News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Patrick Mara, 36, of Bakersfield, a former detective with the Bakersfield Police Department (BPD), pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and 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: Investigative Update Regarding Pulse Nightclub Shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today the Berks County area release of “Operation Trojan Horse," which is a coordinated effort between the DEA and state and local law enforcement agencies to combat the current prescription opioid and heroin abuse epidemic.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Commerce Department's National Technical Information Service (NTIS) has reached a turning point. The agency published a Federal Register notice (FRN) announcing a new joint venture partnership (JVP) opportunity focused on improving access, analysis and use of federal data and it is welcoming a new director, Avi Bender, formerly the chief technology officer at the U.S. Census Bureau.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Three people were sentenced last week for conspiring to defraud the United States and filing fraudulent tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Hugo Escarcega-Quinones, 30, a resident of Bernalillo County, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating the federal narcotics trafficking and firearms laws. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Escarcega-Quinones will be sentenced to ten years in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to operate an interstate sex trafficking business, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: Defendant, who Faces Enhanced Sentence of Mandatory Life Imprisonment, Being Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood & “Worst of Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: Follow-up OSHA inspection finds workplace safety problems persist
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Stephen T. Callis, 47, of Richmond, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for enticement of a minor, and sex trafficking of children. Callis was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release and to register as a sex offender upon release from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: Young Moms-Healthy Families Visit the Buffalo on Picnic-in-the-Park Day.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: Dinosaur, Colorado -A $5.6 million construction project to improve the road to Deerlodge Park within Dinosaur National Monument will begin on June 23, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: Two climbers were rescued on June 19th, from Disappointment Cleaver at 13,500' on Mount Rainier. The climbing team was overtaken by extreme weather while descending from a successful summit. They dug a snow cave and waited out the weather at 14,300' just below the crater rim. They activated their SPOT...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Tamika Woods, 31, of Marion Junction, Alabama was sentenced for her participation in aiding and abetting in the filing of fraudulent tax returns. Court documents reflect that Woods worked for a tax service in the Selma area, and that tax returns were filed reflecting refunds that were not owed. Woods pled guilty to the charge in February of 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement on the path forward for a House-Senate conference on energy legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Daniel Pete Valdez, 44, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a sexual abuse charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- On June 15, 2016, a Federal grand jury returned three separate indictments charging Travis L. Wilkerson, Jean Ostolaza-Cruz and Rubén Bautista-Alcántara with theft of government property, among other charges, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Douglas Harville, 28, who was convicted of Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Conspiracy (RICO Conspiracy), was sentenced to 210 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
