News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Brandon L. Bjorkman, 39, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 41 months in prison by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard, for possession of child pornography. After his release from prison, Bjorkman will also serve five years of supervised release and be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An associate of the Orange County Mexican Mafia criminal enterprise, who pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges related to his role in the Orange County Mexican Mafia, has been sentenced to serve over five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After deliberating just under two hours, a federal jury of nine men and three women found Derrick Grant guilty of three crimes on May 27, 2016: bank robbery, armed bank robbery, and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT -The Going-to-the-Sun Road is open to vehicles as far as the Avalanche picnic area on the west side, and Jackson Glacier Overlook on the east side of the park Memorial Day weekend hikers and bikers may travel as far as conditions allow.Visitors are encouraged to exercise caution when...
By Federal Newswire | May 27, 2016
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors Co. (GM) today announced The Ohio State University as the winner of this year’s EcoCAR 3 – Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition during an awards ceremony at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego. This marks the second stage of a four-year competition set to conclude in 2018. Ohio State has now secured first place for three consecutive years, including the final year of EcoCAR 2.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: Boston - A 16-year veteran officer of the Lawrence Police Department was arrested last night in connection with attempting to use his position as a police officer to extort cocaine from a drug trafficker.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE -United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Juvenal Aguilar-Gonzalez, 33, of Mexico, pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported. Aguilar-Gonzalez, who was arrested on March 18, 2016, was immediately sentenced to time served.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Mahmoud Amin Mohamed Elhassan, 26, of Woodbridge, was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), aiding and abetting the provision of material support to ISIL, and false statements.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA -Death Valley National Park seeks public input regarding possible camping and entrance fee increases. Most park fees have been unchanged since January 2006. The National Park Service is also considering charging a fee for temporary tours into Grapevine Canyon to Scotty's Castle.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - Two Rockford, Ill. brothers were sentenced before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala on drug charges. Today, TIERRE A. BAZZELLE, 39, who pleaded guilty on Dec. 16, 2015, to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to 127 months in federal prison, to be followed by four years’ supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that the owner of apartment complexes in Pulaski County, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court to an $18.2 million fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland -Vinnie Lysander Taylor, a/k/a “T," age 44, of Wilmington, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Georgia, pleaded guilty on May 26, 2016, to charges of receiving and selling industrial grade silicone, but representing to customers that it was medical grade silicone.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Spokane - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Jason C. Youker, age 42, of Oroville, Washington, was sentenced yesterday, after a jury previously found him guilty on Dec. 16, 2015, of 32 felony counts relating to his leadership of a drug...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan-U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced the holding of an employer summit today in West Michigan as part of the Department of Justice’s Smart on Crime initiative. The U.S. Attorney’s Office and WMU-Cooley Law School are hosting the event to encourage local employers to consider increasing their talent pool through the hiring of returning citizens-formerly incarcerated individuals transitioning to the workplace.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - James Garcia, 46, of Grants, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 36 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for violating the federal firearms laws.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS), in its ongoing commitment to keep Arlington Memorial Bridge open and safe, has completed a year long, $4 million emergency repair project. At the recommendation of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) bridge engineers, the 10-ton weight restriction remains in effect but the curbside lanes are reopened.
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, “Protecting America from the Threat of ISIS." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The United States Attorney’s Office is joining with the Cedar Rapids Police Department to hold a second Town Hall to discuss the opioid and heroin epidemic that has impacted the city. To help raise awareness and to educate young people on the dangers of addiction, the FBI and DEA have...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: The Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today that James Antwon Johnson, 24, of East Saint Louis, Illinois, pled guilty to a firearm offense in the U.S. District Court in East Saint Louis, Illinois. Johnson was charged with Unlawful Possession...
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 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 on the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed regulation on the accountability provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
