News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: Julio Stewart, 31 years old of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by the Honorable Jeffrey L. Schmehl, Judge, United States District Court, to 84 months’ imprisonment, three years supervised release, a $2000 fine, and $100 special assessment fee, announced United States Attorney Zane David...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: Here’s a great way to start your weekend - our friend Gabe has a quick, but important message for you.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Farmers Fruit and Vegetable Company satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Gerry Connolly (D-VA), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) sent a letter to the general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Transit...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Dwayne Wesselhoft, 29, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court on St. Croix to possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Matthew Barker (33, Jacksonville) with distribution of heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of that crime. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Barker that the United States intends to forfeit any firearms or ammunition involved in the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: Yakima - Today, Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Israel Garcia, age 27, of Yakima, Washington, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to Assault on Federal Officers. Senior United States District Judge Lonny R. Suko sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A civil complaint filed Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City alleges that Sevier Valley Oil Company of Monroe, Utah, provided contaminated fuel for eight Amtrak locomotives refueled in Salt Lake City during April and May of 2011. The locomotives broke down after leaving Salt Lake City. Repairs required to fix the locomotives took them out of commission for several days and cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal yesterday today found Altius Willix (47, Winter Haven) guilty of conspiracy, attempted possession of methamphetamine, and assaulting federal officers, inflicting bodily injury. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of life imprisonment. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 28, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal agents on Thursday arrested a former Fairfield Police Department custodian on federal firearms charges returned by a grand jury on July 26, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Assistant Special Agent in Charge David Hyche.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: AUG 05 - BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that, on Aug. 2, 2016, David Johnson, 24, of New York City was sentenced to 33 months in federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - “Although the United States acknowledges that the Supreme Court’s opinion in McDonnell v. United States is equally applicable to Maureen McDonnell’s convictions, Mrs. McDonnell’s convictions have not been vacated. Her defense counsel filed a motion requesting that her case be held in...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Matthew Barker (33, Jacksonville) with distribution of heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance of that crime. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Barker that the United States intends to forfeit any firearms or ammunition involved in the offense.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: Lookout Mountain, TN: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is pleased to announce the waiver of entrance fees to Point Park, atop Lookout Mountain, between Thursday, August 25 and Sunday, August 28.Experience the majestic views from Chattanooga's surrounding landscapes found in our nation's first national military park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts against a Los Angeles burger stand owner who distributed cocaine base in the form of crack cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Gold King Mineblowout near Silverton, Colorado. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Chief District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis on August 4, 2016, sentenced Daniel Ramos, 41, to seven years in prison for using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence and 33 months in prison for interference with commerce by robbery, United States Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Evgeny Tarasovich Levitskyy, a/k/a Vinchenco, a/k/a Vinch, a/k/a M.U.R.D.E.R.E.R., 31, of Nikolaev, Ukraine, was arraigned today before Catherine M. Salinas, United States Magistrate Judge, on federal charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and wire fraud. Levitskyy was indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 13, 2015.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
Release: FAS Administrator Phil Karsting serves Ana Dacosta, Angola’s commercial representative, a sample of honey produced at Barclay Farm in Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2016
News Release: Chad Allen Martin, 25, of Columbia, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Aleta A. Trauger to serve 20 years in prison, followed by 20 additional years of supervised release, for possession and distribution of child pornography, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Martin pleaded guilty on April 7, 2016.
