News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, OHIO - Suheidy A. Warner, 31, of Columbus, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiracy to file false claims for federal income tax refunds with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Warner was also ordered to pay more than $251,000 in restitution to the IRS. Approximately $63,000 of the restitution will be paid jointly with the co-conspirators in this case.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that EFREN FLORES-MELCHOR, age 40, a Mexican citizen, was sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Tony Myers, 29, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by Indictment, unsealed yesterday, with two counts of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that on or about August 7, 2013, Feb. 16, 2014 and April 2, 2014, Myers received and possessed images of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Users Traveled from Fairfax County to Purchase Heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Kathryn Farley Charged In 47-Count Indictment.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Sign Up Now to Join Top Scientists, Students and the Public in a Race to Count Species and Celebrate the Connection of Science and Hawaiian Culture.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Deputy Superintendent Mark Dowdle announced today the temporary off-road vehicle (ORV) access closure of Cape Point area in accordance with the requirements of the ORV Management Plan for Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Jeanette Hevel (47, Land O’ Lakes) today pleaded guilty to theft of government property. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. Hevel has also agreed to make full restitution to the Unites States Department of Treasury, and a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $88,504.71.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Jemez Springs, NM -The Valles Caldera Trust is looking for an opportunity to conduct a prescribed burn project on the Valles Caldera National Preserve in April or early May. The project will last for 1-3 days. The prescribed burn will target up to 1471 acres of grassland in the Valle Grande, adjacent...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Jeffrey Anderson, age 36, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, today to 11 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that MARIO EVANS, of Charleston, Missouri, was sentenced today to 221 months on one felony count of Being a Previously Convicted Felon in Possession of a Firearm. He appeared before United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: In Austin today, a federal grand jury indicted Williamson County Judge Timothy L. Wright, III, on various firearm violations and making false statements to a government agent. That announcement was made today by Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Robert Elder, and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge James Spero.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Cache Valley Cancer Treatment and Research Clinic, a cancer treatment clinic located in Logan, pled guilty in U.S. District Court Tuesday afternoon to receipt of misbranded drugs and delivery for sale. The Misdemeanor Information charging the clinic was filed March 31, 2015. The clinic is owned and operated by Dr. Ali Ben-Jacob, a resident of Utah and an oncologist.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Being designated an International Dark Sky Park brings international recognition to the efforts the park has made towards protecting dark skies and provides an example to other parks of what is possible in light pollution prevention and energy savings. It also raises awareness of park staff, visitors, park concessions, and the surrounding community on the many attributes and importance of darkness at night.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: An Introduction to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that Jose Alegria-Garcia, 56, of Anchorage, was sentenced today to 29 months in federal prison. Alegria-Garcia was arrested in November 2014 and charged with unlawfully using the name and identity of Carlos Velazquez to work and live illegally in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Billy Joe Schrader, 32, formerly of North Platte, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 30 years in prison by Senior United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf, for producing child pornography. After his release from prison Schrader will serve an additional 25 years under supervised release, and be required to register as a sex offender for the remainder of his life.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Four rangers with the Natchez Trace Parkway received awards for excellence in training from the National Park Service (NPS). The Natchez Trace Parkway is one of 22 parks that takes recent graduates of the basic law enforcement academy and leads them through an 11-week long Field Training and Evaluation...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Vincent Cooper, age 47, of Washington, D.C., to 11 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 7, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former city clerk of Altoona, Kan., was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail for bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. She also was ordered to pay more than $47,000 in restitution to the city of Altoona.
