News from July 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: Sharpsburg, MD- Steve Dean, longtime Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal NHP) volunteer and recipient of the 2016 regional Hartzog Enduring Service award, will be presenting a one hour presentation on the culverts of the C&O Canal NHP on Saturday, July 30th at 10:00 AM at the Ferry Hill Plantation House in Sharpsburg, MD.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced the unsealing of a criminal complaint against SHANNON CHRISTOPHER CEASAR, age 43, a physician who practices in Metairie and resides in New Orleans. On Friday, July 22, 2016, CEASAR was arrested on charges of drug distribution and threatening to murder law enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a federal grand jury in Scranton returned an indictment on July 19, charging a 44-year-old Basking Ridge, New Jersey man with production of child pornography, receiving child pornography, and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, all through the use of a computer and cellular telephone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Tampa, Florida, man pleaded guilty today to helping funnel $80,000 in campaign contributions from a foreign source to the joint fundraising committee of the President of the United States during the 2012 presidential election and lying about it to a federal grand jury, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: Two men who were significantly involved in a violent drug trafficking organization distributing meth, heroin and cocaine in the Seattle area were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. SON T. NGUYEN, aka “Nine Fingers" aka “Kim," 43, of Seattle, was...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that JEREMY DWAYNE LAVORCHEK, age 28, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, pled guilty to POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, in violation of Title 21, United States Code...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a federal grand jury in Scranton returned an indictment on July 19, charging a 44-year-old Basking Ridge, New Jersey man with production of child pornography, receiving child pornography, and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, all through the use of a computer and cellular telephone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: LATAM Airlines Group S.A. (LATAM), a commercial airline company based in Chile, has agreed to pay a $12.75 million criminal penalty in connection with a scheme to pay bribes to Argentine union officials via a false consulting contract with a third-party intermediary in violation of the accounting provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jorge Chavez, 30, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Dale A. Drozd to seven years and eight months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk announced today that Jennifer Carpenter has been selected as the park’s new chief of the Yellowstone Center for Resources (YCR). Carpenter has been acting chief since her predecessor, David Hallac, left Yellowstone in late 2014 to become the superintendent of the Outer Banks Group in North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: Rampage of Assaults and Threats ends with Tragic Shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two individuals were sentenced for drug distribution in federal court in Martinsburg today, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: Defendant Also Ordered to Pay More Than $77,000 in Restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County man who admitted that he attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and making a false statement in a passport application was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) and the Smithsonian are celebrating the NPS centennial with the opening of a new photography exhibit, "100 Years of America's National Park Service: Preserve, Enjoy, Inspire," at the National Museum of Natural History on August 4, 2016. .
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County man who admitted that he attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and making a false statement in a passport application was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: Defendants Conspired to Bring Drugs into SW Virginia from China, Florida, North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging two Florida residents and one North Carolina resident with manufacturing and distributing performance enhancing drugs, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that JEREMY DWAYNE LAVORCHEK, age 28, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, pled guilty to POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, in violation of Title 21, United States Code...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2016
News Release: OAKLAND - Lawrence Ham pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland today to possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin.
