News from April 2015
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,142,040 visitors to Haleakalā National Park in 2014 spent over $70 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 837 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of over $84 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark S. Bennett was honored this week for his work prosecuting mortgage-fraud cases by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development - Office of Inspector General.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A United States District Court jury convicted Osvaldo Ortega-Amaya, 29, of Hilliard, Ohio, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Glen Jean, WV-A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,280,604 visitors to New River Gorge National River, Bluestone National Scenic River, and Gauley River National Recreation Area in 2014 spent $53,448,900 in communities near the park. That spending supported 808 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $60,572,100.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Mario Fresta, 37, of Cape Coral, Florida pleaded guilty today to one count of Hobbs Act extortion, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. U.S. District Court Judge Berle M. Schiller scheduled a sentencing hearing for July 15, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Driver Under Influence of PCP Struck Pedestrian, Who Was Walking on Sidewalk.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: OAKLAND -A federal grand jury indicted Michael Johnson and Nicole Berry with conspiracy to file false claims, filing false claims, theft of public money, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and effecting fraudulent transactions with access devices, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Juwan Robert Woods, 32, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was convicted in federal court today for his role in a Philadelphia to Morgantown heroin and painkiller distribution ring, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced that Thomas Hoey, Jr., who led a large-scale cocaine distribution conspiracy for over five years, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that STEVEN WESSEL, a/k/a “Wes Wessels," pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to securities fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Specifically, WESSEL admitted engaging in a scheme to...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - From trail repairs to new wayside interpretive panels, road and bridge repairs and restoring the most photographed barn in America, the National Park Service this week announced $26 million for more than 100 initiatives that will help parks prepare for centennial visitors.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CEASAR ANQUILLARE, 87, of West Haven, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to paying nearly $300,000 in bribes to the former Executive Director of the West Haven Housing Authority in exchange for government contracts and business.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Edwin Ludwig IV, 34, currently an inmate in an Oklahoma state prison, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and two counts of filing false claims for federal tax refunds, United States Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michelle Smith, 33, of Farmington, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to committing wire fraud in furtherance of a scheme to defraud insurance companies. Under the terms of her plea agreement, Smith will be sentenced to a prison term within the range...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Joseph D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Fort Union National Monument is pleased to announce its first special event of the year. A Naturalization Ceremony to be held on May 8, 2015 from 1pm-2pm. This is an opportunity for some to become the first in their family to earn American Citizenship. This Oath of Allegiance will be taken by applicants...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: A new report on the economic benefits from national park tourism concluded that visitors to Grand Teton National Park and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway numbered well over four million in 2014 and those visitors spent more than $532 million in the gateway communities of northwestern Wyoming.
By State Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), unanimously passed seven measures, including three bipartisan measures to address the threats posed by ISIS. Specifically, the measures allow denial or revocation of passports to individuals who assist terrorist organizations, improves defense cooperation between the United States and Jordan, and protects international cultural property from being destroyed or looted by ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- Hugo Enrique Ogando, 37, and Miguel de los Santos, 37, were arrested Wednesday on a criminal complaint charging them with one count of possession with intent to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today. Ogando and de los Santos made their initial appearance today before Senior District Court Judge Raymond L. Finch. A detention hearing is set for Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that DANIEL GRUBER was arrested yesterday on stalking charges related to threats he allegedly made to a New York school and its leadership.
