News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., woman pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges that she took part in an armed robbery at a Stillwell bank before the robbers led police on a high speed chase with a child in the car, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has announced it will extend the public comment period on the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Crow Tribe Municipal, Rural, and Industrial (MR&I) Water Supply Project to midnight on Friday, Aug. 19, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: A Houston, Texas, man was sentenced to more than two years in prison today for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Henry RAC Holding Corp.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: To celebrate 100 years of the National Park Service, Gettysburg's two national parks are inviting the public to enjoy birthday cake, a special radio program, and take special tours of Gettysburg and Eisenhower's museum collections on August 25.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, had this to say regarding the FDA’s regulation of e-cigarettes. The rule went into effect Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington woman and a Columbus man pleaded guilty today to federal drug charges, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Rhonda Gail Akers, 52, and Tyshawn Desmeon Davis, 28, each entered guilty pleas to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced John Gilmore, age 41 of Baltimore, today to 77 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Peter Pagan, 23, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the Hobbs Act by attempting to rob an Albuquerque-area fast food restaurant and to discharging a firearm during the attempted robbery. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Pagan will be sentenced to 147 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: JOHNSON CITY, TEXAS -On Aug. 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act, establishing the National Park Service to care for the country's national parks. At its inception the fledgling agency managed 35 national parks and monuments. Over the past century the national park system expanded...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: Richard Delp, 62, from Cedar Falls, Iowa, pled guilty Aug. 3, 2016, in federal court in Cedar Rapids, to a charge of unlawfully storing hazardous waste.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who possessed and distributed heroin was sentenced today to four years and nine months in prison for a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Jeremiah Eugene Caldwell, 33, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore announced today that the restoration of Drakes Estero, a 2,500-acre wilderness estuary within the park, will begin this week. Workers will remove an estimated 500 tons of marine debris. They will extract and dispose of 5 miles of dock-like wooden racks, and clean several acres of plastic and other man-made debris on the estero floor and sandbars.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A citizen of Nigeria pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of bank fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A Springfield, Ill., man, Andrew Miles Ross, was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, to serve 42 months (three years, six months) in federal prison and to pay $14,389 in restitution for operating a telemarketing advertising scam. Ross, 33, of the 3100 block of S. Woodward St., was allowed to self-report to begin serving his prison term at a later date, as directed by the federal Bureau of Prisons.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A 19-year-old defendant pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy on Fort Riley, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the sentencing of a Mount Jackson man on a federal cocaine charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 43-year-old Hankamer, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for income tax violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - A North Carolina man, who previously pled guilty to federal drug conspiracy charges, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A former Boston Police officer pleaded guilty today in connection with purchasing and using gift cards obtained from the return of stolen merchandise.
