News from May 2016
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: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal Grand Jury in Scranton indicted Damone Whitley, age 22, on May 3, 2016, with making false statements to a federally licensed firearms dealer.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), The Friends of the Agua Fria National Monument (FAFNM), and Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) will be teaming up to hold the first Agua Fria Day, May 7. The event is to celebrate the Agua Fria National Monument (AFNM) and how different organizations support it.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Webb City, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for transporting a minor across state lines for illicit sex.
By DOL Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Employer name: US GreenFiber LLC. Inspection site: 1 Passan Drive, Building 2, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued one willful, four serious, and two other-than-serious citations on April 28, 2016. Inspection...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - National Park Service (NPS) fire managers are postponing prescribed fire treatment in Grand Canyon Village Thursday, May 5 due to predicted high winds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Carlos A. Brown, 45, of Suffolk, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of distribution of heroin resulting in death, distribution of heroin resulting in serious bodily injury, distribution of heroin and distribution of fentanyl.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 107,500 metric tons of corn for delivery to Japan during the 2015/2016 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Matthew Vicknair Arrested on Child Pornography Charges.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. - The House Natural Resources Committee staff, led by Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), released a report today showing that devastating budget cuts imposed in the wake of Puerto Rico’s $72 billion financial crisis have left Puerto Rico vulnerable to the Zika virus. As Congress...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management generated $5 million for leasing rights on parcels offered at the BLM's quarterly federal oil and gas lease auction on May 3, in Cheyenne. Almost half of the bid and rental receipts go to the state of Wyoming.The May Lease Sale included 30 parcels from the BLM's High Desert...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: More Than 30,000 Homeowners Victimized in Largest Mortgage Modification Scheme Ever Charged.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Draylon Eric Beecham, 40, of Detroit, Michigan, pled guilty to heroin trafficking today, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: ANCHORAGE - The BLM Campbell Creek Science Center and the Anchorage School District have teamed up to host Outdoor Week,the single largest event of the year at the Science Center. This year marks the 42nd anniversary of this hugely successful outdoor education event. Anchorage area sixth-grade students...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Clayton A. Pressley, 40, of Chesapeake, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unlawfully possessing identity documents.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Ariel Vergara, age 49, of Bear, Delaware, pled guilty yesterday in federal court to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin. Vergara faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced Wednesday to 40 months in federal prison for robbing a man whose job was to stock ATMs with cash, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-Ronald Gene Thomas, 38, pleaded guilty in federal court today to the charge of Assaulting a Federal Officer, announced Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. United States District Court Judge John E. Dowdell will sentence Thomas on July 13, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Webb City, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for transporting a minor across state lines for illicit sex.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama- Rasheen Jahmal Smith, 30, Curtis Caffie, 24, Derreana Gray, 24, Curtis Jackson, 54, Peggy Caffie Jackson, 48, and Jeremy Terrell Caffie, 28, all from Montgomery, Alabama were arrested this weekend, announced George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. The...
