News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Students Take Charge at Inaugural Youth Summit; Goal is to Promote Positive Climate in Schools and the Community.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - With the onset of cooler weather, the Bureau of Land Management has ended fire restrictions on public lands managed by the Arcata Field Office in Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity counties and the BLM Ukiah Field Office in Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma, Napa, Yolo, Colusa, Glenn and Solano counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DEBORAH MILLER, 60, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza today sentenced Thomas Samborski, II (41, Orange County) to 20 years in federal prison and a life term of supervised release for production of child pornography. The Court also ordered him to pay restitution and to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Robert P. Kramer, age 51, of Arnold, Maryland, today to five years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for distribution of child pornography. Judge Motz also ordered that upon his release from prison Kramer...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Convicted Felon Illegally Possessed 34 Firearms and Ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Jonathan Dillard, 49, of Kuna, Idaho was sentenced today for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge Stanley A. Bastian sentenced Dillard to 87 months in prison followed by lifetime supervised release. Dillard pleaded guilty on Feb. 23, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that JADE LaRAE OBREGON, age 38, of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 1 year and 1 day of imprisonment for THEFT OF FEDERAL PROGRAM FUNDS, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1341. OBREGON was also ordered to pay $574,385.94 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA - Months after 56 guns were stolen from a federally licensed firearms dealer in Appomattox, three of the men who took part in the break-in have been sentenced in federal court on related charges, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of bank robbery, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned a verdict this afternoon finding Joshua Metts, 35, of Albuquerque, guilty of unlawfully possessing a firearm after a two-day trial. The verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, 2nd Judicial District Attorney Kari E.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Carson City, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District is hosting a mobile exhibit highlighting the history surrounding the 1920’s United Comstock Merger Mill at American Flat (also known as the American Flat Mill). Capable of processing 2,000 tons of ore per day, the mill was...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Alagi Samba, 46, of Bronx, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution, before U.S. District Judge Laurence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Select Investigative Panel Chairman Marsha Blackburn issued the following statement regarding the lawsuit filed by Orange County, California, District Attorney Tony Rackauckas against DaVinci Biosciences and its sister company DV Biologics...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Falsified taxpayer education expenses resulting in education credits on prepared tax returns for a loss of more than $250,000.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today issued the following statement in response to the Department of Education’s final rules regarding teacher preparation programs...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Jackie H. Townsend, Jr., 38, was sentenced this morning to serve 108 months in federal prison for knowingly possessing with the intent to distribute significant quantities of methamphetamine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Donald S. Boyce announced. Townsend, an Edwardsville native, pled guilty to the charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Jose Maria Calderon, age 48 of Springdale, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 65 months in federal prison followed by three (3) years of supervised release on one count of Possession with...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: Washington -The National Park Service invites Junior Rangers of all ages to a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, our nation's most important and comprehensive preservation law. The event will take place on Saturday, October 15 from 2-4 p.m. at the World War II Memorial (17th Street and Independence Avenue, SW).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced yesterday Reginald Glenn Patterson to 151 months in prison on drug conspiracy and money laundering charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Patterson, 45, of Los Angeles, California, was also ordered to serve 10 years under court supervision after he is released from prison.
