News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Joseph J. Weidman, 49, of Wheeling, West Virginia with failure to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. - - A 29 year old alleged heroin dealer from Mastic described by law enforcement as a leader of the Heroin-Fentanyl drug ring dismantled by the Suffolk-Nassau task force last month pleaded not guilty today to a 10 count indictment that includes a charge of manslaughter in the second degree, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Two men were sentenced for their role in the distribution of cocaine and morphine, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Eben Paul Slickpoo, 30, of Kooskia, Idaho, pleaded guilty Tuesday in United States District Court in Coeur d’Alene, to assault resulting in substantial bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Slickpoo waived his right to an indictment and pleaded guilty to an information filed by the U.S. Attorney on July 7, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Northern California nurse’s assistant was arrested this morning on federal cyberstalking and hacking charges related to harassment and threats targeting television personality Kristen Jenner, members of her family and two assistants.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: FBI Offers $5,000 Reward to Recover Stolen Equipment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - One of the Mexican citizens convicted for his role in the May 2013 murder of Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa in Southlake, Texas, was sentenced today, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Jasper and Newton counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Kewa Pueblo Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Assault Charge.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management and the Wyoming Honor Farm are partnering for the second time this year to find homes for wild horses and burros. The adoption will be held on September 10 in Riverton, Wyoming. The BLM and the Honor Farm have worked cooperatively since 1988 to train and adopt wild horses and burros.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The owner of two northwest Alabama pharmacies pleaded guilty today to obstructing a Medicare audit and agreed to pay a $2.5 million penalty to the government.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Judge hands down a 16-year prison sentence for murder in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 34-year-old Houston man has been convicted for his role in a conspiracy to distribute counterfeit $100 bills, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: DENVER - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Denver Police Department are seeking the identities and whereabouts of two women wanted for questioning in an unsolved attempted homicide in May.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: OAKLAND - Shawn Hermann McGee, AKA Shawn Burris, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison, and ordered to pay $7,200 in restitution for an armed bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence, imposed by Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, U.S. District Court Judge, follows a guilty plea entered by McGee on April 7, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Pledges to Pay $2.5 Million Penalty.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: A new world of opportunities for drone operators opens next week on August 29 when the new small drone rule for non-hobbyists becomes effective. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants to make sure you have the information you’ll need to take advantage of those opportunities.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Houghton, MI -Since 1997 Isle Royale National Park has charged a $4 per person daily user fee. In 2015 Isle Royale began the process of updating its fee program to comply with federal regulations, allow acceptance of all Federal Recreation Passes, and study changing the user fee to an entrance fee. Isle Royale is now proposing a fee change and would like any thoughts and comments before a final decision is made. The comment period closes Sept. 30, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - An Abilene, Texas, man, Pascual Jamie Avalos, 34, has been sentenced to 262 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, following his guilty plea in April 2016 to an indictment charging one count of possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas made the announcement today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis today sentenced Deryck Dean Barcous (27, Jacksonville) to 46 months in federal prison for selling counterfeit Federal Reserve notes and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. In a companion case, Judge Davis sentenced Barcous to 14 months’...
