News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Maria Del Carmen Flores Beltran, 43, of Stephenson, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for selling over 400 grams of cocaine and a dozen firearms, ammunition and a fake grenade to ATF agents in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A jury voted today to acquit Cumhur Aydin, age 45, on a charge of transporting an alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on June 3, 2016, Nicholas J. Perjak, 35, formerly of Waterloo, IL, was sentenced on a four-count Superseding Indictment charging him, in Count 1, with Attempt to Access with Intent to View Child...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to "Fish Printing," a special Junior Ranger program held on Saturday, June 18, 2016 at 10:00 am. Join a park ranger for this 45-minute program to discover some of the fish that live in the water along the Parkway. Following the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston lawyer pleaded guilty today to disrupting a state court proceeding by repeatedly encouraging the victim of a hate crime to ignore calls from state and federal law enforcement officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: Nine Members of the Conspiracy Convicted of Terrorism Charges in Largest Multi-Defendant ISIL-Related Case in United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Last night, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) sent the following letter to Secretary of State John Kerry after it was revealed that the U.S. Department of State intentionally deleted video footage of a question and answer exchange related to secret bilateral talks with Iran on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action during a Dec. 2, 2013 State Department press briefing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CAROL JOHN, a/k/a INES ISABEL RUIZ, a/k/a CAROL ATKINS, age 56, a citizen of Panama, was charged today in a two-count Indictment for making a false statement in an application for a U.S. passport and reentry of removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: Bellevue Man was Key Administrator for ‘Dark Web’ Site Distributing Drugs and other Illegal Contraband.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: Owner of ‘Cross’ Group of Dispensaries Operated in Violation of Federal and State Law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On June 2, 2016, after a two-day trial in U.S District Court, a federal jury convicted Brandon Scott Woodley, 34, of Knoxville, Tenn., of knowingly possessing ammunition after having previously been convicted of a felony. Woodley has been in custody since his arrest in September 2015...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Jermaine Carr, 34, of Riverdale, Illinois, received a three-year sentence in federal prison for tampering with a witness related to his brother’s federal drug charges on June 2, 2016. The witness was assisting law enforcement officers with an investigation into Jermaine Carr’s brother, Daniel Carr, for heroin trafficking.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretaries Lew, Kerry, Pritzker, and Ambassador Froman...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: MINERAL, CA -On Saturday, June 11, the Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway will open to hikers and bicyclists from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. for the Hike & Bike the Highway event. "This is an opportunity for visitors to enjoy this scenic route and its magnificent vistas at their own pace," stated Park...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: A former Bellevue, Washington resident who assisted in the management of the Silk Road 2.0 website was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to eight years in prison and four years of supervised release for Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances, announced United States Attorney Annette...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - - Federal and local agencies have united under the U.S. Marshals Service banner to help reduce violence in the City of Newark as an extension of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Violence Reduction Initiative. The U.S. Marshals Service in the District of New Jersey and the U.S. Marshals...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: Former Maryland Resident Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - The owner of a Lombard weight-loss center and a Burr Ridge physician have been charged with conspiracy and other crimes related to dispensing appetite-suppressant drugs without a legitimate medical purpose.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Cordario Marcell Uzzle, 23, of Virginia Beach, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for sex trafficking of a child. He was also sentenced to 10 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on June 2, 2016, Victoria Elaine Reyes, a/k/a Victoria Elaine Allen, 46, Taft, California, was sentenced before U.S. District Daniel L. Hovland on charges of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance (Heroin).
