News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: On June 10, 2016, a former Miami Beach resident pled guilty for his participation in a $207 million dollar mail fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Anthony Dominic Whiley, 27, a former resident of Douglas County, Oregon, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken to a six-year prison term for being a felon in possession of firearms. In January 2016, Whiley, pled guilty to possessing three stolen guns after having been previously convicted in 2008 for burglarizing and attempting to burglarize residences in Snohomish County, Washington.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: TWIN FALLS, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Twin Falls District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet Friday, June 17 at 8:00 a.m. at the BLM Twin Falls District Office, 2878 Addison Ave. E., Twin Falls. The period from 8:15-8:45 a.m. is set aside for public comment and questions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Philip Brown, 24 of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to RICO conspiracy. Keys faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: Indictments Include Drug Trafficking, Fraud, Firearms Possession And Livestock Theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a federal grand jury in Scranton returned an indictment on June 14, 2016, charging a 39-year-old East Stroudsburg man with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force and coercion, and interstate transportation of others for purposes of prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted Dontae Small, age 42, an inmate at the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC) and Kimberly Duckfield, a/k/a “Sincere," age 29, of Hagerstown, Maryland on charges arising from a scheme to defraud a financial institution through credit card fraud.
By State Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: Dear Mr. President: We understand that you will soon make a decision on Russia’s request to significantly upgrade the sensors it employs in reconnaissance flights made over the United States under the Open Skies Treaty. Given the threat to U.S. national security and Russia’s continued failure to uphold...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal jury convicted Keevus Weeks, 32, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of heroin and oxycodone trafficking today, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: A report released today by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) revealed a number of weaknesses in the Department of Education’s federal Direct Loan program, which provides loans to undergraduate and graduate students and their families. Requested by Republican leaders in the House ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On June 15, 2016, Robert Breon Evans, 60, of Caryville, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge, to serve 160 months in federal prison as a result of his conviction for distribution and possession of child pornography. Following his release...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: The owner of a business in Cleveland’s Lee-Harvard neighborhood was fined $250,000 and sentenced to six months of house arrest for lying to federal agents about paying cash to city officials, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, Bert Donadelle, Jr., 26, of Georgia, pleaded guilty in District Court on St. Thomas to possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Penn Hills, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to five years’ probation with four months to be served in community confinement and six months’ home detention on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: Potomac, Md. -The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O Canal) National Historical Park will celebrate the "Good Old Days of the Canal Era" this weekend, June 18th-19th, at the Great Falls Tavern located at 11710 Macarthur Boulevard Northwest, Potomac, MD. The event is open to the public and will feature activities for all ages from 10 am - 4 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO -A federal grand jury indicted John Holdaway and Kevin Kyes yesterday with conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted Dontae Small, age 42, an inmate at the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC) and Kimberly Duckfield, a/k/a “Sincere," age 29, of Hagerstown, Maryland on charges arising from a scheme to defraud a financial institution through credit card fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger and Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service Minneapolis Division Louis Stephens today announced the conviction of ZIBO LI, 31, for conspiring to traffic in stolen cell phones. LI led a conspiracy to traffic more than $3.8 million in stolen cellular devices throughout the United States and Hong Kong.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Three Pittsburgh residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy and attempt to commit robbery and violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2016
News Release: On June 14, 2016, Keenon J. Farr, a/k/a "Keeno," 32, of Murphysboro, IL, was sentenced for a crack cocaine offense, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.
