News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: A former enlisted soldier at Joint Base Lewis McChord was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 20 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. LUIS ALBERTO MORALES, 42, was arrested in August 2016 after his...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.- Grand Canyon National Park will join national park sites around the country in celebrating Founder's Day with free entrance to the park. Entrance fees will be waived for all visitors arriving to Grand Canyon National Park on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Fee-free days give more families opportunities to visit national park sites and enjoy our country's historical, cultural and natural resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: Transportation of a Minor with Intent to Engage in Prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today that Erica Warren, 38, of Little Rock, and Alexis Young, 38, of Bryant, were sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to commit mail fraud. The charge relates to a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) program funds intended to feed children in low income areas during the school year.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: KEMMERER, Wyo. - On Thursday, Aug. 31, the Bureau of Land Management Kemmerer Field Office invites families, individuals, and organizations to help clean up the “Badlands" area outside of Mountain View. This event is part of an early celebration of National Public Lands Day (NPLD).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: Gettysburg National Military Park and the Civil War Trust will conduct a special program that encourages adults to help instill a lifelong passion for history by bringing a son, daughter, niece, grandson or friend for a special walk on the Gettysburg battlefield on Sept. 2, from 10 am until 12:30 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY - Protecting against threats to agricultural industries and food supplies was the focus of a roundtable discussion today led by Senators Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Pat Roberts of Kansas and hosted by the Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in response to U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell’s retirement.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: NEWARK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a fugitive citizen of China on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, who was wanted in China for the offenses of contractual fraud and defrauding the banks or other monetary institutions of loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Angelo Alleca, the former CEO of Atlanta, Georgia, based Summit Wealth Management, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for a multistate investment fraud scheme. The scheme victimized over 300 people who lost more than $24 million dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: Former CEO of Arthrocare Corporation Convicted for Orchestrating $750 Million Securities Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Donnie Heilig, 48, of Oklahoma City, OK, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, was sentenced to eight months home detention and three years probation by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay $147,004 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Evan Speck, 34, of Westerly, R.I., a former Charlestown, R.I., police officer, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to charges that he trafficked steroids and laundered the proceeds from his sales.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: Florida Residents were Convicted by a Federal Jury in March of this Year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that yesterday, a federal jury convicted DAN PIZARRO, age 48, a resident of California, for his role in conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and heroin in the New Orleans area. Following a 4-day trial, the jury found PIZARRO guilty of the sole count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and a quantity of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: DETROIT - Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced that a physician who practiced in Oak Park, Michigan, pled guilty on August 16th, 2017, to writing prescriptions for oxycodone without medical justification.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE -Richard F. Woodhead, 54, of South Attleboro, Mass., a former Attleboro police sergeant, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to an information charging him with attempted receipt of child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch; Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police; and Matthew J. Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) for New England.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Evans Samuel Santos Diaz, age 26, formerly of Pittston, Pennsylvania, was convicted of participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving Jeffrey Guzman and others. The jury returned a verdict...
