News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Dylan Allen Jeffries, 26, of Clifton Forge, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for coercion or enticement of a minor. Jeffries was also sentenced to 10 years of supervised release and ordered to register as a sex offender upon release from prison.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today welcomed the White House’s Executive Order promoting global entrepreneurship and internet access in developing countries. The measure mirrors part of bipartisan legislation, H.R. 5537, the Digital Global Access Policy Act of 2016, introduced by Chairman Royce earlier this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - James Aubrey Brown, IV, 40, of Woodbridge, who was convicted by a federal jury on charges of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor on March 3, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his crimes. Brown was also sentenced to five years of supervised release and ordered to register as a sex offender upon release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Crimes Took Place in 2013 and 2014 at Northwest Washington School.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: DNA Later Linked Him to the Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Zachary Smith, 28, of Elmira, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to deal firearms without a license and possession of stolen firearms, was sentenced to 92 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Joseph Buttercase, 34, formerly of Nebraska City, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Omaha, Nebraska, to 3 years in prison by United States Senior District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon, for production and transportation of obscene material. Buttercase...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Redwood National and State Parks Superintendent Stephen Prokop and Brett Silver announced today that the four-mile Rellim Ridge Trail between Howland Hill Road and Hamilton Road is now open to bicycle use. “We’re pleased to offer a new opportunity to promote active recreation in the redwoods," Prokop...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces that on June 17, 2016, United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Willie Richard Short, age 63, of Loxley, Alabama, to serve 6 months in prison and pay $2.2 million in restitution for his role in criminal offenses which involved the buying and selling of stolen polysilicon, and the laundering of proceeds from these illegal transactions.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Long days of abundant sunshine and limited rainfall mean that grasses, shrubs and even trees are beginning to dry out in the Northern Rockies and Northern Plains.Whether outside for work or play, individuals need to be careful so their actions don't accidentally spark a wildfire.Something as simple as...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal grand jury has returned a total of seven separate indictments against individuals alleged to have filed multiple bankruptcy cases to prevent creditors from initiating foreclosure proceedings against their properties, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Following an eight-day trial before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater, a federal jury has convicted two men who were on a flight last year that was diverted to Amarillo on the felony offense of interference with a flight crew and aiding and abetting, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a North Carolina man pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing a sexually explicit image of a Lafayette minor.
By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement about the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge L. Scott Coogler today sentenced Aaron M. Richardson (27, Jacksonville) to 343 years in federal prison for his attempt to assassinate United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan and 23 related offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: EMMETT, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation has prepared a Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the construction of a third hydroelectric generating unit at Black Canyon Diversion Dam on the Payette River near Emmett, Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - An Elgin resident pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to federal fraud charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement today applauding President Obama for designating a new national monument at the historic site of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City to honor the broad movement for LGBT equality.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A resident of the Philippines has been charged in connection with a large-scale and sophisticated identity theft scheme targeting high-profile victims, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - A local man was indicted June 21, 2016 by a federal grand jury in Rockford, Ill. on bank robbery, robbery affecting interstate commerce and firearm charges.
