News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A man who smuggled ancient artifacts out of Pakistan and into the United States was sentenced today to three years in prison, ordered to forfeit over 1,300 artifacts, and pay a money judgment of over $115,000. The Court also entered an order revoking the man’s U.S. citizenship, which he obtained through fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that United States District Judge Rosanna Malouf Peterson sentenced Dan Wayne Streetman, age 46, of Spokane, Washington, to a 60-year term of imprisonment, to be followed by a lifetime of court supervision and required sex offender registration, for three charges of production of child pornography. Streetman had pled guilty to the offenses on Dec. 13, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Robert Snyder, age 68, of Etna, New York, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison and 7 years of post-imprisonment supervision following convictions for receipt, possession and accessing with intent to view child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Point Pleasant, New Jersey, man will appear in federal court today to face allegations that he planned to construct and use a pressure cooker bomb in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick and Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Dana Boente announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Los Angeles, California, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in federal court to 11 years’ imprisonment on charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Craig Reckley (56, Clearwater) has pleaded guilty to theft of government funds. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) has long been a popular destination for its natural resources, rich cultural history, and daytime recreational activities. It also offers visitors an extraordinary opportunity once the sun has set. Located far from sources of urban light pollution...
By US DOT Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives this week unanimously approved three bills that will strengthen the federal disaster response and recovery programs of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A California man pleaded guilty today to a federal methamphetamine crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Edgar Zendejas Bedoy, 35, of El Centro, entered his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Clark Calloway, 38, of Washington, D.C., has been arrested and charged with two federal firearms offenses after allegedly seeking and illegally purchasing a fully automatic AK-rifle 47 and ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Andrew Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A former associate clerk in the Cook County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office lied under oath to a federal grand jury when she denied selling tickets for the Clerk’s campaign fundraisers to other employees in the office, according to a federal indictment announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: New Jersey Man Charged With Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK - Jose Augustine Hernandez, 32, of Lubbock, was sentenced this morning by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 71 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in January 2017, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: Dwayne J. Lynch, 28, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was charged on May 4, 2017 by Indictment[1] with possession with the intent to distribute heroin, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: Savannah, GA - Timothy Bryce, 40, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 70 months in prison by Senior United States District Court Judge William T. Moore, Jr., after pleading guilty to transporting a stolen motor vehicle across multiple state lines, from North Carolina, to South Carolina, to Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A Madisonville man has been taken into custody as a result of a joint effort in ensuring the safety of local communities, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Boatmen of the Natchez Trace," a special Junior Ranger program held onSaturday, May 20, 2017 at 10:00 am. Did you know in the early 1800s men would walk over 500 miles of the Old Natchez Trace? Boatmen, men from the Ohio River...
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) - Starting as early as Sunday and as weather and conditions allow, the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) and U.S. Army Alaska (USARAK) will implement a prescribed fire in the Yukon Training Area located approximately 35 miles east of Fairbanks. Ignitions on the Stuart Creek Impact Area may continue through to May 14.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A document broker pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield in connection with his role in trafficking the identities of Puerto Rican citizens and corresponding identity documents.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury returned two indictments Wednesday afternoon charging two individuals with recent alleged robberies of banks and credit unions in Salt Lake, Utah, and Davis counties.
