News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Commit An Act of Terrorism Transcending National Boundaries.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: The House of Representatives today approved the RESPONSE Act of 2016 (S. 546), a bill to enhance emergency responder training for incidents involving hazardous materials rail transportation.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: SEATTLE - For longshoremen who load and offload timber in the upper Northwest, every ship that sails into port carries a reminder of the litany of hazards they face at work. Loads of extremely heavy logs must be handled carefully to avoid serious and potentially fatal injuries. At the same time, employers...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: CLEVELAND, Ohio - A five-count indictment was filed in federal court charging a Summit County, Ohio man for illegally possessing nearly 80 pounds of cocaine and firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Brian Eugene Sczenski, 32, of Worley, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to assault with the intent to commit robbery, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Sczenski was indicted by a federal grand Jury in Coeur d'Alene on June 21, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Raymond Dostie, Jr., 61, of Raymond, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of Theft of Public Money.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Co-defendants Convicted for Sex Trafficking a Developmentally Disabled Teenage Girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Kansas Men Plead Guilty for Roles in Federal Hate Crime Against Black Somali Men.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Anton Martynenko targeted more than 150 children in “sextortion" scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Mecose Mendale Shorter, 32, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 60 months in federal prison for engaging in an enterprise that promoted prostitution at various hotels in Dallas, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Justin Nojan Sullivan, 20, of Morganton, North Carolina, appeared in federal court in Asheville, North Carolina today and pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: NOV 29 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Zakee Stuart-Holt, 34, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison based upon his convictions for conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl and money laundering. The defendant previously had pleaded guilty to those offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Palo Alto Battlefield recently installed a bicycle repair station. The new repair station is located right in front of the visitor center. It is equipped with an assortment of tools, a rack, and manual air pump. Now bike riders traveling to and from the park have a convenient way to make minor repairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Brandon S. Moore, 24, of New Cumberland, West Virginia, was sentenced to 63 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a stolen firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Pamela Minor-Chiles, 47, of Chesterfield, was sentenced today to one year in prison for misappropriating approximately $200,000 from a medical practice.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U. S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brittaney Ridgeway, 27, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, fentanyl before U.S. District Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Justin Nojan Sullivan, 20, of Morganton, North Carolina, appeared in federal court in Asheville, North Carolina today and pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Steven Tutt, 45, of Gorham, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joseph Lowry, 21, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act robbery and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa for his role in the Aug. 10, 2015, armed robbery of the 7-Eleven Convenience store at 1469 Lake Avenue in Rochester.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2016
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Antonio J. Gomez, Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Miami Division, announced federal money laundering charges against Miami-Dade County resident Luis Hernandez-Gonzalez.
