News from June 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: FBI Seeks Missing Norman Rockwell Painting Stolen 40 Years Ago Today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Shavon Royal, 21, of Lackawanna, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine base within 1,000 feet of public housing property, was sentenced to time-served (14 months) by Senior U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - U.S. Attorney Walt Green, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, and Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey S. Sallet of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New Orleans Division announced today that KELLIE M. DOMINIQUE, age 37...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -As part of its centennial commemoration, the National Park Service announces its designation of award-winning author, poet, and lecturer Dr. Sonia Sanchez as the poet laureate of the NPS Centennial.Sanchez will bring her powerful blend of art and activism to share the message that, in addition...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on June 28, 2016, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Jeremy J. Neumann (age: 37) of Neenah, Wisconsin, charging him with arson of a building in violation of Title 18, United States Code, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Lance Green, 36, formerly of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of murder in aid of racketeering. Green was scheduled to stand trial on July 11 in the second of three trials involving the organized criminal enterprise known as the Short North Posse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Nine men have been charged in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with distributing heroin and cocaine in the Bristol County area. Six men from southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island were charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine, and three New Bedford residents, in a separate...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Delvin Barnes, 38, of Charles City County, Virginia, was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for kidnapping. Barnes pleaded guilty to the charge on Sept. 10, 2015. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge J. Curtis Joyner ordered a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: SAN JOSE -Ferdinand Pasion Arafiles, AKA Dennis Arafiles, appeared in court today and was arraigned on charges he defrauded a Bay Area manufacturer and seller of networking equipment and services, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The appearance follows an indictment handed down by a federal grand jury on June 23, 2016, and unsealed earlier today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Andrew Dufresne, 44, of Manchester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in the United States District Court to robbing the People’s United Bank, 1750 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire on April 9, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced that United States District Court Judge Landya McCafferty sentenced Tiffany Ramos to serve 60 months in federal prison. Ramos, who resided in Manchester prior to arrest, previously pleaded guilty to distributing controlled substances and possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for possessing over 600 images and videos of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Charles Tom Davisson II, 56, previously pleaded guilty to the federal child pornography crime. After Davisson is released from prison, he will be on supervised release for 25 years and will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Raequon Allen, 21, Fitchburg, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge William M. Conley to 10 years in federal prison for committing an armed robbery of a Madison business in January 2015, and for brandishing a firearm during the robbery. Allen pleaded guilty to these charges on April 26, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David A. Capp, announced that Brian Reider, 55, of Valparaiso, Indiana was sentenced before Senior District Court Judge James T. Moody for one count of production of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management released a plan guiding management in the 210,000-acre Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area, including the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness. Congress, based on broad local support, designated these public lands as a National Conservation Area in 2009 for their unique geologic, cultural and ecological resources in the spectacular canyon country of the Uncompahgre Plateau.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David A. Capp, announced that Brian Reider, 55, of Valparaiso, Indiana was sentenced before Senior District Court Judge James T. Moody for one count of production of child pornography and one count of distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Nitro methamphetamine dealer pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Jamisa Hairston, 25, entered her guilty plea to distribution of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the National Park Foundation (NPF) announced the first-ever study providing a comprehensive economic valuation of America's national parks and the programming provided by the National Park Service (NPS). The study, conducted by Professor John Loomis and Research Associate Michelle...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: According to Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joel L. Violanti and Wei Xiang, who handled the case, between 2004 and June 2010, the defendant was the head of the Rounds Crew which committed numerous acts of violence and narcotics trafficking on the East Side of Buffalo encompassing Broadway and several intersecting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 30, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Tariq Hicks, age 48, of Owings Mills, Maryland, today to 65 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for bank fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft arising from a scheme to use stolen credit information...
