News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Lindani Mzembe, 32, of South Bend, Indiana was found guilty, after a 2 ½ day jury trial, of kidnapping, extortion, discharging a weapon during a crime of violence and felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Guy E. "Butch" Evans, 61, of Jackson, has been charged with paying bribes and kickbacks to former Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner (MDOC) Christopher B. Epps in exchange for exclusive access to sell insurance products to MDOC employees, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Harold Brittain, and FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Donald Alway.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: Hanes Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: Photons are bizarre: They have no mass, but they do have momentum. And that allows researchers to do counterintuitive things with photons, such as using light to push matter around.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that two people were indicted for the armed robbery of the Swan Serv-U Pharmacy in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Tytianna Jackson (age: 19), and Marquise Jones (age: 26), both of Milwaukee were charged with one count of interference with commerce by robbery pursuant to the Hobbs Act, and one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Shaun Vincent Kelley was sentenced to ten years in prison today for engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence follows a guilty plea entered May 13, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Ryan Smolinski, 27, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of arson of a commercial building, was sentenced to 37 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Charles Edward Gist, 56, of Artesia, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 21 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for his conviction on methamphetamine trafficking charges.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is pleased to announce an opportunity to be the next Artist-in-Residence in the Owyhee Canyonlands. The program offers professional artists the opportunity to pursue their art, inspired by the majesty of Idaho wilderness.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva hailed today’s designation of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument as a success for Maine, for the country, and for the Antiquities Act, which remains one of the most important conservation tools in American history. The monument’s designation comes a day ahead of the Aug. 25 Centennial marking the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, which is expected to manage the newly created monument.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: Passionate advocates across the country continue to fight for #CuresNow, bringing the 21st Century Cures Act closer to the finish line every day. As this month of advocacy comes to a close, September is coming and every voice is needed on the #Path2Cures. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: Passionate advocates across the country continue to fight for #CuresNow, bringing the 21st Century Cures Act closer to the finish line every day. As this month of advocacy comes to a close, September is coming and every voice is needed on the #Path2Cures. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the final environmental documents for the approval of a temporary change in the maximum acceptable concentration of selenium for groundwater pumped into the upper portion of the Delta-Mendota Canal.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal Grand Jury in Harrisburg has charged Gerardo Medina with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported felon. Medina, 28, is a native and citizen of Mexico. He was previously convicted of simple assault in Adams County and of illegal entry into the United States. He was previously removed from the United States in 2008 and 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: Mississippi Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Obama, despite opposition by Maine’s local residents and elected officials, unilaterally created a national monument in Maine’s North Woods.House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. announced that former Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office (TPSO) Detective DAWN C. FORET, age 38, of Houma, pled guilty today to a one count Bill of Information for theft of government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: POCATELLO - Alyssa Timbana, 19, of Fort Hall, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to assault with a dangerous weapon, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Timbana was indicted by the federal grand jury in Pocatello on Jan. 26, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: MINERAL, CA -Lassen Volcanic National Park will join 412 park units across the United States to celebrate the 100th birthday of the National Park Service on August 25. Thursday through Sunday, the park entrance fee will be waived and everyone welcomed into the park for free. A special showing of, This...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA -United States Attorney Walt Green announced THOMAS J. TANNER, JR., age 50, of Destin, Florida, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles to identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028. During the guilty plea hearing, TANNER, a former Project...
