News from November 2016
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Due to the extremely dry conditions currently being experienced, park officials have determined that it is necessary to prohibit the use of all open fires and activities, which unduly increase fire danger.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Oluwafemi Charles Igberase, a/k/a Charles John Nosa Akoda, age 54, of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty on Nov. 15, 2016, to misusing a Social Security Account number to fraudulently obtain a medical license in Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 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 returned a superseding indictment on Nov. 15, 2016, charging Thurman Stanley, age 39, of East Stroudsburg, with four new counts of sex trafficking by force and...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Mary B. McCord, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, announced that AHMAD KHAN RAHIMI, a/k/a “Ahmad Rahami," was charged today in Manhattan federal court in an eight-count Indictment...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Ellis Treas-Baca, 31, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a sexual abuse charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Treas-Baca will be sentenced to 78 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court. Treas-Baca will also be required to register as a sex offender when he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: First-Ever Roundtable Meeting of LGBTQI Community and Law Enforcement/Government Agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man was sentenced today to two years in federal prison for possessing over 600 images of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. John Leslie Hess, 64, previously pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. After completing his prison term, he will be on federal supervised release for 10 years, the first of which will be served on home confinement. Hess will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN -A Shelby County Correctional Officer and two other individuals have been indicted for their roles in a scheme to smuggle prescription opioids and other contraband inside the Shelby County Correctional Center. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee; Michael...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) that enter the protected airspace around airports can pose serious threats to safety. The FAA is coordinating with our government and industry partners to evaluate technologies that can be used safely to detect drones near airports.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Anthony Nieto, 29, an enrolled member of Nambe Pueblo who resides in Zuni, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an assault charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Nieto will be sentenced to 24 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Delbert William Lee, Jr., 44, of Worley, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to theft of mail matter, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Lee was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d'Alene on April 19, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, Edwin Enoc Lara, 31, of Redmond, Oregon was indicted by a federal grand jury in Eugene, Oregon for carjacking, kidnapping, and two counts of brandishing a firearm. The defendant’s federal charges are related to an alleged July 2016 carjacking and kidnapping of a female victim in Salem, Oregon and taking her to California.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Due to the extremely dry conditions currently being experienced, park officials have determined that it is necessary to prohibit the use of all open fires and activities, which unduly increase fire danger.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama- Arthur Lee Campbell, III (55), from Mount Hope, Ohio, pled guilty to a charge of bank theft, announced George L. Beck, Jr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. At the time of the charge, Campbell was residing in Autauga County, Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: FBI Offers $5,000 for Serial Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: ABINGDON, VIRGINIA - Three people who went on an armed robbery spree that ended with the killing of a store clerk in Mt. Airy, North Carolina in 2012, were sentenced yesterday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Michael Charles Clarke, age 43, of York, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty on Nov. 15, 2016, before Senior Judge Sylvia Rambo in Harrisburg to production, possession and transportation of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN -A Shelby County Correctional Officer and two other individuals have been indicted for their roles in a scheme to smuggle prescription opioids and other contraband inside the Shelby County Correctional Center. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee; Michael...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: NOV 16 - NEW HAVEN, Conn - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Teddy Stuart Lopez, Jr., also known as “Chico" and “Junior," 20, of Waterbury, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A medical doctor who was facing charges in a federal health care fraud case when he fled the United States 14 years ago and faked his own death in Russia has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to his flight from justice.
