News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging a California man with trafficking methamphetamine, said Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Timothy J. Plancon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Fargo - U.S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on May 4, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed the conviction and sentence of Aaron A. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- A federal jury convicted John David McGaha today of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge Bertram Fairries.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Desmond Janqdhari, 29, of Philadelphia, was sentenced on May 2, 2016, to 481 months in prison for armed carjacking, robbery, and firearms crimes. On Jan. 28, 2016, a federal jury found Janqdhari guilty of robbery which interfered with interstate commerce (Hobbs Act robbery), armed carjacking, and two counts of using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: A man was indicted for robbing two Canton banks last month, Acting U.S. Carole Rendon said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Christopher Bowers Admits to Robbing Drug Dealer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: CLEVELAND - Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging a California man with trafficking. George Schepp, 53, transported more than one kilogram of methamphetamine for distribution into the Cleveland metropolitan area in April of 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MAURICE EARLEY, 50, of Seymour, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Allison Newberg, a graduate of The Ohio State University, will help prepare not just one, but three parks (Obed WSR, Big South Fork NRRA, & Manhattan Project NHP ) for the National Park Service’s 100th anniversary in 2016. She is one of 70 energetic, young Centennial Volunteer Ambassador interns recently selected to spend the next year connecting local communities to parks through volunteer group service opportunities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violation federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Wesley Breeden, 30, of Springfield, Va., was sentenced today to 28 months in prison for traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Paul M. Abbate, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Gordon L. Montgomery, 57, of Batavia, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Terrance Barimah, 28, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, pleaded guilty today to failure to appear for sentencing, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. The defendant was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise on July 15, 2015.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Wednesday, May 11, to consider two Social Security and Medicare Trustees nominations. The hearing will take place at 3:00 p.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -Glacier National Park continues its boat inspections and permit process for this summer as part of an ongoing aquatic invasive species (AIS) prevention program. Westward expansion of zebra and quagga mussels, and other aquatic invasive species transported mainly on recreational watercraft...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of bank robbery, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violation federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Edgemont, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Transportation of a Minor, Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet, and Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today released the following statement in response to partisan subpoenas issued by Chairmen Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Fred Upton (R-MI), requiring the U.S.
