News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Michael Randolph Garcia, 26, of Camp Verde, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to concurrent terms of 38 months and 33 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. On March 22, 2017, Garcia had previously pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of assault by strangling or suffocating, arising out of two separate cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Connie Forrest, 56, of Pittsford, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to a charge of Social Security fraud. Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss released Forrest on conditions pending sentencing, which has been scheduled for October 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allison Park, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By State Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following statement in support of a resolution reaffirming the United States’ commitment to NATO’s principle of collective defense as enumerated in the North Atlantic Treaty’s Article 5 (H.Res.397 ) on the House floor...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Washington - who is also known as “Bam" - was arrested by the FBI this morning and will appear in federal court at 1:30pm. Washington, Jr. - also known as “Man" - was arrested on June 14, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Perth Amboy, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to distribute approximately 1.5 kilograms of ethylone, a Schedule I controlled substance, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Christopher Edward Pendegraft, 57, was sentenced Friday, June 23, 2017, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois to 24 months in federal prison, five years of supervised release...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Moonlight hikes are back! The Rangers at Effigy Mounds National Monument are excited to offer a moonlight Ranger-guided hike to Firepoint on July 8th, 2017. The 2-mile hikes will depart from the Visitor Center at 8:15 and 8:45 p.m. and take approximately 2 hours to complete, with Ranger stops along the trail and a historic story at Firepoint.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - On June 22, 2017 approximately 6:20 pm, the United States Park Police to include the National Park Service Ocean Rescue and San Francisco Fire Department responded to a person who fell from a cliff near the Lands End Painted Rock area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT JONES, also known as “Y.O.," 30, of Hartford, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Recovered Assets Will Be Used to Compensate Victims of the Madoff Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Michael Shawn Garrett, 44, of Panama City Beach, was arraigned yesterday in the U.S. District Court in Panama City after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with attempted enticement of a minor for sex. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Irving Picard, the Securities Investor Protection Act (“SIPA") Trustee, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), today...
By State Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - During sentencing hearings that occurred over the course of the last two days, several members of the Texas “Mexikan" (TMM) have been ordered to significant terms in prison for their roles in a Racketeer Influence Corrupt (RICO) conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. The hearings began yesterday and concluded today before Senior U.S. District Judge John D. Rainey.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler, of the Southern District of Alabama, announces that today United States District Judge William H. Steele sentenced Paul Constantine Bauer, age 35, a resident of Foley, Alabama, to serve 24 months in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to make and pass...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a member of the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips today admitted his role in a racketeering conspiracy that involved shooting rival gang members and conspiracies to distribute heroin and crack-cocaine.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that James M. Owendoff, who has served as a Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary in the Office of Environmental Management (EM) since January 2010, has been named Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Environmental Management.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Virginia man pleaded guilty today to charges of interstate stalking, interstate domestic violence, and being a felon in possession of ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2017
News Release: Tioga Road will open for Bicycle and Pedestrian Use on Wednesday, June 28, 2017.
