News from June 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: Glacier National ParkMedia Release. June 16, 2016. Margie Steigerwald 406 888-5838. Tim Rains 406 888-7895. MEDIA16-35. Going-to-the-Sun Road Anticipated to Open Tomorrow. Drivers Encouraged to Drive with Care. WEST GLACIER, MONT. -Vehicle access through Logan Pass on the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - On June 15, 2016, after deliberating for approximately two hours, a federal grand jury of eight men and four women found Christopher Welshans guilty of Distribution and Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO:Repairs to Akers Ferry, located at Akers on the upper Current River, are underway.The main support posts for the ferry will be replaced beginning on June 20.In order to accomplish this work, heavy equipment will be in place on the ferry ramp on the north side of the Current River.While...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, Scott L. Thompson, of Sesser, IL, pled guilty to bankruptcy fraud charges pending against him in federal court in Benton, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today. Thompson was indicted on Feb. 2, 2016, as part of an effort to crackdown on those who commit fraud during the course of bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Franklin McVay, 30, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was convicted and sentenced today for escape, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Tawanda LaKaye Burkett, 40, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for sex trafficking of a minor. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Committee members Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Michael Bennett (D-Colo.) today introduced the Family First Prevention Services Act, a bill to combat the opioid addiction crisis, keep more children...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: Defendant Sexually Abused Teenage Boy, Took Photos.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: Company to pay $5 Million Criminal Fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: One Victim Was Murdered, and Two Victims Were Shot in the Abdomen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Tawanda LaKaye Burkett, 40, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for sex trafficking of a minor. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) released today firearm trace data for all individual U.S. states and territories for calendar year 2015. Trace information provides investigative leads to law enforcement and can link a suspect to a firearm in a criminal investigation.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will conduct a three-day training event in Illinois August 2 - 4, 2016, to educate federal agency safety and health personnel on how to provide safe and healthful workplaces for federal employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - On June 15, 2016, after deliberating for approximately two hours, a federal grand jury of eight men and four women found Christopher Welshans guilty of Distribution and Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Trevon Jackson, age 24, of Wilkes-Barre pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik in Scranton pursuant to a plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JERRY COX, age 72, of Franklinton, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to structuring financial transactions to avoid federal reporting requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: A Florida Department of Health supervisor in Broward County was charged with accepting a bribe from home builders.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: Earlier today, David Gotterup pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, to conspiracy to commit wire fraud by defrauding distressed homeowners in a loan modification scheme. When sentenced, Gotterup faces up to 30 years in prison, as well as restitution, criminal forfeiture, and a fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: DALLAS, Texas - A licensed physician from North Richland Hills, Texas, Byron Felton Conner, 48, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud stemming from a scheme to defraud Medicare through the submission of false claims for physician home visits and home health care services. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Jarrod Terrell Hazelton, age 33, of Parkville, Maryland, a former employee at the Quarantine Road Landfill (Landfill), today to two years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy and wire fraud in connection...
