News from September 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. District of Connecticut. Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WESLEY SKORSKI, 44, of Marlborough, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Patrick Brightwell, 48, of Bogart, Ga., was sentenced today to 10 months in prison on charges that he orchestrated the discharge of waste into the Potomac River at East Potomac Park from 2009 through 2011, during the same period he managed the company hired by the National Park Service to clean out the storm water sewer system on the National Mall.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Contact: Karla Tanner. Accessible Trail to be Dedicated. Fruita, CO - Join us at Colorado National Monument at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 1 to celebrate and dedicate completion of the Alcove Nature Trail accessibility project!. Following standards established by the U.S. Access Board for Trails...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - S’ade Tyler, 28, of Jackson, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to defraud the United States and wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today. She was also ordered to pay restitution to the U.S. government in the amount of $62,946.39.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DINESH D’SOUZA was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to five years of probation, with eight months during the first year to be served in a community confinement center, after having pled guilty to...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge Harvey S. Schlesinger sentenced Troy Solomon today to three years in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States, fraud, and making false statements in the preparation of a tax return. Antonio Gadsden was sentenced today to eight months’...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal court in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, permanently barred Larry E. Snow from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. Snow allegedly claimed false tax deductions on customers’ tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Mario Humberto Llantada, 31, of La Puente, Calif., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to a four-count indictment charging him with methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering charges. The guilty plea was entered without the benefit of any plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Wichita, Kan., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a $2.7 million mortgage fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Isaac Bonner, 43, of Darby, Pennsylvania, was charged today by information with theft of public funds from the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA"), announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. It is alleged that the defendant submitted fraudulent time sheets while he was assigned to the VA...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Gregory Evans, age 28, of Washington, DC, today to 114 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and David W. Bourne, Special Agent in Charge, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigation (FDA-OCI), Miami...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: CALABASAS, Calif. -Bird Fest, an inaugural event featuring a host of free activities, will be held Saturday, Oct. 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Santa Monica Mountains Interagency Visitor Center. Bird enthusiasts and newbies alike are invited to celebrate all things bird.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: National Park Service Programs and. Yosemite Conservancy Funding Help Keep Bears Wild. Yosemite National Park,Sept. 23, 2014-For the first time, National Park Service wildlife managers in Yosemite will map and monitor the movement of the park's black bears in real-time to help wildlife managers understand...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 46-year-old Coudersport, Pennsylvania resident was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Wilkes-Barre to two years’ probation and ordered to pay more than $6,000 in restitution by U.S. Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick for falsifying records in connection with his duties as treasurer for the Communication Workers of America Local 88329.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that CASEY THONN, 35, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, was charged in a two-count Bill of Information with wire fraud in connection with claims he filed with the Deepwater Horizon Economic Claims Center (“DHECC").
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - This Saturday, Sept. 27, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and almost 4,000 of its national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold the ninth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Americans can take their expired, unneeded, or unwanted prescription drugs to one of over 5,200 collection sites across the country between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. local time. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle, of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Sept. 22, 2014, Charles Kniebes-Larsen (age: 34) of Neenah, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison by Chief United States District Judge William C. Griesbach. Kniebes-Larsen previously entered a guilty plea to a single-count indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Calvin Louis Smith, 58, a former Canton City Alderman, was sentenced to 66 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Acting FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp. He was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2014
News Release: Popular Public Transit Service Reaches Historic Milestone.
