shinnston, West Virginia, admitted to the unlawful possession of a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed the convictions for all four defendants who stood trial in 2013 in the case of United States v. Peter Clay et al., commonly known as “The WellCare case.".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Anthony Johnson (52, Jacksonville) with three counts of aggravated identity theft and three counts of false representation of a Social Security number. Each aggravated identity theft count...
