News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Ralph Dale Shepherd, 58, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to 12 years and seven months in prison for possession of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas area man, Jamie Jack Collins, 40, was sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 10 years in federal prison, following his guilty plea in October 2015 to an indictment charging two counts of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of prepubescent child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Inland Empire man who operated a fraudulent foreign currency exchange investment house and who arranged for an unauthorized wire transfer from a Pennsylvania car dealership was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison, and to pay $1,303,307 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - James Chisholm, 26, of Syracuse, New York was indicted on two counts of bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Andrew W. Vale, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing crack cocaine with the intent to distribute.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA -North Cascades National Park Service Complex will host a Centennial BioBlitz - a treasure hunt to discover living organisms -May 20 and 21, 2016 as part of the year-long celebration of 100 years of the National Park Service. Park rangers and scientists will lead volunteers of all ages...
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Richmond National Battlefield Park, in cooperation with the Department of Veterans Affairs, is sponsoring a Memorial Day program and wreath-laying to honor and remember those who have died in our nation's service - especially those soldiers and sailors from the Civil War. This annual event is scheduled...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former St. Clair County, Mo., sheriff’s deputy and a former county jail inmate each have pleaded guilty to their roles in a wire fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a man from Honduras pleaded guilty last week to submitting false information when applying for a passport.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Celebrate the night sky with us!On May 28th, 2016, The National Park Service and The Astronomers of the Verde Valley would like to invite the public to Tuzigoot National Monument to explore the skies.The star party will begin at 8:00pm with a presentation on Southern Sinagua Astronomy with Ken Zoll of...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two former deputies with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department were found guilty today of violating the civil rights of a mentally ill jail inmate by beating, kicking and pepper spraying the victim after he showed disrespect to a jail employee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: FBI Releases 2015 Preliminary Statistics for Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty.
By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today released the following statement regarding House Republicans’ Zika supplemental appropriations bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Raleigh McClam, age 36, and Savion Sharpe, age 22, both of District Heights, Maryland, with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor. The complaint was filed on May 5, 2016, and was unsealed on May 13, 2016, upon the arrest...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: First Hacker Convicted in Conspiracy to Steal 150,000 Press Releases from Three Major Newswire Companies for Use in Illicit Trades.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Oluwabunmi Idris Odu-Onikosi, 29, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for using stolen identities to obtain fraudulent federal income tax refunds, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Christina Hernandez, 39, resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, appeared in court today and pleaded not guilty to an eleven-count indictment charging her with health care fraud and embezzlement from a health care benefits program, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Moustafa Ahmed Ibrahim, 37, of Harrisonburg, Virginia pleaded guilty today to paying bribes to public officials in order to obtain government contracts for his company.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Two Men Extradited from Mexico and Charged with Participation in Murder of ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata and Attempted Murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila.
