News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, Carmelo Velázquez-Aponte a.k.a. “Boty," was found guilty of four carjackings, carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence (carjacking), and possession of a stolen firearm, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. United States Senior Judge Daniel Dominguez presided over the trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: Defendant Wilson Bonilla Soliveras, 34 years old, of the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Indictment with making a false statement to a federal firearms licensee in the acquisition of a semi-automatic pistol for another person, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces today that the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has awarded a total of $12,351,298 to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) through the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. This amount includes $1 million...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Darin Kyle Taylor, 56, of Post Falls, Idaho, was sentenced today for use of interstate facilities in the commission of murder for hire, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Milford woman was charged today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with stealing over $70,000 in rent payments owed to the Framingham Housing Authority (FHA).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: Dinosaur, Colorado -National Park Service Rangers and an investigator from the Moffat County Sheriff's Office have recovered the body of a victim of a reported falling fatality at the Wade and Curtis River Campsite on the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: On behalf of the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory issued today a Notice of Intent (NOI) to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Sensor and Modeling Approaches for Enhanced Observability and Controllability of Power...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Stephen C. Walker, 24, of Orofino, Idaho, was sentenced today for unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced Walker to 13 months in prison and 3 years supervised release. Walker pleaded guilty on Jan. 26, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland -Jaime Ernesto Navarette-Mejia, a/k/a Violento, age 35, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, including an attempted murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - - On July 13, 2016, Monte A. Cox, 56, of Bettendorf, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to three months in federal prison for filing a false tax return announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Cox was also ordered to serve one...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced an information charging BRADLEY SMEGAL, 63, for stealing more than $5.1 million from at least 14 of his investment advisory clients. SMEGAL is charged with two counts of securities fraud.[1].
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) removed the lesser prairie chicken from the list of threatened and endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in response to a 2015 court ruling. The ruling vacated FWS’s decision to list the species as threatened. FWS also announced it will initiate another evaluation of the species using the same listing methods. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: Homicide investigation underway at Lake Mead.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston man, already sentenced to 330 months for one bank robbery, just received another 319-month-term of imprisonment for his role in the armed robbery of a bank in The Woodlands in 2014, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Mark V. Holden, senior vice president and general counsel of Koch Industries, will be the keynote speaker Wednesday at a conference sponsored by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama focused on reentry and fair chance employment issues for people returning to society from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Bart Dutch Marshall, 61, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to methamphetamine trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Christopher Schroeder pled guilty to transporting a minor across state lines to engage in criminal sexual activity.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: Guadalupe Mountains Youth Centennial Poster Contest Winner Announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Rhonda Britt, 63, of Elmira, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with mail fraud. The charge carries a maximum of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on July 19, 2016, Zachary Joseph Love, 33, of Lincoln, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, (144 months), upon his conviction for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine between December of 2013...
