News from October 2013
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Brian Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Richmond County District Attorney Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., and New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly announced today the arrests and indictments of Anthony Lagala, JR., Adam Paone and Marat Ayzenberg after a 10-month investigation into illicit drug and gun trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Hudson County, N.J. man today admitted his role in paying bribes to a Bayonne public official for the public official’s assistance in securing projects funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: As a result of the Federal government shutdown, essentially all services provided by the Bureau of Land Management will be suspended, with the exception of law enforcement and emergency response functions. Approximately 4,000 recreation facilities, including visitor centers, facilities, campgrounds...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County physician who admitted that he illegally prescribed dangerous, addictive painkillers to “patients" he barely examined during meetings that were often held at Starbucks stores was sentenced late today to over 11 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Chief U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young today sentenced Indianapolis attorney William F. Conour to 120 months (10 years) in federal prison for defrauding his clients of more than $4.5 million over more than a decade. Conour was ordered to pay over 6.7 million dollars in restitution to his victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: WEST TRENTON, N.J. - The New Jersey State Police Crime Suppression South Unit and the Drug Enforcement (DEA) arrested nine people in connection with an international drug ring that was based in Jamaica and operated in New Jersey and California, supplying drugs across the United States. Members of this international drug trafficking organization and its leader, Andrew Davis, have been arrested and the organization dismantled by this multi-agency coordinated effort.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will celebrate Cultural Heritage Days at Blue Heron Mining Community during the third and fourth Saturdays in October. This multi-weekend event embraces the ways of life and labor of miners and their families who once lived at this coal camp and others in the region around the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul announced today that Brian Wergin, 31, and Bohdan “Don" Luzecky, 46, both of Rochester, N.Y., who were both convicted of mail fraud, were sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. Wergin was sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay $281,964.34 in restitution. Luzecky was sentenced to 27 months in prison and to pay restitution in the amount of $235,499.34.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park reopened to visitors today, Oct. 17, 2013. Visitors can access public areas and roads immediately while facilities and other public services are brought back online. Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park has been closed since Oct. 1, 2013 due to the government shutdown.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Tampa, Florida - On October 7, 2013, U.S. District Judge William J. Castagna sentenced Alexander Shevgert, an inmate at Coleman Federal Prison and former resident of Sarasota, to an additional 19 years in federal prison for a murder for hire scheme in which he attempted to murder three family members. Shevgert pleaded guilty on July 12, 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - Andersonville National Historic Site re-opened to visitors today. The park has been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional appropriations.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Berlin, Maryland - Assateague Island National Seashore reopened this morning at 6:00 a.m. The park has been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional appropriations. “We are happy to be serving our visitors once more! We greatly appreciate the support of the public, our gateway communities...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Dry Tortugas National Park re-opens to visitors today. Dry Tortugas National Park has been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional appropriations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Defendant Provided Prescriptions For Oxycodone Without A Legitimate Medical Purpose And For Sale.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Eagle, AK - Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve re-opens to visitors today. Visitors can access public areas immediately while facilities and other public services are brought back online. Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve has been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional appropriations.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: The National Park Service employees who work at the Home of FDR, Eleanor Roosevelt’s Val-Kill and the Vanderbilt Mansion returned to work this morning, following the lapse in Congressional appropriations which kept the parks closed for 16-days. "We are very happy to be back on the job," said Superintendent...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, N.J., man was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for selling guns without a license and illegally possessing firearms, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: Salem, MA - Salem Maritime and Saugus Iron Works National Historic Sites reopened to the public today. Visitors can now access the visitor centers, bookstores, restrooms, grounds and historic buildings located at both sites. Free ranger-led tours for the visiting public and school programs for local students have resumed normal October schedules. Both Salem Maritime and Saugus Iron Works have been closed since October 1 due to the lapse in Congressional appropriations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE -Raymond Negron, 32, of Manchester, New Hampshire was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to twelve years in prison for unlawful distribution of oxycodone and cocaine, unlawful possession with the intent to distribute oxycodone and cocaine...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2013
News Release: A guided walk that will focus on burial traditions in the region of the Cumberland Plateau will meet at 6:00 p.m. (EDT) on Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Bandy Creek Trailhead at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Visitors will learn about burial traditions on or near the land that became Big South Fork NRRA. Participants will also have the opportunity to tell a story about family traditions.
