News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced Cecil Dante Buckner (36, Orlando) to 34 years and 6 months in federal prison and Jarmen Lindell Sharp (34, Orlando) to 13 years in federal prison for their participation in a conspiracy to rob Publix supermarkets. Buckner also pleaded guilty to brandishing a firearm during and in relation to the robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Arrest Made in East Tennessee as Part of National Crackdown on Child Sex Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Marquise Bell, 25, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was charged today by Indictment[1] with possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Moreno Valley man has been sentenced to nearly two decades in federal prison for advertising child pornography in a members-only online chatroom for people with a sexual interest in infants and toddlers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; along with Matthew Barden, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Little Rock District Office; and Jeffrey B. Reed, Resident Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joseph Ray Mendiola, 35, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Mendiola will be sentenced within the range of 120 to 180 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Harkers Island, NC -Cape Lookout National Seashore has completed assessments and the safety concerns have been mitigated. Although the park suffered damages, overall the park fared well. "We appreciate everyone's cooperation, understanding and concern for the park," stated Superintendent Patrick Kenney. "The park is back open to the public and hopefully everyone will enjoy Cape Lookout National Seashore.".
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: In honor of Native peoples' contributions to American culture, Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments will host special events each weekend in November to commemorate National Native American Heritage Month. Native Americans have added to every area of endeavor in American life. They built North America's earliest cities, domesticated its first crops, and developed its earliest great civilizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A United States Postal Service employee was re-arrested today after law enforcement discovered evidence that he sexually exploited a child sometime between 1999 and 2001.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Six members of the international street gang “Mara Salvatrucha" (also known as MS-13) were each sentenced to over five years in prison for various racketeering crimes including extortion, drug distribution, and conspiracy to commit murder, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that KENNETH JACKSON, age 24, of New Orleans, pled guilty as charged to an Indictment charging one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and one count of possession of a firearm in a school zone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Sharon man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with illegally selling tobacco products and laundering the proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - Several officials with Team Work Ready (TWR) have been convicted of conspiracy, health care fraud, wire fraud and money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. TWR had clinics in five states including Federal Work Ready in Houston, Alamo Work Ready in San Antonio and Bayou Work Ready in New Orleans, Louisiana.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Paleontologists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the National Park Service found the first dinosaur bones in Denali National Park and Preserve during an expedition in July. They also discovered several new dinosaur trackways, which are fossilized impressions left by ancient animals walking through mud that eventually became rock.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Montezuma Castle will celebrate out favorite flying mammals by hosting a bat informational program from 10:00am to 4:00pm on October 29th and 30th. Come by and learn about these amazing creatures and how they play a vital role in our high desert ecosystem. Informational posters, bat surveying equipment...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joseph Ray Mendiola, 35, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Mendiola will be sentenced within the range of 120 to 180 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 96 months imprisonment, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, on a charge of Receipt of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - The owner of two education-services companies admitted in federal court today that he offered bribes and kickbacks to former Chicago Public Schools chief BARBARA BYRD-BENNETT in exchange for obtaining a $2.09 million contract to train principals.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - United States Attorney Daniel G. Bogden announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Carla Higginbotham will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Haben Sebhatu, Seattle, Washington, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for participating in two stolen identity credit card fraud rings that were disrupted in St. Louis.
