News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative and HOPE Initiative, which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Christopher Mailloux, 25, of Reading, PA, was sentenced today to 15 years’ imprisonment, following his guilty plea to two counts of production of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The Honorable Lawrence F. Stengel also sentenced the defendant to 15 years’ supervised release, restitution in the amount of $5062, and a $400 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: AUG 18 - CONCORD, N.H. - Zakee Stuart-Holt, 34, of Manchester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to a federal indictment charging him with one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl and one count of money laundering, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: FBI San Francisco Seeks Audi Bandit.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that DARREN SHARPER, age 40, formerly of New Orleans, was sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute Alprazolam, Diazepam and Zolpidem, with intent to commit rape and two counts of distributing these substances with intent to commit rape.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal drug and firearm laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Chad Theodore Dillon (44, Okaloosa County) with 11 counts related to the sexual abuse of children. These charges include coercion and enticement of a minor, traveling with the intent to engage...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: DEATH VALLEY -Death Valley National Park has been celebrating 100 years of the National Park Service with events all year, and will continue to do so in the coming months. From the BioBlitz to the Celestial Centennial this spring, Death Valley has been busy celebrating the Centennial of the National...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - The Houston man convicted of creating and distributing videos depicting the torture and killing of puppies, chickens and kittens has been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Brent Justice, 55, was found guilty on three counts of producing and one count of distributing what is referred to as “animal crush videos" following a one-day bench trial May 23, 2016.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. August 26: Live Webinar on a Technology Innovation Competition. Webinar Sponsors: Building Technologies Office, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Siemens. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled “JUMP SIEMENS Call for Innovation" on Friday, Aug. 26, from 1 p.m. to...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement lauding the Department of Justice’s decision to stop using private prisons...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: An environmental assessment to conduct geotechnical investigation near milepost 231 on the Parks Highway in Denali National Park and Preserve is available online for public review and comment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio this morning, 65-year-old former Executive Director Robert James Lucio and 55-year-old former Chief Financial Officer Monica Lynn Russ (aka “Monica Lynn Gourley") admitted to stealing over $188,000 from the Community Council of South Central Texas (CCSCT) announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Jeffrey Magelitz, 44, of Chester, Illinois, entered pleas of guilty to a two-count Indictment that charged embezzlement and theft from a labor union and for filing a false report with the Department of Labor, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Chad Theodore Dillon (44, Okaloosa County) with 11 counts related to the sexual abuse of children. These charges include coercion and enticement of a minor, traveling with the intent to engage...
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: DALLAS - Kyle Scott Boyd, an insurance agent from Dallas, appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney and pleaded guilty to a felony Information charging one count of making or subscribing to a false tax return, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Richard Morin, 48, of Portland, Connecticut pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court here today to one count of conspiracy, a crime punishable by up to five years in prison, for his role in a scheme that defrauded a Columbus-based company out of between $250,000 and $1,500,000 over the course of a year.
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’ ...
