News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: Defendant Placed Over 300 Calls to 911 Over a Six-Month Period.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that Dave Anglin of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced by the Honorable Judge Lynn Adelman to 168 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to commit armed robberies. Dave Anglin, his brother, Michael Anglin, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned a verdict today finding Edgar Solis guilty on a cocaine trafficking charge. The guilty verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in El Paso, Tex., and Albuquerque Police Chief Gorden Eden, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - DANIEL EUGENE HOWIE, 32, of Norman, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to serve 100 months in federal prison for having accessed, with intent to view, child pornography, announced Mark A. Yancey, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that yesterday in federal court, TERRY LAMONT SPELLER, 38, of Winterville, North Carolina, was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release following his prior guilty plea...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Three Syrian nationals, all current or former members of the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), were charged with multiple conspiracies related to computer hacking, according to two criminal complaints unsealed today here in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement ahead of President Obama’s visit to Argentina...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced a Hendersonville, N.C. man to 60 months in prison and three years of supervised release on firearms related offenses, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In June 2014, a federal jury convicted Warren Rosslyn Newell, 49, of two counts of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Allen M. Young, 39, of Barker, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methylone, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $2,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: Defendant took over 3,500 photos of, and sexually exploited a biological relative for a number of years.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Sergio Maldonado-Farias, 39, of Monroe, Washington, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. He was charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Feb. 22, 2016.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), held a hearing today to examine federal policies affecting education research and student privacy. Members and witnesses discussed how education research is used, how states can protect student privacy while conducting education research, and what improvements can be made to update and strengthen federal policies in these areas.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: To provide an update on the status of the proposed Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line project, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced the release of the preliminary preferred alternative for the project routes that the BLM is considering for inclusion in the Final Environmental Impact...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Putting the national spotlight on the importance of water sustainability, the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation released a basin-by-basin report that characterizes the impacts of climate change and details adaptation strategies to better protect major river basins in the West that are fundamental to the health, economy, security and ecology of 17 Western states.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 27 months in prison and three years’ supervised release on her conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ARIA MALEKI, 33, of Santa Ana, Calif., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to conspiring to defraud homeowners across the United States who were seeking mortgage loan modifications.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that DUNG THI NGOC NGUYEN, age 33, of Carrollton, Texas, pled guilty to THEFT BY OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OF GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ON INDIAN LANDS, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1168(b) and 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: A man from Warren, Ohio, and an Indiana man pleaded guilty to defrauding banks out of approximately $2.5 million through fraudulent short sales of gas stations in the Youngstown area and by other means, law enforcement officials said.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “The Administration’s Plan to Close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility: At What Foreign Policy and National Security Cost? ".
By USDA Newswire | Mar 22, 2016
News Release: Rural Business Cooperative-Service Administrator Sam Rikkers today announced that USDA is seeking applications for loans and grants to help support the start-up or expansion of rural businesses.
