News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - Eleven people fraudulently obtained multiple credit cards and quickly maxed out the credit limits, with no intention of ever paying back the balance, according to an indictment unsealed in federal court in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Paul F. Archambault, Jr., 29, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted following a jury trial of production, receipt and possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 30 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Regis L. Walker, 30, of Pensacola, has been arrested on a charge of mailing threatening communications. The criminal complaint was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: Dustin E. Noblit, 28, of Oblong, IL, was indicted on October 4, 2016, on attempted enticement and child pornography charges in a three count Indictment returned by a Federal Grand Jury, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following statement after U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad’s announcement to extend the de minimis threshold phase-in termination date by one year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: On Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, Urechan D. Brown, age 39, of East St. Louis, IL., received a sentence of 60 months’ imprisonment (5 years) in federal prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin in Excess of 100 grams (just under 4 oz.). Brown was also sentenced to concurrent 60 month sentences for Distribution of Heroin, and Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin. When released from prison, Brown will have to serve a term of 4 years on supervised release, as well.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: More than 1,300 individuals’ personal identifying information and debit cards were compromised resulting in losses of more than $709,000.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas, NM: The story of La Llorona is one that children have heard from their elders for generations. It is a sad tale brought to New Mexico by early Spanish settlers where it still lives strong in the memories of the people, with many swearing it to be true. The famous ghost of Spanish folklore...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Jose Cisneros, 31, of Blasdell, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: 5K Community Run on Oct. 15, 2016 Sponsored by Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women as Part of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: Texarkana, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Brittany Frierson, age 31 of Hope, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison followed by (3) three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Texarkana.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: A former executive of Coach USA Inc. was criminally charged with obstructing justice and pleaded guilty today for concealing and attempting to destroy documents relevant to a civil antitrust investigation and for providing false and misleading statements during the course of the litigation, the Department of Justice announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2016, and continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park (ADIP) programs with the public in November. All ADIP and Hawaiian cultural programs are free, but park entrance...
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: BLM, UTAH -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah State Office has posted the proposed list of parcels for the upcoming quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale, scheduled for Dec. 13, 2016. Twenty-eight parcels totaling 12,225 acres will be offered for lease in the Vernal Field Office area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Brian Weaver Cluff, 44, of Meridian, Idaho, was sentenced on Oct. 12, 2016, in United States District Court to 322 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug crime. U.S. District Judge Stanley A. Bastian from the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: Defendant Charged as a Result of OCDETF Operation, Led by HSI and HIDTA Region II Narcotics Task Force, Targeted Methamphetamine Traffickers in Northwestern New Mexico.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released a report on federal expenditures related to harmful algal blooms. The report was requested as part of Rep. Bob Latta’s (R-OH) H.R. 212, the Drinking Water Protection Act, which was signed into law in August of 2015...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a federal jury found a Lafayette man guilty Thursday of possessing a handgun after being convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Suntrease Williams-Maynard will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice’s Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November...
