News from August 2016
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Release Date: Aug. 30, 2016. Contact: Kelly Carroll, Lead Park Ranger. Phone: 671-333-4050. September Public Programs at War in the Pacific National Historical Park. Sept. 10, Saturday: 9 am at Apaca Point - "Keep Guam Beautiful". This community cleanup will take place at Apaca point - a former WWII...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK---Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today that Maria Carmen Nelson, 50, of Little Rock, pled guilty to Count I of the Indictment charging her with conspiring to commit wire fraud. The charge relates to a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) program funds intended to feed children in low income areas during the school year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Belvidere man was found guilty today of firearm charges following a four-day jury trial in federal court in Rockford.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Matthew Joel Torres, 27, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to an assault charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: NEW YORK - - Fernando Quiles and Jorge Ayala were arrested Tuesday in Croton-on-Hudson in northern Westchester County, New York for possession of over 65 lbs. of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: FORT WAYNE -United States Attorney David A. Capp announced that a federal grand jury in Fort Wayne returned a 15 count indictment against Marianne Matchette, 50, of Roanoke, Indiana for access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, wire fraud and mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Los Angeles father and son each face up to 40 years; Mexican national faces up to 5 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Premier Maryland Screening “Chasing the Dragon, the Life of an Opiate Addict" on August 25 in Catonsville.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: AUG 25 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced that Jazzmyn Rood, 42, of Gonic, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony in connection with the distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death of Evangelique Tarmey.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Saguaro National Park, Ariz. - Speaking before Interim Superintendent Leah McGinnis and a diverse audience at Saguaro National Park outside Tucson, Ariz., today, Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva highlighted the opportunities and challenges facing the National Park Service (NPS) as its celebrates its 100th...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces today the return of an indictment charging Thomas Leslie Carr (48, Jacksonville) with two counts of producing child pornography. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum penalty 15 years, up to 30 years, in federal prison on each charge. Carr was arrested at his home today by federal agents. His arraignment and detention hearing are scheduled for Aug. 30, 2016, at 10:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: AUG 25 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Steven Santucci, 40, of Waterbury, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Michael Toliver, age 40, of Baltimore, today to 15 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release for a series of armed robberies. Judge Hollander also entered an order requiring Toliver to pay restitution totaling $13,577.17.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Hacking Scheme Involving Millions of Credit Cards Defrauded Banks of Over $169 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Jeffrey Ihm (49, Naples) today pleaded guilty to 14 counts of wire fraud and 5 counts of aggravated identity theft. Each wire fraud count carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and each aggravated identity...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Georgia man in connection with a counterfeit check and stolen identity scheme in north Alabama in late 2014, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and U.S. Postal Inspector Frank Dyer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former employee of Community National Bank in Aurora, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for a $130,000 bank embezzlement scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury charged Roy David Evans, Jr., age 31, of Essex, Maryland, for sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child pornography, coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct; and for receipt and possession of child pornography. The indictment was returned on Aug. 22, 2016, and unsealed on Aug. 24, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Belvidere man was found guilty today of firearm charges following a four-day jury trial in federal court in Rockford.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA -United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Deputy Director Thomas E. Brandon presented the Honor Award to Assistant United States Attorney Forde Fairchild for his investigation and successful prosecution of an individual who waged a campaign of violence...
