News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced the conviction of defendants JASMINE PERRY, age 26; LEROY PRICE, age 31; ASHTON PRICE, age 25; ALONZO PETERS, age 27; MCCOY WALKER, age 26; TERRIOUES OWNEY, age 30; EVANS LEWIS, age 25; CURTIS NEVILLE, age 24; SOLOMON DOYLE, age 31; and, DAMIAN BARNES, age 28, all of New Orleans, following a six-week trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Adam Joseph Neal Graham, 26, of Elkins, West Virginia, was charged in a three-count indictment with violating the rights of two pretrial detainees at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail (TVRJ) and obstructing justice, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 25-year-old Lancaster, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for violent crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Britt Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeremy E. Smith, 37, an incarcerated individual at the United States Penitentiary at Hazelton, pled guilty to threatening to destroy government buildings, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK- Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Raymond R. Parmer, Jr., special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations, New Orleans, announced today the guilty plea of Christian Trey Ashcraft, 41, of White Hall. Ashcraft is the owner of Ashven photography and a former high school photographer in the Pine Bluff, Arkansas, area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Mark A. McFarland, 58, of Springfield, IL, pled guilty on Feb. 21, 2017, to two bankruptcy fraud charges in United States District Court in East St. Louis, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. McFarland was indicted on Feb. 2, 2016, as part of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s effort to crackdown on those who commit fraud in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The 12th man convicted in an ATM skimming scheme has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Jackson, TN - A former Crockett County Sheriff’s Deputy has been indicted on federal drug and gun charges. Edward L. Stanton III, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, and Michael T. Gavin, Special Agent in Charge of the Memphis Division of the FBI, announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging Calvin Fields with federal drug trafficking and gun violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Nickolas James Parnell, 37, of Garden City, Idaho, was arrested yesterday in Garden City on a three-count federal indictment in the District of Idaho charging him with transportation of child pornography, possession of child pornography, and access with intent to view child pornography. A federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - John Stuart Bruce, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned indictments charging JOSE MANUEL CARDONA-RODRIGUEZ, age 31, of Mexico, LUIS MIGUEL CURIEL-ACUNA, age 34, of Mexico, HOMERO SIERRA-VILLA, age 47, of Mexico, and IGNACIO VENTURA-MENDOZA, age 33, of Mexico, with Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Robert Alan Rutledge, 34, of Alamogordo, N.M., was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 48 months in prison for his conviction on methamphetamine trafficking charges. Rutledge will be on supervised release for three years following his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on Feb. 16, 2017, Marcus J. Thornton, a thirty-six-year-old man from Edwardsville, Illinois, was charged by complaint in United States District Court, in East St. Louis, with Bank Robbery. Thornton...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The California Trail Interpretive Center is recognizing Women’s History Month in March with programs focused on the fiber arts. “The fiber arts provide a modern, creative connection to our past," Park Ranger Alex Rose said.
By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
Release: This report is submitted to fulfill the requirement for an annual report on the assistance related to international terrorism under section 502(b) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985, as amended (22 U.S.C. § 2349aa-7(b)). It describes how the Department of State (State) has used various programs during FY 2016 to strengthen non-military efforts, partnerships, and capacity around the world to address evolving terrorism challenges.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), and Committee members Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), and Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA) sent a letter to the Full Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: FEB 22 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Isaiah Hart, 21, of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Henry Lee Adams, Jr. has sentenced Orquidea Quezada (48, Orlando) to 18 months in federal prison for wire fraud and for operating as an unlicensed money transmitter. The Court ordered her to forfeit $136,886 in cash that was seized when she was arrested, $60,178.91...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Brandon Lancaster, 21, of Norridgewock, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to distributing oxycodone.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Williamsport, MD - Carol Nase, experienced Canal Classroom Corps teacher and volunteer at the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal), will be giving a presentation on the Underground Railroad and its role in the history of the C&O Canal on Saturday, February 25th at 10:00 a.m. at the Trolley Barn, located in Williamsport, MD next to the Cushwa Basin Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Justice Department and Sterling Heights, Michigan, Resolve Lawsuit over Denial of Zoning Approval for a Mosque.
