News from June 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: STRONG CITY, Kansas: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is pleased to announce the summer youth camps for kids ages seven through twelve on Wednesdays from June 14 - 28, 2017 and July 5 -12, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An illegal alien found in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty and has been sentenced in federal court to time served subject to deportation, as well as one year of supervised release, on his conviction of Illegal Re-Entry After Deportation, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Dieuny Pasius, 26, an inmate at FCI-Berlin pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to possess a prohibited object within a federal prison. Pasius admitted the prohibited object he was attempting to possess was Alpha-PVP, known by the street name Flakka, a synthetic cathinone that is a Schedule I controlled substance. Synthetic cathinone is commonly referred to as bath salts.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) discovered a significant ancient Native American site while conducting archeological monitoring during a rehabilitation project of the historic Main Ranch House on Santa Rosa Island.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - An Oakland man who admitted sexually exploiting a young child in his care was sentenced Tuesday to 220 months in federal prison and ordered to serve a lifetime of supervised release, following a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Federal inmate Justin B. Stinson has been sentenced to an additional one year and three months in prison for escaping from the United States Penitentiary’s minimum-security camp in Atlanta, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Jaime Villa, 45, of Maricopa, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake to over 132 years of imprisonment. Villa was found guilty by a federal jury on Dec. 7, 2016, of six bank robberies and six accompanying charges of using a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Juan Rojas, 32, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was sentenced to six years in federal prison for his participation in two conspiracies: (1) a conspiracy to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, oxycodone and cocaine and (2) a conspiracy to possess a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Join staff and fellow volunteers for a morning of stewardship on Saturday, June 17, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Hobart Prairie Grove. Please volunteer to help save the great biodiversity of the area by removing invasive plant species. No special knowledge or training is required. Wear comfortable clothes; work gloves and other protective equipment will be provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, Joseph Valerio, of Smithtown, New York, was sentenced at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, to 60 years’ imprisonment for the production, transportation, receipt and possession of child pornography. The sentencing proceeding was held before United States District Judge Joseph F. Bianco, who also ordered Valerio to serve a lifetime term of supervised release to follow his prison sentence. Valerio will be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHARLES JERNIGAN, also known as “CJ" and “Snooze," 23, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine. Judge Thompson also ordered JERNIGAN to perform 50 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Collingswood, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring with his former girlfriend to produce sexually explicit images of two children, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of possession of a prohibited object in prison, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina John Stuart Bruce announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced SHAMIEKA GOODALL, a/k/a Donna Diva, 30, of Covington, Georgia to life imprisonment followed by 5 years...
By State Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tonight the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution (H. Res. 355 ) that condemns the terrorist attacks in Manchester and London and reaffirms unwavering support for the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Jaime Villa, 45, of Maricopa, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake to over 132 years of imprisonment. Villa was found guilty by a federal jury on Dec. 7, 2016, of six bank robberies and six accompanying charges of using a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Keith Delee, 24, of Syracuse, New York, was detained without bail following a hearing yesterday in federal court in connection with an indictment charging him with participating in a credit-card cloning scheme, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: I would like to thank Secretary John Kelly for testifying before the Committee today to discuss the administration’s 2018 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Davenport, IA - On June 6, 2017, Michael Joseph Wilsonheather Jean Reekr, 34, of Clinton, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 235 months in prison for possession and distribution of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Wilson will be required to serve eight years of supervised release following his imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the City of Pinson have reached a comprehensive settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act to ensure that people with disabilities have equal access to city facilities and programs, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey.
