News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Darrell W. Jenkins, 42, formerly of Ansley, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 17 years in prison by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard, for receiving child pornography. Following his release from prison, Jenkins will...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A woman caught transporting a significant load of crystal methamphetamine from California to West Virginia pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Kelly Newcomb, 56, of Nevada, entered her guilty plea to interstate travel in furtherance of a drug crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced the seizure of 64 kilograms of packaged (140 lbs.) from a single-family private residence located in the University Heights section of the Bronx.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: DAYTON - Sherrod J. Dyer, 25, of Dayton, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 58 months in prison for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: DAYTON - Sherrod J. Dyer, 25, of Dayton, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 58 months in prison for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Kentucky man on charges of enticing a minor and attempting to produce child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Sec. Stan Stabler.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Three Georgia real estate investors pleaded guilty today for their roles in bid-rigging and fraud conspiracies committed at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Murray O. Wilhoite, Jr., 68, of Franklin, Tenn., was convicted yesterday of three felony charges, announced United States Attorney David Rivera. Following a trial before U.S. District Court Judge Aleta A. Trauger, the jury convicted Wilhoite of making a false statement to a bank, making a false statement in a federal bankruptcy filing, and making a false statement under oath during a bankruptcy hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Clifford Sprague, 38, of Exeter, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 41 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release making false statements to obtain Social...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: The leader of a large drug trafficking group with ties to California and Mexico, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to ten years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. EDIBERTO ASEVEZ SANTILLANO, 37, of Renton, Washington...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Christian Turner, a/k/a “P", 29, formerly of New Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 25 years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute 280 grams of cocaine base, commonly referred to as “crack" and conspiring to violate federal gun laws. He pleaded guilty to the charges on Sept. 2, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY -Grand Teton National Park Rangers responded to the first major search and rescue incident of the season late Thursday, June 30.Two hikers, Michael Kramer, 27, of Miami, Florida and Tiffany Morhaim, 26, of North Miami Beach, Florida, were on a day hike of Cascade and Paintbrush Canyons.They...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Hamza Kolsuz, 43, a Turkish national, was convicted today by the Senior U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III on three counts relating to his attempted exportation of weapons parts to the Republic of Turkey in violation of the Arms Export Control Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a Spanish investor for allegedly covering up an international insider trading scheme that netted more than $4.6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUEQUE - The U.S. Department of Justice has placed a priority on prosecuting bias crimes and incidents of discrimination against Muslims, Sikhs, and other persons of Arab descent, as well as persons perceived to be members of these groups. It also is engaging in extensive outreach efforts to educate...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Salt Flat, Texas - Carlsbad Museum and Arts Center in Carlsbad, New Mexico will host the Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks Centennial exhibit "A Century of Inspiration" beginning Friday, July 8 through Sept. 23, 2016. Museum hours are Monday - Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Gettysburg man has been charged with production of child pornography involving children under 12 who were in his custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -PAUL HAROLD DOUGHTY, 67, of Edmond, Oklahoma, the former president and chairman of First State Bank of Altus ("FSB"), was convicted today on ten charges of bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, misapplication of bank funds, making a false bank entry, and unauthorized issuance...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Steven Joshua Dinkle, 30, a former Exalted Cyclops of the Ozark, Alabama chapter of the International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), was sentenced to 15 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
