News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: LEXINGTON - A Winchester, Ky., tax return preparer has admitted in federal court that she submitted false individual income tax returns and evaded paying thousands of dollars in federal income taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: COLUMBIA, S.C. - United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today that a federal jury convicted Alfredo De Jesus Ramirez this afternoon of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ida Rodriguez, 46, of Hobbs, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to violating federal narcotics trafficking laws. Under the terms of her plea agreement, Rodriguez will be sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: In the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 16, Grand Teton National Park rangers initiated a multi-phased rescue mission for ten climbers in two separate parties who became stranded together in the Stettner Couloir late Saturday evening, Aug. 15, while descending from the Petzoldt Ridge on the Grand...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: (Richmond, CA) -On Saturday, September 5th at 11 AM, Lincoln Cushing from Kaiser Permanente Heritage Resources will host an opening for an exhibition about the graphic art of Emmy Lou Packard who was employed by the Kaiser Shipyards during World War II in Richmond, California.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today announced new guidance for its Field Offices that will help ensure more efficient distribution of oil and gas royalty payments to the Federal treasury, tribes, and Indian landowners.The BLM today published an Instruction Memorandum (IM) that streamlines the process...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Gerald Lee Banks, age 40, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a 26-year-old Scranton man pleaded guilty yesterday before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Ashley Anders Bishop (42, Orlando) guilty of one count of possessing and four counts of receiving child pornography. Bishop was previously convicted of a sex offense and, as a result, faces a mandatory...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: A Mayfield Heights man is accused of stealing more than $677,000 from his former employer, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Long Island, NY - The National Park Service is turning 99 years old on August 25 and Fire Island National Seashore, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, and Gateway National Recreation Area want you to join the party! Visit Long Island's national parks and enjoy the rich historic and natural features in your backyard.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Joseph Matthew Polk, age 24, of Clover, South Carolina pled guilty today in federal court. Polk plead guilty to possession with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Dr. Bashir Azher, M.D., 69, an Arizona-licensed physician practicing in Bullhead City, Ariz., has agreed to pay the United States $207,988 to resolve civil allegations that he violated the federal False Claims Act by submitting false bills to Medicare for prostate laser ablation procedures, commonly known as Green Light prostatectomies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Middletown man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg to 84 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge John E. Jones, III for receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Lucas Stewart, 26, Warrens, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 42 months in federal prison for possessing ammunition as a felon. Stewart pleaded guilty to the charge on April 10, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - After a four day jury trial, Delfín Robles-Álvarez was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute cocaine for the purpose of unlawful importation, conspiracy to import cocaine, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. United...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Superintendent John J. Donahue announced that park rangers recovered the body of Darius L.Vinson of Far Rockaway, NY, from the Delaware River just north of the I-80 toll bridge today at approximately 2 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Paul Michael Tegeler, 68, formerly of Overton, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 7 years in prison by United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for coercion and enticement of a juvenile. After serving his sentence, Tegeler will be required to remain on supervised release for 10 years and register as a sex offender.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Determining the identity of parasitic wasps-some measuring less than a millimeter long-can be a time-consuming process that includes comparing their features to descriptions in published works and disparate specimen collections. Now, the same task could begin with the click of a mouse, thanks to an international team of researchers, including one from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: A Virginia executive was convicted by a federal jury on 14 counts related to providing things of value to the former director of the Cleveland and Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in exchange for confidential information about VA construction projects, law enforcement officials said.
