News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two Pittsburgh residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Cambridge man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for possession of the firearm with an obliterated serial number, which was later used to murder MIT Police Officer Sean Collier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, 45-year-old Mexican National Mauricio Sanchez-Garza made his initial appearance in federal court following his extradition from Mexico yesterday. Sanchez is charged by two federal grand jury indictments in the Western District of Texas with laundering drug distribution...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Michael Todd Lintz Alleged to Have Used his Position to Engage in Sexual Activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Rob Begay, 24, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Twin Lakes, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an indictment charging him with involuntary manslaughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 44-year-old Houston woman has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Park staff confirmed late yesterday that an approximately seven-acrewildland fire is burning in the wilderness of the Elwha River valley. The fireis located about 25 miles south of Port Angeles, in approximately thegeographic center of Olympic National Park. The fire was ignited during lastThursday's series of storms, which led to over 400 lightning strikes over theOlympic Mountains, along with significant rainfall.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man has been sentenced to 75 months in federal prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: There will be a press conference today at 1:00 p.m. to announce federal charges against three men in connection with recent bank burglaries in New York, that resulted in the theft of over $5 million in cash and valuables.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former vice president of a Pulaski County, Mo., bank was sentenced in federal court today for leading a $4.1 million conspiracy to defraud the Small Business Administration, as well as participating in a separate and unrelated $18.2 million scheme to defraud the federal government while he was awaiting sentencing for the earlier fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Woman taken to Hospital with Broken Bones, Cuts and Collapsed Lungs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - Two federal indictments unsealed in Chicago today charged 34 members of the Latin Kings street gang with participating in a criminal organization that assaults and attempts to murder its rivals and violently protects its territories in the city and suburbs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Lebanese National Extradited from Malaysia to Face Charges in Wide-Ranging Counterfeit Currency Plot with Ties to Lebanon and Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: FBI Announces Executive Appointments. FBI Director James B. Comey has announced the following leadership appointments: John Adams Named Assistant Director of Directorate of Intelligence. Mr. Adams most recently served as a special agent in charge of the Norfolk Division. Mr. Adams entered on duty with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: FBI Investigating Bank Robbery at CapitalOne Bank Branch in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Louisville, Kentucky, woman was sentenced today in United States District Court by District Judge David J. Hale to eight years in prison, followed by tens years of supervised release, for conspiracy to sex traffic a minor, announced U. S. Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Dear Director Comey, Secretaries Kerry and Carter, and General Clapper...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - Two federal indictments unsealed in Chicago today charged 34 members of the Latin Kings street gang with participating in a criminal organization that assaults and attempts to murder its rivals and violently protects its territories in the city and suburbs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA- Qaaid Reddick, 33, of Brooklyn, New York was sentenced last week by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to 82 months in prison for his role in the attempted exchange of heroin and cocaine for a cache of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - The former Parks and Recreation Department Maintenance Supervisor for the City of Norton was indicted today by a federal grand jury for violating the civil rights of two female victims after he allegedly used his authority to engage in, and attempt to engage in, sexual activity with women under his supervision while performing community service hours, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today.
