News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Multiple defendants appeared today in federal court in Huntington, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Donald Henry Dugan, 55, of Nevada City, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Charles Jacob Jarvis, aka Jake Jarvis, age 29, of Yakima, Washington, was sentenced on March 3, 2016 for Distribution of Child Pornography. Senior United States District Judge Lonny R. Suko sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Two White Sulphur Springs men appeared today in federal court in Beckley on drug charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 7, 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, released the following statement after the Department of Education announced that it would refund money to all military borrowers who were charged more than...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park Seeking Volunteers for “Park Day" Trench Trail Expansion Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: A Cleveland woman was sentenced to prison for collecting her deceased mother’s Supplmental Security Income benefits for more than 30 years, said Acting U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. will serve as judge for the P.S. 69-Houghton Academy Moot Court. The moot court is part of a pilot program involving the United States Attorney’s Office and MAD DADS.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Leda Giggey, 45, of Mars Hill, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute bath salts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A self-employed loan broker today admitted using bogus documents and simultaneous applications at multiple banks to fraudulently obtain home equity lines of credit, resulting in losses of $1.3 million, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Humberto Rodriguez, 33, of Malheur County, Oregon, was sentenced on Thursday, March 3, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken to 60 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm. Following his release from prison, Rodriguez will be on supervised release for four years.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jennifer Miller, 28, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor was sentenced to 70 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - A United States District Court jury convicted David Guy, 61, of New Richmond, Ohio of 11 counts of obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children, one count of attempted production of child pornography, three counts of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Salt Flat, Sister national parks, Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains share more than just 45 miles of Chihuahuan desert landscape between the two parks. They share an active highway rest stop that attracts ten of thousands of visitors every year traveling from El Paso, Texas to Carlsbad, New Mexico along the main state highway. Seeing an opportunity for outreach, Texas Department of Transportation agreed to host a Centennial exhibit at the rest area.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Gateway National Recreation Area (Gateway) is currently in phase one of rehabilitating the Sandy Hook Beach Center Areas for sustainability and resiliency as the park continues to recover after Hurricane Sandy. All of the beach centers at Sandy Hook suffered extensive damage during the storm. The work...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will conduct a referendum on proposed amendments to the federal marketing order for raisins produced from grapes grown in California.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the guilty plea of a Roanoke woman on charges that she conspired with others to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - A Land O’ Lakes businessman was sentenced by a judge in federal court today to 174 months in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - An Arizona man who didn’t realize he was texting with a Wichita police officer pleaded guilty Monday to driving five pounds of methamphetamine to Kansas, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii sentenced four defendants today after being found guilty in a November 2015 trial for a tax refund scheme that claimed over $33 million in refunds, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
