News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced Stephon Deangleo Caldwell, 28, of Charlotte, to 108 months in prison for a firearms offense, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Caldwell was also ordered to serve 2 years under court supervision following his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A former JetBlue Airways employee was sentenced today for smuggling thousands of dollars of what he believed to be drug money past security checkpoints at Boston’s Logan International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: Prosecution Dismantled Clinton County Meth Operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: OAKLAND - Christian Palomino was sentenced today to five years of probation, including 6 months of community confinement at a halfway house, for aiming a laser at a California Highway Patrol (CHP) Helicopter, announced Acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Antonio Fortes, 25, of Cranston, an associate of the YNIC street gang, was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison on drug trafficking and firearm charges, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha and Daniel J. Kumor, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of ATF.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -The National Park Service turns 100 years old in 2016 and wants everyone to celebrate! All national parks, including Lassen Volcanic National Park, will waive entrance fees on 16 special days in 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: Torrey, UT (December 6, 2015) - Capitol Reef National Park is one of 113 national parks selected to.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was arrested today on charges that he received stolen U.S. Treasury checks.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein announced that financial collections in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 in the District of Maryland reached $155,566,462.75. The U.S. Department of Justice keeps statistics on a fiscal year basis, closing the books each September 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ERIC de JESUS MENDOZA-MARTINEZ, age 19, from Honduras, was charged today in a one-count Indictment with being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Patricia Jane Albright, 64, of Nevada City, was sentenced by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to five years and five months in prison for conspiring to manufacture marijuana, manufacturing marijuana, and structuring currency transactions to evade federal reporting requirements, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- Ten Puerto Rico businessmen and government officials have been indicted for their alleged participation in several schemes to corruptly give things of value to public officials within the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in exchange for favorable treatment and awarding...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - U.S. Attorney John Parker announced today that the Northern District of Texas collected $16,843,994 in criminal and civil actions in the fiscal year (FY) ending Sept. 30, 2015. Of this amount, $13,517,578 was collected in criminal actions and $3,326,415 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney David Capp announced two additional indictments in the ongoing effort against criminal street gangs in Northwest Indiana. In one indictment, seventeen members or associates of the Latin Kings, all Indiana based, were charged with racketeering and other offenses. In a separate indictment, two additional members of the Two Six Nation were indicted for murder in aid of racketeering.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - After a three-day trial, a federal jury found Lloyd George Kenney, 65, of San Jose, guilty today of armed bank robbery, using a firearm during a crime of violence, and of being felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Additional charges were handed down yesterday by a federal grand jury in Springfield against a Middletown, Conn. man in connection with his scheme to defraud Massachusetts and Connecticut of substantial tobacco tax revenue.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office reached a $20,000 civil settlement today with Dr. Richard Heller, a psychiatrist in North Andover, Mass., in connection with his uncontrolled storage of patient medication in a self-storage unit and his related failure to maintain proper records.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - A beach is a marvelous place to get away from it all and explore on those beautiful, crisp days during the winter. Dress for the weather and come out to see what you've been missing! All activities are free of charge unless noted otherwise below. For more information on these and other activities, call the National Park Service at 252-728-2250, extension 3001.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today continued its review of the 21st century media landscape and how 20th century rules and regulations are harming the ability of broadcasters and newspapers to compete in the Internet economy.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in a letter to President Barack Obama presented their plans for ongoing oversight of the Iran nuclear deal, or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that was reached in July with members of the P5+1 and Iran.
