News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Darien Bordeaux, 33, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charges carry a maximum prison sentence of 10 years, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Provided Non-Public Information on Financial Results in Exchange for Cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Markell Quashan Sweargin, 19, of Lubbock, Tex., pled guilty this afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to transporting a person for the purpose of engaging in prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Lecelle Montgomery, age 32, of Bluffton, S.C., pled guilty in federal court in Charleston, to Bank Fraud, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344. United States District Judge Richard Gergel, of Charleston...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Wednesday, September 6, 2017, United States District Court Judge Marco A. Hernandez sentenced Nicolas Allen Harms, 26, of Gresham, to 96 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release. Harms had previously pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 992(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on September 5, 2017, former University of North Dakota Flight Instructor ERIC HEWITT BASILE, age 38, of Grand Forks, ND, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve 16 ½ years in prison for his...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Luray, VA: Monarch butterflies will be the focus of a special event held in Shenandoah National Park on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, at Byrd Visitor Center, mile 51 on Skyline Drive. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. and is free and open to the public, however, there is a $25-per-car entrance fee to the park (good for seven days).
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: The time to reform the broken tax code is now. A pro-growth tax plan will move the U.S. economy forward, helping to produce jobs and bigger paychecks for the American people, and allowing them to keep more of their hard-earned incomes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - Bates family members have been sentenced for their roles in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded victims of more than twenty-one million dollars. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentences today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announces that Dean Zimmerman, age 48, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Theresa Springmann on his plea of guilty to the charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former Lieutenant with the Quincy Police Department (QPD) was sentenced today in federal court in Boston after a jury found him guilty of collecting double pay in 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos walking away from Obama Administration guidance for colleges to combat the national epidemic of campus sexual assault. With her announcement today, Secretary DeVos is continuing a pattern of undermining survivors’ rights and making it harder for justice to be served.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO: Have you ever wanted to make soap the way your great-grandma did? Ozark National Scenic Riverways is hosting a lye soap making workshop at Big Spring on Sunday, September 17 from 2 to 5 p.m. Join local craftsperson Cathy Wyatt to explore the process of lye soap making. The workshop is...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - A federal jury has found a Memphis man guilty of trafficking narcotics, possession with intent to distribute and manufacture controlled substances and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the conviction today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 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 EDWIN LEO BROWN, 28, of Jacksonville, to 210 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: CLOSURE DUE TO HURRICANE IRMA. St. Simons Island, GA: Based on the preparation needed to take place before the storm hits, the unpredictability of the storm, the strength and the potential for significant damage to health and property, tomorrow Fort Frederica National Monument will begin shut down procedures...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Francisco Fernandez, a/k/a Joel Antonio Santana Arias, 44, a Dominican national who resided in Lawrence, Mass., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Providence, R.I., to 46 months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute nearly two kilograms of cocaine. The cocaine was discovered inside Fernandez’s vehicle by a Rhode Island State Police trooper during a traffic stop in February 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Portage, Pa. has been sentenced in federal court in Johnstown to 18 months in prison, and three years’ supervised release, on her conviction of conspiring to commit money laundering, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mobridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Sept. 1, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2017
News Release: Volunteers needed for National Public Lands Day Project at Washoe State Park.
