News from June 2017

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On June 23, 2017, Brian Ronald Coatesheather Jean Reekr, age 39, of Lost Nation, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to five years probation for theft of government property and making false statements, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Coates was ordered to pay restitution of $14,235.55 to the United States Railroad Retirement Board and pay a $200 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: Jackson, TN - Jeffrey Whitehead and Keenan Kendall were sentenced to 149 months in federal prison for being felons in possession of firearms. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney, announced the sentences today.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Barry Cadden, the owner and head pharmacist of New England Compounding Center (NECC), was sentenced today in connection with the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: Owner of New England Compounding Center Sentenced for Racketeering Leading to Nationwide Fungal Meningitis Outbreak.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: At approximately 12:00 PM on Saturday, June 24, park personnel received a call from Morgan County 9-1-1 requesting assistance about a stranded paddler on the Emory River, located outside the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: BLAST (Building Lasting Relationships Between Police and Community) Program Brings Law Enforcement and Communities Together.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Learn the basics of Dutch Oven Cooking and enjoy songs about the California Trail and the Gold Rush at the California Trail Interpretive Center during July.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that six defendants were charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Named in the complaint are Joseph Ciffa, 49, Erica Lounsberry, 30, both of Grand Island, NY; Debbie Seright, 41, and Shauniqua Rodriguez...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CHRISTOPHER SIMMS, age 31, of New Orleans, pled guilty last week to a nine-count superseding Bill of Information for bank robbery and armed robbery, and a one-count Indictment for bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: Victim Was Stabbed in a Stairwell.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: A Tulsa federal court sentenced Clint Tirone Barger of Tulsa, Oklahoma, to serve 21 years plus 10 months in federal prison for possession and distribution of child pornography followed by 8 years of supervised release, announced Acting United States Attorney Loretta Radford for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: The Pu‘u Pua‘i Overlook has reopened after being closed since February to protect breeding nēnē (endangered Hawaiian geese) in the area.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shania Martin, 21, of Gowanda, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with making a false statement. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Daniel Rios, 33, of Kern County, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and John J. Marin, DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the San Francisco Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kye Aaron Dunbar, 30, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to three years and 10 months in prison and ordered to pay $287,945 in restitution for conspiring to defraud Bakersfield Pipe and Supply Inc. (BPS), U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: Kemmerer, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Kemmerer Field Office advises that crews will be working on filling the large mud holes up the Pine Creek Road to the Forest Service boundary the week of June 26. Pine Creek Road is located east of Cokeville, Wyoming, near State Route 232. The roadwork is scheduled for completion by Thursday, June 29.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: Tammeco Cargill Fatally Shot Man and Wounded Bystanders Who Witnessed the Murder.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Dorsey Hunt, 25, of the Bronx, was sentenced in United States District Court in Rutland to 84 months of imprisonment following his guilty...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Matthew Faron Blair, 33, of Modesto, was sentenced today to eight years and nine months in prison for forcibly assaulting a federal government contract security guard assigned to protect the Social Security Administration office in downtown Fresno, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A crack-cocaine wholesaler for the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 132 months in prison for his involvement in racketeering and drug trafficking conspiracies operating in Newark, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.