News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced today that fourteen individuals from Wilmington have been charged in Criminal Indictments in connection with drug trafficking offenses. VICTOR FRANCISO VALLADARES, 32, JUSTICE DEVON PRICE, 24, SHAMIKA TARONA FENNELL, 27, TONY SHAHEEN DAVIS...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - A facility administrator and mental health therapist have been sentenced for their roles in an extensive Medicare fraud scheme. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced the individuals as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: SALEM, N.J. - Salem County Prosecutor John T. Lenahan and Pennsville Police Chief Allen Cummings announce the arrest of an Oregon man and one of Salem County’s largest seizures of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: Sunday evening, Aug. 31, a party of four hikers was rescued from Copper Mountain in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. Three of the hikers were off-duty Lake Clark employees. The National Park Service’s Alaska Region Communication Center received a distress call from a park radio at about 7:30...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: MONROE, La. -A West Monroe man was sentenced to 90 months in prison and three years of supervised release for drug trafficking and illegally possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Leonard Bridge, II, 44, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty yesterday to embezzling assets from a labor organization. Under the terms of the plea agreement, the parties will recommend that the court sentence Bridge to a prison term within the range of 12 to 24 months followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court. Bridge also will have to pay $140,877.56 in restitution to the union.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: Defrauded Investors in Facebook IPO and Real Estate Deals.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), announced today that separate criminal charges were filed today against two illegal aliens.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Gordon Link, 77, of Greece, N.Y., pleaded guilty to attempted possession of child pornography before U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, or both.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: Fire Management staff at Denali National Park and Preserve are planning to burn two debris.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: LAKE MEAD INSTITUTE OFFERING FREE 2-CREDIT HOUR TEACHER WORKSHOP.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce that the Symphony Of The Canyons will perform for a second year, on September 6th at Pipe Spring National Monument. Pipe Spring National Monument Superintendent John Hiscock stated.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that David Goyette, 27, of Auburn, Maine, pleaded guilty last Friday in U.S. District Court in Portland to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 28 grams or more of crack cocaine.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: Dear Chairwoman Ramirez: We are writing to request that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complete an update to its 2012 report, “A Review of Food Marketing to Children and Adolescents: Follow Up Report," examining food and beverage company expenditures on marketing directed at children and adolescents...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: More than $92,000 in refunds illegally received.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: LOS ANGELES - In coordinated criminal and civil actions filed today, federal prosecutors obtained an indictment and the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil complaint against a Los Angeles-based immigration attorney who allegedly ran an investment scheme that defrauded foreign investors seeking permanent residency status in the United States through the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: Will also oppose DOJ threat to pursue ‘piecemeal appeals’ if stay not granted
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: Join Charles Pinckney National Historic Site in celebration of Constitution Week by attending one of the free special events scheduled September 17-21, 2014 at 1254 Long Point Road in Mount Pleasant. The park preserves the last 28 acres of Snee Farm, a plantation that was once owned by Charles Pinckney, a principal framer and signer of the U.S. Constitution.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: The reduction of hazardous fuels is a significant preventative management tool for managing wildfire near structures and communities. These projects are done to protect life and property and enhance the safety of firefighters and their ability to manage fire within the park. As seen with the Fern Lake Fire, previous reduction of hazardous fuels aided firefighters in stopping the fire within the park when it made its more than 3 mile run on the morning of Dec. 1, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 3, 2014
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La.-United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley, along with two other guest speakers, spoke today at a program celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act and the Criminal Justice Act. The event was hosted by the Lafayette-Acadiana Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and was held at the John M. Shaw Federal Courthouse.
