News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - A man who previously had been found guilty in December 2014 by a federal jury of Possessing with the Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine; Possessing a Gun in Furtherance of his Drug Dealing; and being a Felon in Possession of a Gun, was sentenced to a term of incarceration in U. S.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A former Detroit man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin. Tony Searcy, 48, pleaded guilty in federal court in Huntington to possessing heroin with the intent to distribute it. Searcy admitted that on Sept. 26, 2014, he traveled from Detroit, Michigan to Huntington, West Virginia, with approximately 100 grams of heroin that he planned to sell in the Huntington area.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dexter Dez, 29, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., for his assault conviction. Dez was sentenced to a 37 month term of incarceration followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: A man who illegally returned to the United States and used false documents to obtain employment was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the conviction after a jury trial of RAHMAD LASHAD GEDDES, a/k/a “Face," a/k/a “Poo Poo," 36, for trafficking an 18-year- old woman from Wisconsin to Duluth, Minn., for the purpose of commercial sex. On April 8, 2015, GEDDES was charged by indictment...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: DENVER -The Intermountain Region of the National Park Service (NPS) will hold three public listening sessions in northern New Mexico next month to discuss the transition in management of Valles Caldera National Preserve from the Valles Caldera Trust to the NPS.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-On Monday, April 27, 2015, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Elizabeth Warren will hold the fourth in a series of congressional forums as part of the Middle Class Prosperity Project launched by the Members in February.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal court has permanently barred a woman who operated a Moreno Valley tax preparation service from preparing tax returns for others, the United States Attorney’s Office announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 29-year-old Dingmans Ferry man was sentenced to five years in prison today by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion in Scranton, for receiving and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: A Palm Beach County, Florida, man and company were sentenced for violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), as well as the terms of a denial order issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Manuel Ybarra Garcia, 41, of Sacaton, Ariz., a member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 180 months in prison followed by lifetime supervised release. Garcia pleaded guilty on Dec. 9, 2014, to abusive sexual contact of a minor. The crime occurred on the Gila River Indian Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - David Arreola, 29, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced today to seven and a half years in prison for conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana grown on public land and possessing a firearm in furtherance of the conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on April 24, 2015, LAWRENCE J. HERZING, 45, of Greenwich, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in Bridgeport to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling more than $9 million from the hedge fund where he was employed.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: Florissant, Colorado -A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 63,297 visitors to Florissant Fossil Beds in 2014 spent $3.5 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 55 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $5.1 million. "Florissant...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: RIFLE, Colo. - Despite rainy conditions, more than 30 volunteers removed more than six tons of garbage, including 70 tires and 31 gallons of used motor oil, from public land north of Rifle on April 25 as part of an annual clean-up. The annual Hubbard Mesa Clean-up is sponsored by several off-highway...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: Saturday, May 2, 10-11am, Meet Near the Bocce Ball Courts in SF Maritime NHP. Free.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 27, 2015
News Release: Cynthia L. Palmer, 45, of Alton, Illinois, was sentenced to serve twenty-one months in prison as a result of her conviction for bank fraud in a scheme to defraud and embezzle from U.S. Bank, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. Palmer was additionally ordered to serve two years of supervised release following her release from prison and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $105,827.62.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2015
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 786,515 visitors to Capitol Reef National Park in 2014 spent $54,427,500.00 in communities near the park. That spending supported 776 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $61,895,300.00.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Today I report on the status of our border security efforts mid-way through Fiscal Year 2015. This status update is part of our continuing effort to provide regular updates on our border security efforts.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 24, 2015
News Release: Land and Water Conservation Fund Secures View from Virginia's Spy Rock, One of the Most Scenic Overlooks along the Appalachian Trail NELSON COUNTY, Va., April 24, 2015 – Today, United States Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Arthur "Butch" Blazer joined representatives of The Conservation ...
