News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Trial has been set for July 31, 2017, for a Rock Island man charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Jeffrey Terrell Moore, 29, of the 600 block of 7th Street, appeared in federal court today for arraignment before U.S. District Judge Sara L. Darrow.
By State Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement on the president’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Norman Ridgeway, 27, of Croydon, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison as a result of his production of child pornography with a 3-year-old child, his distribution of that same child pornography over the internet, and his possession of a massive trove of videos and images containing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - Terry Farris was sentenced to 484 months in federal prison for armed robbery affecting interstate commerce. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 75 months in prison for coercing and enticing two girls to travel from Oregon to Nevada to work as prostitutes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Boston - A Fall River man was found guilty and sentenced today in federal court in Boston for violating the terms and conditions of his supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MARK BERLIN, 63, of Boca Raton, Florida, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday in Bridgeport federal court to one count of wire fraud related to his defrauding three restaurant groups of more than $3.5 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- Ewart Henry, 71, of Jamaica, pleaded guilty today in federal court on St. Thomas to making a false claim of United States citizenship, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. District Judge Curtis V. Gomez detained Henry pending further proceedings. Sentencing is set for October 5, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Six people from Greater Cleveland were indicted in federal court for firearms crimes, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join a ranger and fellow birding enthusiasts every Saturday morning in June for a Beginning Birding program at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. This leisurely hike will be offered from 9:00 am to 10:30 am at the national lakeshore’s Great Marsh Trail. No birding experience...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Cincinnati - The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center today announced the award of a contract to CAST Specialty Transportation, Inc. (CAST) of Henderson, Colorado for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) transportation services. The Indefinite-Delivery...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Maryland State Senator Nathaniel Thomas Oaks, age 70, of Baltimore, Maryland, with wire fraud, honest services wire fraud, and violations of the Travel Act for allegedly accepting illegal payments in exchange for using his official position or influence to benefit an individual on business-related matters. The indictment was returned on May 31, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Dennis J. Northover, II, 27, of Mansfield, was charged with one count of receiving and distributing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that John R. Canney III, an attorney in Rutland, Vermont, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to charges of filing false tax returns. Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss released Canney on conditions pending sentencing, which has been set for Sept. 21, 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: ADELANTO, Calif. - A Honduran national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), who collapsed while playing soccer Wednesday evening at the Adelanto Detention Facility, passed away a short time later in an ambulance as he was being transported to a nearby hospital.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Andi Majka, 28, of Rutland Town, and Young Lim, 35, of Shrewsbury, have been sentenced to imprisonment for their respective roles in distributing crack cocaine and heroin in the Rutland area over a few year period. Both had previously pled guilty to distribution of crack cocaine and, according to court records, both also sold heroin.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and one of the nation’s largest public hospitals have resolved litigation by reaching an agreement that requires the center to enhance its efforts to prevent violence in the workplace.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Candace Tapia, 22, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a methamphetamine trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed a Secretarial Order to jump-start oil and gas production in Alaska and update resource assessments in the North Slope. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Huntsville man on identity theft, access device fraud and illegal gun possession charges, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Michael Williams.
