News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: DAYTON - Thomas DiMassimo, 22, of Powder Springs, Ga., pleaded guilty and was sentenced in U.S. District Court yesterday to one year probation for jumping the stage during a political rally in Vandalia, Ohio on March 12.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez announced three indictments and the arrest of 44 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of controlled substances, and possession of firearms. The agencies in charge of the investigation are Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Police of Puerto Rico (POPR).
By State Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump’s remarks on Russia hacking and releasing emails...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: A Jupiter trust and estate attorney pled guilty before United States Magistrate Judge James M. Hopkins in West Palm Beach to filing false personal income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in which her income was underreported, resulting in additional tax due of $923,695 for tax years 2007 through 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: A grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Adam Libbey-Tipton, 29, of Cleveland, with one count of accessing with intent to view visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct; and one count of possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: Ordered to Pay $347,128 in Restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: Dinosaur, Colorado - Fire crews continued successful suppression efforts on the Bench Fire over the past several days. The Bench Fire is located north of the Yampa Bench Road, approximately two miles west of Haystack Rock.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: A criminal information was filed against Fortino Barajas Castaneda, 35, of Toledo, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Mario Fernandez Jr., 37, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J, Lodge also ordered Fernandez to serve five years of supervised release following his release from prison. Fernandez pleaded guilty on May 3, 2016.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced it will issue a Notice of Intent (NOI) to conduct an environmental review for a proposed oil and gas development project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that Shanice Mano, 23, of Anchorage, Alaska, was arrested on July 25, 2016, and was arraigned yesterday in federal court on a criminal complaint charging her with bank embezzlement. The complaint alleges that she had embezzled over $100,000 from her former employer, Credit Union 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that ZACHERY SCOTT KERNS, age 29, of McAlester, Oklahoma, pled guilty to DISTRIBUTION OF FENTANYL, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C), punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, up to $1,000,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: Demerous E. Foxworth, 25, of Centreville, Illinois, was sentenced on Friday, July 22, 2016, in the U.S. District Court to 135 months in prison for Commercial Sex Trafficking of a Minor and Use of a Facility of Interstate Commerce to Promote an Unlawful Activity, United States Attorney Donald S. Boyce...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that two men and three women have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. One of the men was also indicted for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a man and woman from Shreveport were found guilty after a trial of having a minor female from Texas engage in prostitution in Shreveport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A convicted felon from Sophia pleaded guilty today to a federal gun charge, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Gene A. James, 46, entered his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Mario Fernandez Jr., 37, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J, Lodge also ordered Fernandez to serve five years of supervised release following his release from prison. Fernandez pleaded guilty on May 3, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: A Cleveland woman was indicted for her role in bank robberies in Highland Heights, Bedford and Euclid, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Following an early morning operation on Thursday, July 21, 2106, conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigation (ICE HSI), the Fort Worth Police Department and the U.S. Marshal...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2016
News Release: Outer Banks Group Superintendent David Hallac announced today that access to Cape Point, along the beach from Ramps 43 & 44, is available for both Off Road Vehicles (ORVs) and pedestrians.
