News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: BILLINGS - Olaf James Haugen, 29, of Lame Deer was sentenced today to 210 months in prison and 10 years’ supervised release for rape. Federal District Court Judge Susan P. Watters issued the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - The leader of a Chicago drug trafficking organization pleaded guilty in federal court today to distributing more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and laundering the proceeds by purchasing luxury cars and leasing high-rent properties.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas - On June 6,the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, Nevada Division of Forestry, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service are implementing fire restrictions in Southern Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that SAMANTHA LEE SMITH, age 21, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, pled guilty to DRUG CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), punishable by not less than 10 years or more than life imprisonment, up to a $10,000,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Texas man was sentenced Wednesday to 60 months in prison for possessing cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA News Release. June 2, 2016. Release No.: 2016-30. Contact list (alphabetical by agency). Bureau of Land Management (702) 515-5057. Clark County Fire Department (702) 455-7311. Mt. Charleston Fire District (702) 305-4010...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Two additional defendants connected to a Lansing, Michigan area family-run tax scam were sentenced in federal court, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today. Defendant Ruqayya Aida Abdul-Hakim was sentenced to a term of 72 months (six years) in prison, three years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Quarrel, 81, of Deming, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to two years of probation for violating the Archeological Resource Protection Act (ARPA). The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Clark Beene of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Region 5 of Office of Law Enforcement and Security.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two men today admitted their roles in a computer hacking and identity theft scheme that hijacked customer email accounts, stole personally identifiable information (PII) from millions of people, and generated more than $2 million in illegal profits, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Step back in time with a picnic at the historic Sanson Ranch in Wind Cave National Park on Saturday, June 18, as part of the celebration of the Centennial of the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: FBI Seeking Information on Armed Robbers of Gun Shop.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Angel Rae Klein, 27, of Wheeling, pled guilty today to heroin trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service Midwest Region is partnering with the Innovators Educational Foundation to showcase science innovation by hosting the 2016 American Solar Challenge. University teams from around the world will design and build solar-powered cars, and then drive them 1,800 miles on the open road, visiting 9 Midwest parks in 7 states.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today kicked off National Homeownership Month by highlighting USDA's ongoing role to help people buy homes in rural areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A registered sex offender from Kansas was charged in federal court here Thursday with picking up a 16-year-old girl in Virginia and taking her across state lines to have sex with him, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva today hailed the newly announced U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) rule prohibiting most forms of domestic commercial ivory trading. The rule is the finalization of a July 2015 administration proposed rule under the Endangered Species Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Guns, Drugs, Cash seized from Defendant with Lengthy Criminal History.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute a quantity of heroin, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A federal jury convicted a Dorchester man with witness tampering by attempting to kill a man, and for his role in a multi-state sex trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 20-count indictment today against Mark Merrill Reynolds, 60, of Fresno, charging him with embezzlement, mail fraud, and money laundering, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
