News from September 2017
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, October 7, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a variety of programs taking place at Cravens House and at Point Park on Lookout Mountain.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: This morning, a potential unexploded ordnance was found on a beach near Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s beach access ramp 34 in Avon, North Carolina. An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point is en route to remove the device.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: The final defendant in a long running investigation of mortgage fraud at Pierce Commercial Bank was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. Between 2005 and 2008, BEN LESKE, 40, of Puyallup, worked as a loan officer for PC Bank Home Loans, a division...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his participation in a $3.2 million advance fee scheme to fraudulently obtain money from victims seeking business loans, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: The attached provides information about fires in Glacier National Park and surrounding areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A former felon who was found guilty by a jury in June was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for illegal possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada. United States District Judge Larry R. Hicks presided over the sentencing hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeks Information on Person of Interest in Northern Indiana Post Office Pipe Bomb.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 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 soldier of the Sex Money Murder set of the Bloods street gang was sentenced today to 264 months in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy that involved attempted murder and conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ANTHONY WEINER was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 21 months in prison for transferring obscene material to a minor. WEINER pled guilty on May 19, 2017, before U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska. Today’s sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Timothy W. Mims, 28, of Albuquerque, N.M., made his initial appearance today in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him with violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm. The firearm at issue allegedly was stolen from a bank security guard and used to...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: Hassan Osman fled the country on the eve of his 2015 trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Brett Michael Sekinger, age 26, of Waveland, Mississippi, pled guilty on Sept. 21, 2017, to possession of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Harold Brittain and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The Jefferson County Department of Health will receive $300,000 from the Department of Justice to help support a resource recovery center in Birmingham, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Jefferson County Health Officer Mark E. Wilson.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
By State Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Victorico Catarino Ramirez, age 23, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (98 days in jail) for possessing a fraudulent alien registration receipt card, commonly referred to as a “green card.".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - This morning, U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey sentenced Raul Garibay, 25, of Grand Prairie, Texas, to 240 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in March 2017 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute a schedule II controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
