News from October 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Matthew McManus, 46, of Glenside, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 16 years in prison for his role in an advance fee fraud scheme that defrauded hundreds of victims searching for commercial financing from Remington Financial Group. McManus was one of six people charged in the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former driver for a national trucking company pleaded guilty today to bribery charges, admitting that he bribed employees in the Traffic Office at the Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany (MCLB-Albany) in order to obtain lucrative freight hauling business, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore of the Middle District of Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The last of four methamphetamine traffickers, Jose Angel Martinez Chairez, 39, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: MINERAL, CA -After a successful vehicle free day this past spring, Lassen Volcanic is happy to announce another opportunity for non-motorized recreation along the park highway. On Saturday, Oct. 18, your park invites you to enjoy its fall colors and crisp air as you bicycle, walk, or run along the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: PHOENIX - On Oct. 6, 2014, Everardo Duarte, 38, of Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 12 years imprisonment. Duarte pleaded guilty on July 21, 2014 to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) along with 17 Members of Congress sent a to the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Dan Ashe, urging the Service to extend the comment period for the proposed critical habitat designation of the western yellow-billed...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: In accordance with the 2014 Superintendent's Compendium, Superintendent Dan Foster has lifted the ban on camp fires on the exposed lakebed.The ban on campfires in established fire rings in campgrounds and day-use areas throughout Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area was lifted on August 29. These restrictions have been lifted as a result of fire danger levels being lowered by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources in the counties surrounding the lake.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), Miami Field Office, announce that defendants Juan Francisco Soca, Sr., 64, of Stock Island...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Katherine M. Kephart, 31, of Norfolk, Va., was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five (5) grams or more of methamphetamine, commonly known as “ice." Kephart’s husband, Charles M. Kephart, 43, of Norfolk, Va., was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Johnny Michael Castro, age 33 and formerly of North Platte, Nebraska, was sentenced on Oct. 3, 2014, to a 30 month term of imprisonment for failing to register as a sex offender in the State of Nebraska after relocating here in early 2014. After his release from prison, Castro will be required to serve a five year term of supervised release and be registered as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: Company In Top 3 Percent of Transport Provider Medicare Earners After Operator Barred From Medicare Participation for Previous Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An employee of several related Parsippany, New Jersey-based construction companies today admitted underreporting significant amounts of cash income on his tax return, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Guatemala Country Attaché Angel L. Ortiz had forgotten about the letter of recommendation he’d written two years ago.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a laser-based imaging system that creates high-definition 3D maps of surfaces from as far away as 10.5 meters.* The method may be useful in diverse fields, including precision machining and assembly, as well as in forensics.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - David Anthony Mantey, 41, of Gray, Tenn., was sentenced on Oct. 6, 2014, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, to serve 180 months in federal prison. Mantey was previously convicted of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Nevada, Mo., husband and wife pleaded guilty in federal court today to making false statements as part of a $99,000 scheme to defraud Social Security.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEPHEN GOODRICH, 57, of Rocky Hill, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announces the following upcoming flight plans for October and November.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: St. Louis, MO - RAJU MUKHI pled guilty to failing to file a report to the IRS on his foreign financial accounts and for filing false tax returns.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2014
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will host seven tribal consultation sessions and seven stakeholder outreach meetings to give Alaska Native federally recognized Tribes and corporations an opportunity to provide input on the National Strategy for the Arctic Region 10-year plan to develop renewable energy resources in the Arctic region.
