News from April 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Elizabeth Public School District has agreed to credit its School Lunch Program $272,810 and pay $49,500 to the U.S. Department of Justice to settle allegations that it improperly used federal and state funds to provide meals and catering services for school board meetings and other special functions.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: Top-Line Talking Points. * Ninety-five percent of the world’s consumers live outside the United States. To have a healthy economy, the United States must engage with other nations through trade. Congressional approval of legislation to renew Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) is critical to America’s ability...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Toribio Cruz-Galvan (Cruz), 29, of Michoacán, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess marijuana with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: Monday, April 20, 2015, at 1:27 p.m., emergency responders responded to an incident involving a bicyclist on the Parkway south of Highway 82 at Milepost 201. De Loyd E. Stertz, 87, of Altoona, WI, was riding his bicycle south on the Parkway when he was overcome by exhaustion and fell off his bicycle.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA -United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a Superseding Indictment charging QUENTRELL D. FOUNTAIN, age 27, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with possessing a firearm while a convicted felon, tampering with a witness and victim, retaliating against...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, three additional defendants pleaded guilty in connection with a sex trafficking scheme operated out of the Riviera Motel in New Orleans, Louisiana, which compelled multiple women to engage in prostitution in New Orleans and elsewhere, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Allen Polite Jr. of the Eastern District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former Kansas state legislator was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison for defrauding Farmers and Merchants Bank of Colby, Kan., of more than $460,000, some of which he deposited in his campaign account, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. He also was ordered to pay $461,000 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: Acadia National Park has opened Park Loop Road at Acadia National Park to all vehicles for the 2015 summer season. The park's carriage roads will be closed to all public access and use starting on April 22, 2015, to protect their gravel surface, which softens during the spring thaw, from post-holing...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The owner of a home health agency today admitted her role in a $7 million scheme to defraud Medicaid and engage in bribery, money laundering, and tax evasion, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Donald Stirk, 35, of Albion, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute and distribution of a Schedule I controlled substance, conspiracy to import and importing a Schedule I controlled substance, and smuggling. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Apr. 20, 2015, Joyce Allen, 67, of Louisville, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge, to serve a total of 360 months in federal prison. Allen was immediately taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service following the sentencing hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Thomas J. Miller, 41, of Benwood, West Virginia, was convicted today in federal court of unlawful possession of firearms, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: As part of his plea, the defendant will surrender his medical license. Bennett will also forfeit $19,000 in United States currency.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Noel Pena, 29, a Rio Grande City Police Department investigator, has been arrested and made his initial appearance on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Also charged is Hector Salinas-Hinojosa, 21, of Roma.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: GULFPORT, Miss. - Rasheed Ali Muhammad, 42, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, was sentenced to a total of 1,440 months in federal (240 months on each of six counts) followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute bath...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Manuel Tsosie, 37, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Gallup, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a child sexual abuse charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Tsosie will be sentenced a term of incarceration not to exceed 33 months followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court. Tsosie will be required to register as a sex offender after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Emilio Perez-Solis, 39, of Oakland, was sentenced today to three years and 10 months in prison, for conspiring to sell counterfeit CDs and DVDs, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Marc Korn, 58, of Amherst, NY, with bankruptcy fraud. The charges carry a maximum sentence of five years and a fine of $250,000.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: Today, Channel Islands National Park and Santa Monica National Recreation Area invite the public to celebrate National Park Week at their local parks and to join the Find Your Park National Park Service Centennial campaign.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2015
News Release: The humpback whale is currently listed as endangered throughout its range. The proposed rule finds that ten of those 14 populations do not warrant ESA listing.
