News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: New Albany-United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today charges against a Louisville, Ky., man for knowing receipt of child pornography, possession with intent to view child pornography, possession of a computer containing child pornography and destruction of evidence in a federal investigation. Adrian Grisanti, 44, was arrested this morning on the charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a grand jury in Bridgeport has returned a 29-count indictment charging JARED DYLAN SPARKS, 33, of Ardmore, Okla., and JAY WILLIAMS, 45, of Griswold, Conn., with offenses related to a scheme to steal trade secrets from a Connecticut-based defense contractor. The indictment was returned on November 3. SPARKS was arrested on November 7 and WILLIAMS was arrested on November 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger said: “The hard work of rehabilitating those who seek to engage in ideological violence must continue. Judge Davis recognized that fact today with a sentence for Abdullahi Yusuf that allows him to continue his rehabilitation. The United States thanks Mr. Yusuf for his cooperation.".
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - The owner of a Wichita-based aerospace company pleaded guilty Monday to filing a false federal tax return, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Kentucky man pleaded guilty today to federal gun and drug charges, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Marques Stephon Dawson, 31, entered his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute crack, cocaine, and marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Kalvin Johnson, 35, of Pine Hill, Alabama, was sentenced today to 12 months of imprisonment by Senior U.S. District Judge Callie V. S. Granade for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The judge ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that William O’Brien, 60, an attorney who lives in Winooski, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to a charge of wire fraud. Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss released O’Brien on conditions pending sentencing, which has been set for May 31, 2017 in Brattleboro.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy today announced a commitment for its SunShot Initiative to cut the cost of solar-generated electricity by 50% between 2020 and 2030. This new target is a reflection of the SunShot Initiative's leadership in helping the industry...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: (MILES CITY, Mont.) - Hunting season is in full-swing and the BLM would like to encourage hunters to keep their vehicles on established roads and trails.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Robert Gonzalez (41, Orlando) to 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with the intent to distribute anabolic steroids, and for violating his supervised release on a previous federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill today ordered Meriden-based SRC CONSTRUCTION, INC. to pay a $250,000 fine for filing a false tax return.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: Cleveland is one of nine cities across the country that was selected by the National Park Foundation to serve as a focus city for the Every Kid in a Park Program. This national program gives fourth grade students, and those accompanying them, free access to more than 2,000 federally managed lands and waters. It also supports special activities for fourth grade classes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: A Youngstown man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and ATF Special Agent in Charge Trevor Velinor.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Gary Lee Ortiz, 41, of Auberry, pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a handgun with an obliterated serial number, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernandez sentenced Cody C. Halsey, 37, to 33 months in federal prison followed by three years’ supervised release. Halsey plead guilty in July 2016 to defrauding nearly 250 clients of his former property management companies...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted Michael G. Roby, 46, of Amherst, on charges of mailing a letter threatening the lives of a male victim and his family, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Jolisha McDonald, 31, of Columbus, Ohio pled guilty to transporting stolen goods across state lines, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- Beasts come in all sizes and shapes. The 17th season of Biscayne National Park’s multi-award winning Family Fun Fest will explore Biscayne’s fantastic beasts, from tiny plankton to manatees and crocodiles. The series kicks off on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 at the park's Dante Fascell...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Guilford County, North Carolina resident was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison today for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Ripley Rand of the Middle District of North Carolina.
