News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Austin Lawrence Siferd, 24, of Cleburne, Texas, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to six months in federal prison, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today the arrest of Lionell S. Moss, the executive director of the Helena Housing Authority (HHA), for his role in a scheme to steal government funds. Moss, 58, of Helena-West Helena, is charged in a federal indictment with theft of government funds and theft concerning programs receiving federal funds.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS - To commemorate American Indian Heritage Month and the National Park Service Centennial, the Natchez Trace Parkway and the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area will sponsor American Indian music group Injunuity on Oct. 29, 2016. The 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm performance at the Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum in Tupelo, MS, includes two musical sets and features the award-winning Natchez Trace Parkway film.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A former accountant for an investment advising company pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a fraud scheme in which he stole more than $3.5 million from his employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Lafayette man was sentenced Thursday to 60 months in prison for receiving child pornography and storing it on a thumb drive.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, John Conyers, Jr., Eliot L. Engel, and Bennie G. Thompson, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Judiciary, Foreign Affairs, and Homeland Security, issued the following statement in response to evidence that the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Michael Kelly (29, Largo) to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Gregory Stonoha, 24, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 48 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Shaun L. Graves, age 33, a resident of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on October 13 by Senior United States District Court Judge William W. Caldwell in Harrisburg, to 100 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A federal grand jury has charged a Cincinnati man and a Morehead, Ky., man with distributing carfentanil that resulted in multiple overdoses in Rowan County, Ky.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT TERRY BRUCE, 35, of Overland Park, Kan., formerly of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to three years of probation, the first six months of which BRUCE must spend in home confinement, for defrauding contributors to an organization he established after the December 2012 school shootings in Newtown.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: OCT 14 - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Fourteen individuals were indicted yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield in connection with a large-scale heroin trafficking organization that was supplied by sources in the Dominican Republic and New York.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: Springdale, UT- Zion National Park is hosting a series of public scoping meetings as part of a Visitor Use Management (VUM) planning process. Park managers are looking for ways to improve visitor experiences at Zion while protecting the park's fundamental resources and values.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today applauded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) announcement regarding...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: MINERAL, CA - Lassen Volcanic National Park plans to ignite burn piles within the next several weeks as the region transitions to fall seasonal conditions. Park fire crews will take advantage of the changing weather conditions to complete fuels reduction projects throughout the park. These cooler and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Shreveport man was sentenced Thursday to 121 months in prison for sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: United Sates Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced today that JASON MICHAEL LUDKE (age: 35) of Milwaukee, has been charged in a criminal complaint with attempting to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, ISIL, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: Protect Yourself from Fraud. Join the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Law Enforcement Partners, and Community Organizations at Anti-Fraud Seminar. The San Diego FBI has organized an Anti-Fraud Seminar to be held on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. in partnership with local law enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark, New Jersey, man was convicted today by a federal jury of possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: Coeur d’Alene, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has completed a draft environmental analysis (EA) for recreation improvements at the Ross Point Recreation Site along the Spokane River near Post Falls, Idaho. Feedback on the draft EA is sought by Nov. 11, 2016.
