News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Andre Youngblood, age 42, formerly of Hollywood (Charleston County), South Carolina, was sentenced today in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a). United States District Judge Richard M. Gergel, of Charleston, sentenced Youngblood to 10 years of imprisonment, followed by a lifetime of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Court Directs Forfeiture Of Defendant’s Botnet.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy announced today that Daniel Molina Rios, a/k/a Ponce, 43, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of 100 grams or more of heroin before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today blew the whistle on a federal contract that left taxpayers on the hook for over $50 million in questionable costs, including seven luxury vehicles and $400,000 average salaries for significant others of corporate officers to serve as “executive assistants.".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: A former employee of Miami-Dade County Public Schools has been charged with accepting bribery payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Nearly 100 law enforcement agents and officers from across the state of Texas are attending an officer safety training conference sponsored by the Department of Justice, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. The officer saftey and wellness training program is entitled Preventing Violence...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Philip Hooge announced today that the whale waters 13-knot vessel speed restrictions in the West Arm of Glacier Bay and around Leland Island will be lifted beginning at 5AM on Thursday, August 10th. The majority of the whales that had been feeding in these areas in recent weeks have moved to other locations. Whale waters in lower Glacier Bay remain unchanged.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park rangers are partnering with state and federal transportation officials to conduct safety evaluations of commercial vehicles and operators traveling in the park this summer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Lee Fisher; Bryan Day; Jason Haynes; Kyle Haynes; and David Haynes, all of Daytona Beach, Florida, were charged by criminal complaint with mail and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracy in connection with a scheme to defraud Xerox. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment today charging RYAN STONE, 30, of Plainfield, with one count of production of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Big Bend National Park is conducting deferred maintenance projects in Rio Grande Village. The park is replacing a water tank and waste water lagoon liners at Rio Grande Village, which affects water availability and sewage treatment. Due to delays, the Rio Grande Village campground, RV full-hook up sites, as well as showers and laundry facilities at the Rio Grande Village Camp Store may have partial or temporary closures through October 31st.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Theodore O. Wing, age 50, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was indicted on August 8, 2017, by a federal grand jury on various firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, Travel With Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, and Transportation, Distribution, Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - A former Crockett County Sheriff’s Deputy has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison on cocaine trafficking and firearms charges. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Twenty-one people were indicted in federal court for their roles trafficking heroin and other drugs in the Youngstown and Ravenna areas, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of a superseding indictment charging Roderick Randolph Lester (38, Jacksonville) with robbery of a Jacksonville tire store, brandishing a firearm during the robbery, and possession of a firearm by a convicted ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The park hosted 962,404 visits in July 2017. This was the third busiest July on record, down 3.4 percent from July 2016, which saw 995,917 visits. The second busiest July was in 2015 and saw 980,702 visits.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - Michael Love has been indicted on charges of kidnapping and brandishing a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the indictment today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: PITTSBUGRH - One resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating the federal robbery laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture cancellations of export sales of 130,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
