News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that a federal jury in Hartford today found EARL O’GARRO, JR., 32, formerly of Marlborough, guilty of defrauding...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. -The advance reservation system for backcountry camping in Glacier National Park is being upgraded and changed for 2016. The new online application and payment system will replace the advance reservation lottery system that has been in place since 2003. The new system will offer earlier reservation submittal dates, more choices to customize itineraries, and a first-come, first-served reservation system.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Daniel Araujo Guerrero, 36, of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to fraudulently using the identity of an American citizen. U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled sentencing for Jan. 5, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jennifer M. Noto and Robert A. Marangola, who handled the prosecution of the case, stated that in July 2013, the Rochester Police Department conducted an investigation that culminated in the execution of search warrants at the defendant’s home on Chi Mar Drive in Chili, NY. Officers...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Yellowstone National Park will open to the public for motorized oversnow travel as scheduled on Tuesday morning, December 15.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: During December 19-20, Washita Battlefield National Historic Site's bookstore, operated by the Western National Parks Association, will discount 25% off on all regular priced items! What a perfect opportunity to get your aspiring Junior Rangers the newest item in our bookstore, like the plush Junior Ranger Doll, the Junior Ranger key chain and charms, a Junior Ranger outfit, or one of our naturalist guidebooks.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia-The National Park Service (NPS) recently received a grant through the George Melendez Wright Initiative for Young Leaders in Climate Change (YLCC) to provide a pathway for exemplary students in higher education (graduate students and advanced undergraduate students) to apply...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Boston - A federal detainee being held at the Essex County Correctional Facility was sentenced today in connection with importing several kilograms of methylone, also known as “molly," from China and distributing it in Massachusetts. He also admitted to smuggling a small quantity of the designer drug alpha-PVP, also known as “flakka," into the Essex County Correctional Facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- On December 9, 2015, a Federal grand jury returned a seventy-nine count indictment charging Miosotis Ribot-Figueroa (Ribot) with bank fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft and charging Ribot and José F. González-Guzmán (González) with a total of four counts of monetary...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A 23-year old former Marshall University running back from Hollywood, Florida, was sentenced today in federal court in Huntington, West Virginia, to two years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Kevin LaShawn Grooms, Jr., previously pleaded guilty in September of 2015 to cyberstalking. After Grooms is released from prison, he will be on supervised release for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Cuong Cao “Calvin" Dang Admits Buying and Selling Equipment Stolen from Cisco By Employees.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: National Park Service (NPS) Northeast Regional Director Mike Caldwell announced that Rose Fennell has been selected for the position of deputy regional director for the Northeast Region.Fennell comes to the regional office from the position of deputy superintendent for operations at Boston African American National Historic Site (NHS) and Boston National Historical Park (NHP).
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park will host a Holiday Homecoming at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center onSaturday, Dec. 19, 2015. Park staff and volunteers will provide hands-on traditional crafts and activities from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, FL (Dec. 14, 2015) - The Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve is one of 113 national parks selected to receive a 2015 field trip grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. "Let's go to the Park" will bring kids to their local national parks for fun and engaging activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A Chicago couple convicted nearly one year ago of taking millions of dollars in state grant funds for their personal benefit and use was sentenced today. U.S. District Judge Richard Mills ordered Leon Dingle, Jr., 78, to serve six years in the federal Bureau of Prisons, to be followed...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Nakia Adams, 41, address unknown, was charged by indictment, unsealed today, with conspiracy, making false statements to a federal firearms licensee, possession of firearms by a convicted felon, and aiding and abetting, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The charges arise ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two defendants pleaded guilty today to federal heroin charges, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Anthony Lamar Jordan Honeycutt, 35, of Charleston, West Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court in Huntington to possession with intent to distribute heroin. Leon Wilson, Jr., 43, of Charleston, pleaded guilty in federal court in Charleston to distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced that Derrick M. Corn (32), Keshena, Menominee Indian Reservation, WI., was sentenced on December 9, 2015 by Chief Judge William C. Griesbach to 60 months imprisonment for the assault of a six-month old child resulting in substantial bodily injury...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Received Money from Individuals Overseas to be used for “Operational Purposes" in the United States; When Confronted by the FBI the Defendant Allegedly Lied to the FBI and Concealed his Support for ISIL.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A soldier in the U.S. Army National Guard pleaded guilty today to federal charges that he conspired with his cousin to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization in the Middle East.
