News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Issah Mohammed, a/k/a Yissa and Ali, age 28, a citizen of Ghana residing in Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to federal bank fraud and wire fraud conspiracy charges related to a scheme in which Mohammed and his co-conspirators impersonated individual victims to remove funds...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault by Strangulation and Suffocation, Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to an Intimate Partner, Child Abuse, and Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Ronald Shane Chestang, 31, of Axis, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court this morning for his participation in two conspiracies-to manufacture methamphetamine, and to purchase pseudoephedrine, a List I chemical, to be used in methamphetamine manufacturing. Chestang pled guilty to the two charges in 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY- The National Park Service (NPS) National Trails Intermountain Region and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah State Office are seeking public input on a new strategy document that will guide administration of the Old Spanish National Historic Trail for the next 15 to 20 years. Public comments will be accepted through Sept. 16, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Judy Ruth Mullin, 27, of Nevada City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay $219,984 in restitution for her role in a conspiracy to defraud the United States with false claims for federal tax refunds, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Cecil Dante Buckner (36) and Jarmen Lindell Sharp (34), both of Orlando, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery, and two substantive counts of interference with interstate commerce by robbery.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today strongly criticized the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) “Proposed Regional Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement" (RMP/EIS) for the Eastern Interior Planning Area of Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that the owner/operator of a former Utz Quality Foods, Inc. supplier has pleaded guilty to charges that he defrauded Utz out of approximately $1.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that the owner/operator of a former Utz Quality Foods, Inc. supplier has pleaded guilty to charges that he defrauded Utz out of approximately $1.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Text to Wrong Number Uncovered Child Exploitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Mark A. Yancey, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, and E. Scott Pruitt, Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma, jointly announce that a judgment for $4,752,101.50 has been entered against LXE Counseling, LLC ("LXE") and Lexie Darlene George...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: The annual cruise, which has been directed by Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium senior scientist Nancy Rabalais, Ph.D., has been conducted each summer for 30 consecutive years since 1985. The 2016 survey was slated to begin July 24 and continue through August 1. The effort, established in coordination...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: BOISE - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho announced today that there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against Adams County deputy sheriffs Cody Roland and Brian Wood for the death of Jack Yantis on Nov. 1, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation, in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will reduce flows through Link River Dam in early August 2016 to evaluate potential benefits to Endangered Species Act listed suckers. The objective of the flow reduction is to decrease the number...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. -The Bybee Fire is currently burning on the west side of Crater Lake National Park along the Pacific Crest Trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Cuban National residing in Louisville, Kentucky on a Visa was convicted by a federal jury late yesterday, in United States District Court, on all charges including conspiring with others to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Everglades National Park Features "Marsh Life of the Everglades" Art Exhibit by Carmen Ferreiro.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former owner of two daycare businesses in Parkville, Mo., and Platte City, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for failing to pay $891,572 in payroll and other taxes to the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - The United States Government has sued a Lexington man, and the Lexington-based medical device company he owns, for violations of the False Claims Act, a federal law that prohibits people from submitting false or fraudulent claims for payment to the federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Cox enticed a 15 year old student for the purposes of sexually exploiting.
