News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced today that Diheim Young, age 32, of Brooklyn, New York has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to distribute heroin and crack cocaine in Rutland, Vermont as well as a conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking women between Vermont and New York. Young pleaded guilty to sex trafficking five women between 2012 and 2015. Four of the women were Vermont residents at the time they were trafficked.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, highlighted the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) announcement of the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Grant Program, which will provide $10 million in available...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Somerset County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for possessing images of child sexual abuse on his computer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: ALBQUERQUE - Wayne Martin, 44, a member and resident of Cochiti Pueblo, N.M., was arraigned this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., on an indictment charging him with violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. During today’s proceedings, Martin entered a not guilty plea to the indictment.
By State Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Demanding Accountability: The Administration’s Reckless Release of Terrorists from Guantanamo.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - A man who created child pornography and engaged in sexually explicit conduct with two prepubescent female minors has entered a plea to his criminal conduct. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the plea today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Shanksville, PA -The National Park Service is celebrating 100 years of sharing America's special places and helping Americans make meaningful connections to nature, history, and culture. The 412 national parks are America's best idea and we invite all Americans including our youngest visitors to celebrate these special places.
By State Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement after President Obama announced his decision to maintain 8,400 U.S. forces in Afghanistan through the end of the year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that NATANAEL MORALES-TRINIDAD, a/k/a Samael Morales, a/k/a Natanael K. Morales, a/k/a Nathaniel Morales, age 46, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Earlier today, Fowzi Naji Tareb pled guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to defrauding the United States Department of Agriculture in connection with its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), previously known as the Food Stamp Program. Tareb was arrested after providing numerous retail businesses in the New York area with the machinery to accept SNAP benefits even though they were not authorized to do so.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Springfield, Mo., man - the eighth and final co-defendant - has pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Springfield area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Federal indictments were unsealed yesterday revealing that 8 Savannah residents have been charged with federal firearms and drug-trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Donald Daniel Robinson (30, Tampa) to 50 years in federal prison for producing, possessing, and distributing child pornography. He pleaded guilty on Feb. 16, 2016.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Elanor Starmer today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding $2.6 million in competitive grants to help develop solutions to problems affecting the specialty crop industry across state boundaries. AMS is awarding the funds to four projects under the new Specialty Crop Multi-State Program, which was created by the 2014 Farm Bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Warehouse worker stole over $350,000 in motorcycle parts and apparel.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury late Tuesday convicted three men and one woman from Los Angeles County of conspiring to participate in the racketeering activities of the Florencia 13 criminal street gang (F13 Gang), as well as of related drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Man Facing Al-Qaeda Terrorism Charges Indicted for Plotting to Murder Federal Judge Presiding Over His Case.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -On Monday, June 27 at approximately 4:45 pm, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call reporting a visitor over the edge at Mather Point.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -Grand Canyon Village is no longer in level 1 water conservation mode and water operations have returned to normal. The National Park Service encourages all visitors to practice basic water conservation measures at home and during their travels. Basic water conservation includes taking shorter showers, turning off the faucet while brushing teeth or shaving, and washing full loads of laundry or dishes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Maryville, Mo., man who is a registered sex offender pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges related to child pornography.
