News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jeremy Allen Wolfe, 30, of Glenville, West Virginia with illegal possession of a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - Ruben Hernandez, 39, of southern Florida, pleaded guilty on Thursday, July 7, 2016 in federal court to charges stemming from his role in the operation of a “pill mill" that existed in Opelika, Alabama between 2012 and 2013, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. A “pill mill" is a medical clinic created to sell prescription drugs unlawfully, illegally, and for no medical reason.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced that an indictment was returned yesterday by a federal grand jury charging Udraka Roberts-Bey, age 25, of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Jennifer Gabrielle Anselmo, age 22, of Slaughter, Louisiana, of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Peter Santo Capodieci, 25, of Crystal River, Florida, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to five years in prison for conspiring to structure cash transactions, Acting United States Attorney Phillip Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: Army Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy in Afghanistan Bribery Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: Virginia Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking 15-Year-Old Girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Michael L. Johnson (56, Odessa) today pleaded guilty to misappropriation of bank funds and embezzlement. He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROHAN A. JAMES-DENNIE, JR., 22, of West Haven was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint that charges him with firearm and drug offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Amanda Rubio Alfaro, 42, of Woodbridge, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY -Several events are planned at Grand Teton National Park in the coming weeks in celebration of the National Park Service Centennial.All events are free and open to the public, although the park entrance fee is still applicable.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: Cumberland, MD - To celebrate the National Park Service Centennial in 2016, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O Canal) National Historical Park will be presenting a special evening program and tour at the Paw Paw Tunnel on Friday, August 5th, 2016. Looking for the Light -A Night at the Paw Paw Tunnel...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: The Big Hat Fire management team is adapting to the warmer, drier weather affecting New Mexico. Located in the southwest corner of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, the lightning caused fire has reached 235 acres.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Robert Oathout, 35, of Hartford, Conn., has been arraigned in federal court in Rhode Island on charges that he allegedly defrauded family members and family friends of at least $398,000. According to court documents, it is alleged that Oathout told the victims that he needed to borrow...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: Potomac, MD -On July 30th and 31st 2016, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O Canal) National Historical Park will host a Civil War living history weekend with the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry at the C&O Canal Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center located at 11710 MacArthur Boulevard, in Potomac, Maryland. The encampment and Visitor Center will be open from 9:00am-4:30pm Saturday and Sunday. The park is open from Dawn-Dusk.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Dennis and Joshua Walls, 25 and 22, of Charleston, were sentenced today to federal prison for heroin distribution, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. The two are brothers. Dennis Walls was sentenced to a year and a day in prison, and Joshua Walls was sentenced to six months.
By State Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Gregory Sykes-Bey, age 22, of Baltimore, today to 24 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise in connection with his gang activities as a member of the UDH organization, which operates in the Cherry Hill section of Baltimore.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the filing of a criminal complaint charging Elizabeth Brooks Perkins (46, Brooksville) with bank robbery and a related firearms offense. If convicted on all counts, she faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. Perkins was arrested on July 7, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man has been sentenced to more than 24 years in federal prison for drug trafficking, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 8, 2016
News Release: Defense Contractor Employee Arrested for Selling Satellite Secrets to Undercover Agent Posing as Foreign Spy.
