News from December 2015
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - At 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16 the United States Park Police observed three individuals operating an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), or drone, in the northeast quadrant of the Washington Monument grounds. Flying any kind of UAS or drone anywhere in Washington, D.C. or in national parks is illegal.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice, including lawyers and senior leaders from the Civil Rights Division, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Illinois, completed two days of introductory meetings in Chicago today following last week’s announcement of a pattern or practice investigation...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: Dec. 17, 2015 BOS 2015-228. ANDOVER, Mass. Falls, broken bones, and death. These were the hazards faced by Force Corp. employees as they performed a roofing job on July 7, 2015, at 2-4 Johnson St. in North Andover. A U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspector driving...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison as a result of his conviction in two separate cases involving mortgage fraud and identity theft. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentencing today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JACQUELINE RAY, age 60, of Biloxi, Mississippi, was charged yesterday in a Bill of Information one count of stealing over $1 Million from Ochsner Clinic Federal Credit Union in connection with bank larceny during her employment there.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Johnny Biggs, 36, of Moorefield, West Virginia, was sentenced in federal court for his role in manufacturing methamphetamine, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Erick Vera-Garzon, 36, of Providence, was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal U.S. Treasury checks from the mail and either sell them on the street or deposit them in bank accounts opened with stolen or fraudulent personal information. The bank funds were then withdrawn or used to make retail purchases with the use of debit cards.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach today announced the selection of the Northern District of Ohio as one of only six federal districts designated to participate in the Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam) Initiative, an interagency federal law enforcement initiative aimed at streamlining the investigation and prosecution of federal human trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Gabriela Tigges was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison, and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine and $208,186.78 in restitution, for her involvement in a bank fraud scheme related to a fraudulent mortgage loan application and a fraudulent mortgage loan modification application, announced Acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: OAKLAND - A federal grand jury returned an indictment that was unsealed today, charging Kiana Scott Clark with conspiring to defraud the United States by obstructing, impeding, and interfering with the aviation security functions of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and conspiring to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Carlos Gerardo Blanco, 25; Salvador Morales, 26; Jose Alejandro Jacobo, 23; Josefina Blanco, 23; Justin Alan Rivera, 20; and Henry Polin Morales III, 20 all residents of Bakersfield, charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: Las Vegas Connection Uncovered by Joint GIANT-DEA Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: Cape May Court House, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Cape May County Prosecutor Robert L. Taylor and Lower Township Police Chief William Mastriana announce the arrest of two individuals, John Matthews, 26 and Nick Alexander, 24 both from the Villas section of Lower Township for Maintaining or Operating a Controlled Dangerous Substance Production Facility.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold public meetings in mid-January to accept written comments and share information about its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Roan Plateau Resource Management Plan Amendment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that DERRICK CASEY FRY, a/k/a Derrek Casey Fry, age 35, of Nashoba, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 50 months imprisonment and 3 year Supervised Release for ASSAULT RESULTING IN SERIOUS BODILY INJURY, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1153, 1151 and 113(a)(6).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that PAUL LEE, age 36, and GARRY GENTRY, age 31, both of New Orleans, were sentenced today for conspiring to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said 2015 marked a “big year," with the Committee moving at a “historic pace" and producing significant policy achievements to help the American people under the new Republican management.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: Conspired To Modify Lethal Radiation Device To Be Used To Kill Muslims In New York State.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Javier Haro, 34, of Modesto, with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Phyllis Ransome, a/k/a “Phyllis Roberts," 70, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by Indictment, unsealed yesterday, with nine counts of wire fraud, one count of theft of government funds, and one count of Social Security fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. According...
