News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 29-year-old Houston resident has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of conspiring to commit credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Darnell Wayne Menard pleaded guilty Jan. 21, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: Fire Danger Lowered to 'Moderate';Interagency Fire Officials Lift Fire Restrictions on Federal Lands.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of six multi-year research projects to receive $3.8 million in funding that will enhance the understanding of methane hydrate system behaviors when subjected to natural, environmental, or induced production-related changes, helping to determine both the production viability of a vast source of natural gas and to assess the role of gas hydrate in the larger global climate cycle.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: Federal Authorities Continue to Search for Remaining Charged Defendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Charles Wilson Yarnell, 35, of Meridian, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also sentenced Yarnell to serve three years of supervised release after completion of his five-year prison sentence. Yarnell pleaded guilty to the offense on June 30, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Lake in the Hills, Ill. man appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Iain D. Johnston on wire fraud charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: A former Ypsilanti man was sentenced today to 35 years in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to production of child pornography involving a three-year-old victim and committing an enumerated sex offense against a child while being subject to the sex offender register, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade. Following his time in prison, Vaughn will spend the rest of his life on supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: Four high school students from Morgan County recently finished the summer working on a Youth Conservation Corps team at Obed Wild and Scenic River. The crew members were selected from Sunbright High School and included Summer Guercio, Jacob Myers, Ethan Newport, and Grace Sargent.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: DAYTON - James Edward Risner III, 34, of New Carlisle, Ohio pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to producing and distributing child pornography involving a seven-year old victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Sept. 13, 2016, a federal grand jury in Greeneville returned an indictment against Vincent Lee Ferguson, 65, of Knoxville, Tenn.; Matthew Lee Ferguson, 40, of Lenoir City, Tenn.; Kerry Joseph Ferguson, 35, of Houston, Texas; Matthew Harrison Martland, 32, of Knoxville, Tenn.;...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Economic Growth in Puerto Rico today released a status update regarding its work in crafting policy recommendations to promote economic growth and long-term prosperity in the U.S. territory. The interim update, issued to comply with Section 409...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Logan Cobell, 27, of St. Thomas, pleaded guilty on Sept. 14, 2016, in federal court to possession of a firearm in a school zone, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 17, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park calls on photographers to share their spectacular Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem photos at the 14th Annual Fall Photo Festival that will be held Sept. 22, 2016 at the West Yellowstone Visitor Information Center at 7 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Matthew McElroy, 39, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to six years in prison and five years of supervised release for transporting child pornography. McElroy pleaded guilty to the charge on April 15, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: Lamar Sowell, 26, of Philadelphia, PA was charged today by Indictment with five counts of robbery which interferes with interstate commerce and four counts of using and carrying a firearm in those robberies, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 65-year-old Dallas County, Texas, physician, has been resentenced to federal prison for health care fraud and identity theft violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s Office Seek Forfeiture of Six Dogs Seized in Connection with Interstate Dog Fighting Venture.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A North Carolina businessman pleaded guilty today to one count of failing to pay over employment taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Tonto National Monument encourages all fourth graders to visit the Monument for free this year as part of the Every Kid in a Park program. The program gives fourth grade students, and those accompanying them, free access to more than 2,000 federally managed lands and waters. Visit www.EveryKidinaPark.gov to download the pass and obtain more information.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2016
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Robert Simmons, 60, of Biloxi, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 87 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for carrying out a complicated kickback scheme in which he paid money to the commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections...
