News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Frederick Smitherman, 36, and Brandon Lee Odell, 32, both of Inwood, West Virginia were convicted of heroin trafficking today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U.S. Attorney Sherri Hobson (619) 546-6986.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that TORY DERREL LARKINS, age 30, of Lithia, Georgia, was sentenced to 40 months imprisonment, followed by 36 months of supervised release for POSSESSION OF COUNTERFEIT SECURITIES, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 513(a). The defendant was also ordered to pay $148,975.03 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that CODY DILLON CORDELL, age 27, of Lindsey, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release for WIRE FRAUD, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343. The defendant was also ordered to pay $81,343.24 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that, as the result of ongoing cooperation among local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, indictments were returned late yesterday by a grand jury in Scranton charging four men in separate cases with possession of firearms in connection with drug-dealing activity in Luzerne County communities.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Aug. 19, 2015 BOS 2015-154. BOSTON - Before consumers get to choose products in the supermarket, workers in warehouses nationwide pack bulk quantities of merchandise onto wooden pallets and load them onto delivery trucks. The nature of this work puts the people who do it at risk for serious sprains, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Defendant Pleaded Guilty to Mail Fraud and Criminal Copyright Infringement Related to Investor Fraud Case Involving Vodka Brands and Dynasty Spirits, Inc.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. ---In cooperation with US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Biscayne National Park will host a ceremony welcoming 20 new citizens on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015 at 10:30 am. The ceremony coincides with the 99th birthday of the National Park Service and the countdown to the organization’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that LANA CAROLE KELLEY, age 38, of Claremore, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 36 months of probation with 6 months of home confinement for EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT FROM INDIAN TRIBAL ORGANIZATION, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1163.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty pleas of YE TIONG TAN LIM, a citizen of Taiwan, ALLAN KELLY REYES PERALTA, a citizen of the Philippines, and ADRIAN VALKOVIC, a citizen of the Czech Republic, to conspiring to import 100 kilograms...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Raiff Hayes, 24, of Albuquerque, N.M., made his initial appearance in federal court this morning on a criminal complaint charging him with violating the Hobbs Act and federal firearms laws by robbing a commercial business at gunpoint. Hayes remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for tomorrow morning.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to cut methane and volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions. EPA estimates the rule will yield net climate benefits of $120 to $150 million in 2025...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to cut methane and volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions. EPA estimates the rule will yield net climate benefits of $120 to $150 million in 2025...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has returned a guilty verdict on all ten counts against Ronald Epps, 47, of Amherst, N.Y., The charges included wire fraud, mail fraud, arson, possession of Molotov Cocktails, maintaining a premises for drug trafficking, ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: The year-long celebration of Rocky Mountain National Park's 100th Anniversary culminates with rededication events the first week of September. A celebration is scheduled for Sept. 3, at Holzwarth Historic Site on the west side of the park. The official rededication ceremony will be held on September 4, at Glacier Basin Campground on the east side of the park.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The body of an adult male was recovered in the Virgin Basin at Lake Mead Aug. 18 in an area where a man went missing Aug. 10.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. -august 19, 2015. Caleb Kesler, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-5276 x222. Camp Verde, AZ -Montezuma Castle National Monument. Evening Flute Concert. On Saturday evening, August 29th, 2015, the National Park Service invites the public to Montezuma Castle National Monument...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Indianapolis, Indiana, pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh to a charge of violating the CAN-SPAM ACT, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued policies and procedures* for applying a new process for resolving whistleblower disputes. The new process is an early resolution process that is to be used as part of a regional Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that RONALD BACKES, age 48, of Slidell, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to wire fraud relating to an application for financial assistance in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
