News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Rondall Hall, 24, of Mobile, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court for his illegal possession of a firearm. Hall had been previously convicted of Robbery 3rd in Mobile County Circuit Court in May of 2015, and was arrested in possession of a firearm in September of 2015. Hall entered a guilty plea to the federal charge of felon in possession of a firearm in February of 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland -U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Charles W. Parker, Jr., age 49, of College Park, Maryland, today to 97 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to file false federal income tax returns and six counts of filing false tax returns. A federal jury convicted Parker on Nov. 10, 2015. Judge Titus also entered an order requiring Parker to forfeit and pay restitution of $2,007,568.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: On June 15, 2016, Roderick L. McClain, a/k/a "Big Bama," 31, of Carbondale, IL, was sentenced for a crack cocaine offense, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management hosted a successful adoption of wild horses at the Reno Rodeo this weekend, adopting all 25 horses that were offered as part of the Extreme Mustang Makeover.The auction was held Saturday, June 19, following the Reno Rodeo Extreme Mustang Makeover event, which took place...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: From June 23 to Oct. 10, the Bubble Pond parking area will be open only to Island Explorer buses and bicycles to improve visitor safety and allow better circulation for the buses. During this time, the Island Explorer will provide fare-free bus service to Bubble Pond via the Loop Road (#4) and Jordan Pond (#5) routes.For the bus schedule and other Island Explorer information, please visit www.exploreacadia.com.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - United States Magistrate Judge Silvia Carreño-Coll authorized a criminal complaint charging Noel D. Cruz-Torres (“Cruz-Torres") with malicious use of explosives. Cruz-Torres was arrested after throwing Molotov cocktails at the DuPont Pioneer building in Salinas, PR, and at PRPD officers...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Anthony Lacomb, 30, of Biddeford, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to five years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and cocaine. Lacomb pleaded guilty on Feb. 24, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for receiving sexually explicit images of children from his computer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to a federal heroin crime, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Lamont Walter Haywood, 38, entered his guilty plea to distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On June 17, 2016, Robert Kenneth Cooley, 46, of South Hickiwan, Ariz., and a member of the Tohono O’odham Indian Nation, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Judge Frank R. Zapata to serve 99 months in prison for assault with a dangerous weapon and the use of a firearm during a crime of violence. Cooley had previously pleaded guilty to these offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Cross Lanes man pleaded guilty today to carjacking and a drug crime, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. David Allen Young, 24, entered his guilty plea to two counts of carjacking and one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY -Two bears died yesterday in Grand Teton National Park after they were struck by passing vehicles. The first, an adult female black bear, was struck on U.S. Highway 89 north of the Deadman's Bar Road Junction on Sunday, June 19 around 7:30 p.m. The second, a male grizzly bear cub of the year, was hit later the same evening on the North Park Road (U.S. Highway 89) between the Pilgrim Creek Road Junction and Colter Bay Junction.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management seeks the public’s help in reviewing its road and trail inventory for lands managed by the White River Field Office in northwestern Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Richard Grayson, 46, of Dallas, was sentenced on Friday by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 240 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in February 2016 to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Thomas Troy Bitter, 36, made his initial appearance in District Court today before Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after his arrest on St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, for using his e-mail account to send threatening communications, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Magistrate Miller remanded Bitter to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service pending detention and preliminary hearings scheduled for June 22, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: Outer Banks Group Superintendent David Hallac is pleased to announce that Ramp 63 is now open on Ocracoke Island. With the construction and completion of the new off-road vehicle ramp, additional access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s beautiful beaches are available for visitors to explore. Ramp...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Christopher Pappano, age 55, of Milton, Vermont, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on drug and weapons charges by U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford in U.S. District Court in Rutland on June 8, 2016. Judge Crawford also ordered Pappano to serve a five-year term of supervised release after completing his 10-year jail term.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: Skagway -Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park will host fun activities to celebrate the 40th birthday of the park on June 30. All events are free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pleaded guilty today to a federal heroin crime, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Lamont Walter Haywood, 38, entered his guilty plea to distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: Defendant Falsely Claimed He Was on Active Duty in Iraq When Two Condominiums Were Targeted for Foreclosure.
