News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Keyton Wayne Lieber, 37, of Las Cruces, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to the unlawful possession of a destructive device. The guilty plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - Stanshelle Renique Gaul has been ordered to prison following her conviction for preparing false client tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge D. Richard Goss, of IRS - Criminal Investigation (CI). Gaul pleaded guilty in September 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Brian Avery Smith, 43, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of bank fraud, was sentenced to 63 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Federal authorities and Huntington Beach Police officers this morning arrested 20 defendants indicted by a grand jury on charges of participating in a long-running telemarketing scheme that targeted small businesses and charities by selling them toner products for printers and photocopiers at grossly inflated prices.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jermaine Mitchell, a/k/a “Mello", 44, formerly of New Haven, Connecticut and Akeen Ocean, a/k/a “A", “Alex", 42, of Bangor, were convicted yesterday in U.S. District Court following a six-day jury trial of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 280 grams of cocaine base, commonly referred to as “crack.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of charges against JAMES DAVID WILLIAMS, STEVEN BROWN, and GERALD...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: Two people were injured today in a fire that destroyed three houseboats at a dry storage and maintenance facility just outside the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the arrest of MICHAEL BRYANT MARIN. MARIN is charged with communicating...
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - In an appearance on Fox News today, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the findings from the House Select Committee on Benghazi’s report reveals the extent to which the Obama administration’s initial public explanation of the Sept. 11, 2012, terror attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Libya deviated from on-the-ground reports and the administration’s own communications following the attack.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - The former Chief Investigator at the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, Anthony L. Robinson, appeared in federal court this morning and pleaded guilty, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney, to an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in June 2016 and unsealed today charging...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Woonsocket, R.I. woman was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with a scheme that defrauded dozens of Hispanic immigrants of over $700,000.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD - The Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble is returning to the national stage to celebrate the 100th birthday of the National Park System with performances at Badlands National Park and Wind Cave National Park this weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A disbarred New York attorney was sentenced today to 43 months in prison for his involvement in a ticket resale fraud scheme and a real estate investment fraud conspiracy that bilked multiple victims out of more than $3 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that ADRIAN MICHAEL SEAL, age 37, of Ada, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release for POSSESSION OF CERTAIN MATERIAL INVOLVING THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(4)(B) and 2252(b)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Bryan Kendall Pittsinger, 39, of Arlington, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means to the statutory maximum of 30 years in federal prison, following his guilty plea in March 2016 to one count of production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and New Haven Police Chief Dean Esserman today announced that an investigation into numerous drug overdoses, ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: Warm, dry, summer weather has taken hold of much of Wyoming increasing fire activity across the state as vegetation dries out. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming has already responded to approximately 30 fires burning over 3,000 acres of BLM managed lands during 2016. To prepare for the increased...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: Company Ordered to Forfeit All of its Assets.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -Water restrictions at Grand Canyon National Park have been scaled back to basic conservation measures. These measures include turning off the water while you shave or brush your teeth; running dishwashers or washing machines with only full loads and in eco mode if available; taking shorter showers; not washing vehicles; filling the sink with water while washing dishes; and reporting drips, leaks or other water loss to appropriate offices.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of charges against JAMES DAVID WILLIAMS, STEVEN BROWN, and GERALD...
