News from August 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Rolf Ramelmeier, age 78, of Sykesville, Maryland pleaded guilty today to mail fraud and money laundering in connection with a scheme to defraud Northrop Grumman Corporation of more than $11 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: POCATELLO - John Kent Davis, 65, of Pocatello, Idaho, was arraigned today by United States Magistrate Judge Larry M. Boyle on charges of interstate communication of a threat of bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. A federal complaint was filed in United States District Court on Aug. 13, 2015. Davis was arrested at his home on Aug. 17, 2015, in Pocatello without incident.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: Aug. 18, 2015 15-057. Julena Campbell or Amy Bartlett. (307)344-2015. e-mail us. Yellowstone National Park is seeking public comment on a plan to rehabilitate many of the overlooks and trails along the rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River in the central section of the park. This project...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that smuggled methamphetamine from Mexico to the Kansas City, Mo., area.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee (FVIAC) will meet on September 15-16 in Washington, D.C. The meeting, which is open to the public, will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 15 and from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on September 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, on Aug. 17, 2015, Matthew Farkas, 42, of Montreal, Canada, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison after his guilty plea to charges that he conspired to distribute marijuana and transport the proceeds from that conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: Statute and Penalties Aimed at Reducing Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: In San Antonio this morning, FBI agents arrested 25-year-old Valentin Renko and 31-year-old Karen Lee in connection with a sex trafficking of a minor scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI’s San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: The National Park Service turns 99 years old on Aug. 25 and Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park - which marked its 99th birthday on Aug. 1 - want to give you a present - free admission! The usual entrance fee of $15 will be waived for all visitors on Tues., Aug. 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: Two North Miami brothers were sentenced for an identity theft tax fraud scheme involving students and other individuals’ personal identifying information. Rigo Octavio Lopez, 25, and Luis Daniel Lopez Morales, 19, were each sentenced to 48 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and were ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $49,902.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Vincent Paul Gibson, 29, of Coalton, West Virginia, was convicted today for his role in manufacturing methamphetamine, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that BOUBACAR DIALLO, age 35, of Metairie, was charged in a one-count Bill of Information with trafficking in counterfeit goods.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: A Middleburg Heights man was charged with operating a tax fraud conspiracy in which he and others knowingly and willingly prepared and filed dozens of inflated tax returns, sometimes in return for cash kickbacks, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Kathy Enstrom, IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Three people living in Wichita were indicted Tuesday on federal charges they used FedEx to smuggle a pound of crystal methamphetamine to Wichita, U.S. Barry Grissom said.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: Lookout Mountain, TN: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is pleased to announce the waiver of entrance fees to Point Park, atop Lookout Mountain, on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015.Experience the majestic views from Chattanooga's surrounding landscapes found in our nation's first national military park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a Harrisburg man has been sentenced to 80 months incarceration by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for threatening to kill a federal law enforcement officer.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: Julena Campbell or Amy Bartlett. (307)344-2015. e-mail us. Yellowstone National Park had the highest recreational visitation on record in July with 980,702 visits for the month-a 14 percent increase over last July and a 2 percent increase over the previous July record in 2010. For the first seven months...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Joel Varela Linares, age 25, of Washington, D.C., to 13 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to commit the robbery of a person he believed to be a drug dealer, for using and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today before Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, HOWARD GOLDSMITH, 41, of Raleigh, was sentenced to a 30 month term of imprisonment, and followed by 3 years of supervised release, on a charge of Conspiracy to Commit Wire and Bank Fraud. GOLDSMITH was also ordered to pay $808,025 in restitution and to forfeit $1,050,400.50 and 9 properties located in Wake and Durham counties.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 18, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) issued the following statement in response to the EPA’s proposed regulations relating to cutting methane emissions associated with oil and natural gas production.
