News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of failure to register under SORNA, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ROBERT LEES, a former senior executive of Universal Forest Products, Inc. (“UFP") was convicted a jury of conspiracy, mail fraud, money laundering and making false statements in a loan application following a seven-day trial in White Plains before United States District Judge Kenneth M. Karas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found Maurice Williams (25, Temple Terrace) guilty of child sex trafficking and possession of child pornography. He faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Theoridotes Collins (39, Sarasota) to 10 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm while on state probation. The Court also ordered him to forfeit a firearm and ammunition seized from his residence. Collins was found guilty in a stipulated bench trial on Feb. 16, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JULIO RAYMUNDO-SANTOS, age 41, a citizen of Guatemala, was charged today in a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former Army explosive ordinance disposal technician was charged in federal court Friday with unlawful possession of grenades, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Quiote Guarino, of Washington, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of trafficking in heroin and fentanyl, which resulted in serious bodily injury, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former Army explosive ordinance disposal technician was charged in federal court Friday with unlawful possession of grenades, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Three MS-13 Members Convicted in RICO Conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: COTTONWOOD, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released the Proposed Cottonwood Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment for Domestic Sheep Grazing and Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). Publication of the notice of availability in the Federal Register on May 20, 2016, initiates a 30-day protest period.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A North Bergen, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 360 months in prison for leading an armed robbery spree of banks and commercial establishments in Bergen and Hudson counties in July 2013, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Theoridotes Collins (39, Sarasota) to 10 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm while on state probation. The Court also ordered him to forfeit a firearm and ammunition seized from his residence. Collins was found guilty in a stipulated bench trial on Feb. 16, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: MARQUETTE, Mich. - United States Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr., announced the results of a joint investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), the Michigan State Police, the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement (UPSET), and the Forsyth Township Police Department. The investigation successfully dismantled a drug trafficking organization responsible for regularly importing heroin from Detroit into Marquette County between 2012 and 2015.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Yellowstone National Park announces the release of Yellowstone: Color It Wild, a coloring book for all ages featuring 26 regional artists and writers inspired by the scenery of Yellowstone. The book includes illustrations, short essays, poems, and inspiring historical and contemporary quotes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Five residents of Luna County, N.M., are facing federal narcotics trafficking and money laundering charges as the result of a multi-agency investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) into methamphetamine trafficking in and around Deming, N.M. The charges were announced by...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang sentenced Edward White, age 46, of Waldorf, Maryland, today to 13 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for theft of firearms and use of fire during the commission of a felony, in connection with the robbery and arson of a federally licensed firearms dealer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Kwame Davis, 42, of Pawtucket, a former manager of a storage facility business located in Pawtucket, was sentenced today to 77 months in federal prison for trafficking cocaine and heroin from his office at the storage facility.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Angel M. Melendez, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Office of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE"), Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), announced today the voluntary surrender...
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today celebrated the 80th anniversary of the Rural Electrification Act (REA) and announced funding to build and upgrade rural electric infrastructure in five states.
By US DOT Newswire | May 20, 2016
News Release: The FAA and a group of safety education partners are working together on a national safety campaign known as #FlySafe to educate the General Aviation (GA) community about how to prevent loss of control accidents.
