News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of violating federal bankruptcy laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph M. Tripi, who is handling the case, stated that as a member of the 7th Street Gang, the defendant sold cocaine, heroin and marijuana. In addition, Ortiz possessed and stored firearms at his 7th Street residence on behalf of other gang members.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: Syrian Electronic Army Member Extradited to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: Defendant Paid a Potential Witness to Leave Town During the Probe.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Suzanne Marie Villa, 37, of Carlsbad, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 24 months in prison for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction. Villa will be on supervised release for three years after completing her prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Babulal Bera, 83, of La Palma, pleaded guilty today to making excessive campaign contributions and making campaign contributions in the name of another.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court yesterday, LEANDER DEWEY JONES, 64, of Raleigh, North Carolina, pled guilty before Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox, to one count of manufacturing child pornography (CP).
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jimmy Marquez, 38, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 60 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - George Muzio, Jr., age 34, of Cohoes, New York, was charged and arrested last week for possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Hollister, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for producing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: An ancient and impressive wildlife migration is occurring in our midst. The spring spawning run of American shad is a timeless ritual, one that has taken place in the Delaware River for the past 10,000 years. On May 21st, World Fish Migration Day, the National Park Service will celebrate this rite of...
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, AZ-Walnut Canyon National Monument will be closed Monday, May 23, 2016 due to a scheduled power outage by APS. Access to the monument including the visitor center, trails, picnic area and parking lot will be closed during this time. The monument will reopen at 9:00 am on Tuesday, May 24, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Vernon Hawkins, who worked on an off-the-books get-out-the-vote effort preceding the 2010 District of Columbia mayoral primary, was sentenced today to six months of incarceration after earlier pleading guilty to making a false statement to federal authorities who were investigating allegations involving his candidate’s campaign.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey D. Hill (619) 546-7924.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: The Artist-In-Residence program at Homestead National Monument of America will soon begin for the season! The first artist, writer Michael Knisely, will spend May 15 -28, 2016 at Homestead, offering public workshops on May 15,May 21, and May 22, starting at Homestead's Education Center.There is no registration necessary and the program is free. This is the eighth year of the monument's Artist-in-Residence program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: New Jersey Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIL.
By DOE Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today announced four hearings that will be held over the next two weeks. The full committee will consider the Department of Energy’s nominee for inspector general, examine the status of advanced nuclear technologies, and conduct oversight of the Bureau ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On May 9, 2016, Dr. Randal Curtis Pruitt, 44, of Salt Lake City, Utah, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 18 months in prison. Pruitt was also ordered to pay $478,549 in restitution and perform 100 hours of community service while serving a three-year term of supervised release upon release from prison. Pruitt had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, and Special Agent in Charge Timothy Gallagher of the FBI’s Newark Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2016
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A Sherman, Ill., man, Joseph J. Chernis, IV, is scheduled to appear for arraignment on June 7, 2016, in federal court, to face charges that he violated the Clean Air Act and made false statements related to asbestos removal at the former Pillsbury Mills / Cargill facility in Springfield.
