News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Tampa, FL - Chief United States District Court judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced James Patrick Manning (25, Tampa) to 10 years in federal prison for the attempted sex trafficking of a child. Manning was indicted on March 29, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, members of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana (the “Office") and their law enforcement partners will meet with students across Southeast Louisiana as part of his Office’s third district-wide Student Pledge Against Gun Violence (“SPAGV") Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Ring Stole Nearly $1 Million using Stolen Checks to make Fraudulent Deposits.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Fort Raleigh National Historic Site: Visitor services and facilities at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site will reopen at 1:00 pm today. Most trails within the park remain closed.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: On Sept. 30, 2016, the new Superintendent of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, Tom Betts, proudly announced our new designation as an IDA Dark Sky Park. After the announcement, the Lake County Astronomical Society presented Salinas Pueblo Missions with a plaque commemorating our incredible 30 year partnership.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former Port of Los Angeles Chief of Police was sentenced today to two years in federal prison for tax evasion and for lying to FBI Agents who were investigating his acceptance of a bribe in connection with the development of an official smart phone app to be marketed to other law enforcement agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Greg Miera, 50, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court to an armed bank robbery charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Chadwick Stanley Ghesquiere, 38, of Virginia Beach, pleaded guilty today to charges related to his role in an attempted murder-for-hire plot to kill his wife.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Sherlann Simon, 34, of North Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to launder money, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Simon was indicted by a federal grand Jury in Coeur d'Alene on Jan. 20, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID JEUNE, also known as “Junie" and “June Bug," 30, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 40 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for selling a sawed-off shotgun and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that his office continues to diligently and thoroughly investigate the July 5, 2016 shooting of Alton Sterling.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: On Wednesday, October 5, 2016, Jovon C. Dolly, age 37, of Cahokia was sentenced to a term of 12 months and one day in federal prison for Distribution of Heroin, Methamphetamine and Possession of Firearms by a Felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Mexican woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to unlawful possession of a firearm connected to a homicide case in Salina, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that his office continues to diligently and thoroughly investigate the July 5, 2016 shooting of Alton Sterling.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Christopher G. Lee, age 67, a resident of Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann in Williamsport to 216 months’ (18 years) imprisonment for production, receipt and possession of child pornography as well as obstruction of justice.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) reacted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s rejection of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s request for an injunction to halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), a nearly 1,200-mile pipeline that would be built near sacred tribal land and put the reservation's main water supply at risk...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Abraham C. Lazore, age 37, of Hogansburg, New York, pled guilty on Friday to obstructing the boarding of his vessel on the St. Lawrence River.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: In response to an Oct. 10, 2016 statement from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and following a recent decision by Samsung to suspend global sales and exchanges of all Galaxy Note7 devices , the Federal Aviation Administration urges passengers onboard aircraft to power down, and not use, charge, or stow in checked baggage, any Samsung Galaxy Note7 devices, including recalled and replacement devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Christopher G. Lee, age 67, a resident of Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann in Williamsport to 216 months’ (18 years) imprisonment for production, receipt and possession of child pornography as well as obstruction of justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2016
News Release: Sterling D. Gould, 38, of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced in federal district court, in East St. Louis on September 26 for armed robbery.
