News from December 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A federal jury, today, found Sherelle Pratt, 41, of Philadelphia, PA, guilty of filing false tax returns, aiding and assisting other individuals in preparing and filing false tax returns, theft of government property. Pratt was an IRS employee at the time of her crimes. She prepared federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Ed Grace, Deputy Associate Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), Office of Law Enforcement, and Tracey Dunn, Assistant Director, NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement, announce that Curtis W. Waters, 53, of Weeki...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: Las Vegas - As part of the President’s Climate Action Plan and the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Western Solar Plan, the BLM is releasing three Environmental Assessments analyzing impacts for three proposed utility-scale solar energy projects in the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone in Clark County, Nevada. Following public comment, the BLM will proceed with final consideration of the projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Dakota collected over $3.6 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 from civil and criminal actions. Of this amount, over $2.3 million was collected in criminal actions and over $729,000 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service (USSS), Miami Field Office, announce that Price Jules...
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the signing of an agreement between the United States and France to provide compensation to several thousand U.S. and other citizens who were victims of the Nazis and deported from France during the Holocaust...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: Springdale, UT - Zion National Park and other National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill today sentenced Bradley Allen Vaine, 28, of Fresno, to 25 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, for receiving and distributing child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce an opportunity to explore the ecology of Florida's coast. Join our park volunteer Veronica Peterson, Saturday Dec. 13, 2014 from 9:30-11:30am for an informative bird walk in the park's diverse habitat. Song birds, herons, birds of prey and numerous...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: Nēnē breeding season has arrived, which means the endangered birds are more active along Crater Road in Haleakalā National Park. Because they often seek food in the short grass along road shoulders, the birds are especially vulnerable to being killed by cars.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Kevin Feliciano, a/k/a “Nash," 20, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute more than 280 grams of crack cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking activities, was sentenced to 195 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: Scottish Festivities and Traditions at. Winter Festival of Prairie Cultures at Homestead National Monument of America. Learn all about the festivities and traditions of the Scottish culture at a Winter Festival program by Lori McAlister. Join her at Homestead National Monument of America's Education...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: CHICAGO - A former officer and a former director of a bank in Will County have pleaded guilty to federal charges for fraudulently creating false reports that made it appear that the bank’s loan portfolio was in better shape than it actually was. The defendants together concealed delinquent loan payments...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia, December 8, 2014-New River Gorge National River is currently recruiting for a new AmeriCorps Volunteer in Service to America (VISTA). The selected VISTA will serve in this position from February 2015 to February 2016, for one full year. The position was created for a three year...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former Newport Beach resident who was a fugitive for well over a decade was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for running a fraudulent Internet company that bilked hundreds of victims out of approximately $13 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A Jan. 26, 2015, trial date has been set in U.S. District Court for Shawn Phillip Hansen, age 32, of Pleasant Grove, Utah, who has been charged in an indictment with stealing 42 firearms from a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) in Springville. Hansen was an employee of the FFL at the time the alleged thefts took place.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: John P. (Jack) Utsick, who in 2005, according to Billboard Magazine, was the third-largest concert promoter and entertainment manager, made his initial appearance today. Utsick was extradited from Brazil to the United States as a result of his alleged involvement in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of approximately $300 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: A Copley man was charged in federal court with defrauding about 70 investors out of approximately $17 million, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Juan Carlos Willis, age 41, of Hyattsville, Maryland pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to use the stolen identity of others to purchase expensive cars. Willis was scheduled to begin trial tomorrow.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2014
News Release: The former Treasurer of the City of Detroit and two former pension officials were convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to defraud retirees through bribery and kickbacks, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
