News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A Taylorville, Ill., man, Jamal Shehadeh, 33, has been ordered to serve 54 months (4 years, 6 months) in federal prison for manufacturing methamphetamine. U.S. District Judge Richard Mills sentenced Shehadeh on Aug. 9, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Brian Nelson Halsey, age 52, of Westminster, Maryland, formerly of Dundalk, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to interstate transportation of stolen goods in connection with a scheme to sell property stolen from shopping mall kiosks online.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: A dramatic rise in the number of graffiti incidents is occurring in areas throughout the park including in Capitol Gorge, Grand Wash, Hickman Bridge, Cassidy Arch Trail and most recently at the Highway Petroglyph Site. The Highway Petroglyph Site is one of the premier visitor highlights within the park...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Brentwood resident was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on charges of production, receipt, and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ANTHONY GRECCO was sentenced today to life in prison for robbing and murdering Ryan Ennis, a resident of Ossining, New York, and conspiring to distribute marijuana and heroin. In January 2016, following a...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: FARGO - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on August 9, 2016, Gary Spencer Smith, 61, Fargo, ND, pled guilty before US District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to an Information charging him with Attempt to Evade and Defeat the Payment of Tax.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Germantown man has been sentenced to federal prison for obstructing IRS laws, and is ordered to pay more than $848,000 in restitution. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: The DOE-funded Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC) is offering a free public webinar that will present the results of a study conducted by WSU, Cornell, and ISO-NE aimed at understanding the practical challenges associated with using cloud computing infrastructures to monitor PMU devices...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of access device fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - William Rollie Armstrong, 50, of Hampton, was sentenced today to 293 months in prison for coercion and enticement of a child, and receipt of child pornography. Upon release from prison Armstrong will serve 25 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: Norteño Street Gang Members Arrested in Contra Costa County.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man who was shot by police officers was sentenced in federal court for bank robbery and using a firearm in an attempted carjacking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Merrill Robertson, Jr., 36, of Chesterfield, former owner of two Richmond area investment firms, was arrested this morning for his role in an investment fraud scheme that caused over $8 million in losses to his clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - The former town manager of the Town of Coeburn, who previously admitted to fraudulently applying for and receiving credit in the town’s name and using the Town’s credit for personal expenses, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon, announced United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of North East, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: Defendants Profited by Trading Prior to Pending Merger Between Pfizer and King Pharmaceuticals.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: FBI Seeking Cyclical Bandit. The FBI is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a bank robber dubbed the Cyclical Bandit. The suspect is believed to have robbed two Arizona banks, almost exactly a year apart, while wearing a strikingly similar shirt and hat. Photos and additional information...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: Catoctin Mountain Park Plans Centennial Extravaganza Celebrating the National Park Service 100th Anniversary.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont today announced federal criminal charges against Michael Prescott, 52, of Chittenden County, Vermont. Prescott is charged with distributing heroin on March 2 and March 7, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A New York man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with his role in a bogus lottery scheme in which the victims were told they had won millions of dollars in lotteries and must first pay the taxes in order for their winnings to be released to them.
