News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Richard A. Yang, 36, of Providence, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to participating in conspiracies to operate large-scale marijuana grow facilities inside a converted Providence mill building. Yang is one of eight individuals charged in February 2016 by way of a federal superseding indictment for participating in conspiracies to operate marijuana grow facilities inside the former mill building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - Earlier today in Central Islip, NY, Bradley Bender, former Southampton Town Councilman, was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment, three years supervised release and $5,000 forfeiture, following his guilty plea on Nov. 24, 2015, to conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone. The sentencing proceedings were held before U.S. District Judge Arthur D. Spatt.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the selection of three California water districts to receive $3 million total in Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency grants for Fiscal Year 2016. The grants, combined with local cost share contributions, total more than $6 million slated for water management improvement projects to be implemented during the next two years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Miguel Angel Diaz, age 40, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 121 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Diaz, of the Bronx, New York, served as the source of supply for a Wilmington-based drug organization, known as the “30th Street Crew,".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child and Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child as a result of a federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota, beginning June 21, 2016 and concluding on June 23, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Detroit, MI - Following the third anniversary of the 2013 Supreme Court Shelby County v. Holder decision which stripped away critical provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13) will host a voting rights forum in Detroit on Tuesday, June 28th at 6: 0 PM. The forum will be held at the University of Detroit Mercy Law School.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - Thomas Kevin Hamel, 67, of St. Ignace, Michigan, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a minor, U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge R. Allan Edgar ordered Hamel to serve five years of supervised release from prison, to pay a fine of $25,000 and a $100 special assessment. Hamel will also be required to register as a sexual offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Mylan Skye Velarde, 30, a member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation who resides in Dulce, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an assault charge, announced U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Chief Sylvester Stanley of the Jicarilla Apache Tribal Police Department.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: (Washington D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, was joined by 37 Senators in introducing a resolution to honor the 44th Anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). Congress enacted...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: WEAVERVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management and the Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP) wish to advise visitors that the Bucktail River Access off Browns Mountain Road will be limited from July 5 to September 15. Although open on weekends, weekday access will be limited as a safety precaution during construction of a river channel rehabilitation project at this location.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Fugitive Eric Michael Schuster Now in FBI Custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - William Delonta Granberry, 37, of Hughesville, Maryland, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, to be followed by three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that former Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office Detective DAWN C. FORET, age 38, of Houma, was charged today in a one count Bill of Information for theft of government funds.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Oyster Bay, NY - Join us on June 30th, 2016 at the Oyster Bay Historical Society for a talk on The Naturalist: Theodore Roosevelt, a Lifetime of Exploration, and the Triumph of American Natural History given by author Darrin Lunde. This free program and book signing is provided by Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, the Oyster Bay Historical Society, and Eastern National. Copies of The Naturalist will be available for purchase at the presentation.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: The Department of Energy (DOE) announced $68.4 million for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects that will help to secure the safe and permanent storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) during carbon capture and storage (CCS) operations. Funding is subject to the availability of appropriations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Law enforcement has taken a 57-year-old La Joya man into federal custody on allegations that he pointed a laser at a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopter, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Kenneth Wayne Fisher, Jr., age 40, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Shreveport man pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing a pistol and cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: On Saturday, July 9, 2016, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to attend An Evening with the Charles Washington Symphony Orchestra.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Donta Betts, age 20, of Baltimore, today to 15 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for making a destructive device in connection with the April 27, 2015, riots in Baltimore and, in an unrelated case, for discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime on July 2, 2015.
