News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Defendant embezzled $2.3 million from the university and did not report the money to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Romanian Hacker “Guccifer" Pleads Guilty to Computer Hacking Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced today that two Milwaukee men were sentenced for a series of carjackings that occurred in Greenfield and Oak Creek, Wisconsin in August 2015. The superseding indictment charged Devonte Hayes (age: 19) and Norman Howard (age: 18) with attempted motor...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ORLI DAGOBERTO ARGUETA-SANCHEZ, a/k/a "Orli Dagoberto Argueta," age 27, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David A. Capp, announced that Zachary Berkshire, 32, of Valparaiso, Indiana was sentenced before District Court Judge Rudy Lozano for one count of enticement of a minor child and two counts of production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit today alleging that the Palm Beach, Florida, County School Board discriminated against a female employee on the basis of her sex and retaliated against her when she complained about discrimination.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Michael Skillern (49, Houston, Texas) to 10 years’ imprisonment, Jon Craig Nelson (69, Houston, Texas) to 8 years’ imprisonment, Naadir Cassim (40, Barcelona, Spain and Orlando, Florida) to 5 years’ imprisonment, and Adriana Maria Camargo...
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Tucson, Ariz., May 25, 2016-For Immediate Release. The Department of Interior has expanded funding for the Southern Arizona Resilient Landscapes Collaborative. This project crosses agency boundaries to address the issue of buffelgrass, an exotic fire-adapted invasive grass, by removing the threat to fuel wildfires and restoring resilience to the biologically rich Sonoran Desert.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Public’s Tips Lead to Fugitive’s Capture.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Portland, Ore. - As we approach Memorial Day, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service want to remind everyone that the use of fireworks and exploding targets is prohibited on all BLM-managed public lands and U.S. National Forests throughout Oregon and Washington.So far this year...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves for fraudulently supplying hundreds of thousands of Chinese-produced baseball caps and backpacks to the Army Recruiting Command on Defense Department contracts to supply “100 % U.S. MADE" products, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 37-year-old Robstown man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Jorge Betancourt, of Robstown, pleaded guilty March 1, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JOHN F. KELLY, III, age 55, of Metairie, pled guilty today to wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Harbored and Concealed Federal Fugitive Involved in Shootout with U.S. Marshal Service Deputies and Task Force Officers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Gregorie Garcon, 57, pled guilty for his role in a scheme involving the cashing of stolen tax refund checks.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas - In celebration of the BLM’s 70th anniversary and the #YourLandYourStory campaign, BLM will have 750 free commemorative vintage-style postcards depicting Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area available on a first come, first served basis at the Red Rock visitor center.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Washington - During two intensive days of exploration and documentation, the National Parks BioBlitz, May 20-21, 2016, captured a vivid snapshot of the unique plant and animal biodiversity in our national parks. The National Park Service and National Geographic event, sponsored by American Express, involved more than 120 national parks and tens of thousands of experts and citizen scientists of all ages and backgrounds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging BRANDON WILLIAMS, also known as “14K," 35, of Bridgeport, with one count of sex trafficking of a minor and one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Two Kansas City area men who set up a $93,000 drug deal have been sentenced to federal prison, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2016
News Release: LAFAYETTE - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that an Opelousas man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for using a computer to steal money, hacking computers to obtain passwords, and attempting to sell information on the online hacking forum known as “Darkode.".
