News from February 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Nicholas Robert Bowen, 63, resident of Grizzly Flat, California, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 12 and one-half years in prison for possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: In San Antonio today, 71-year-old Jonathan Patrick Saunders, President of Saunders MEP, Inc., was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $1,494,000 restitution for defrauding the Department of Veterans Administration (VA) in connection with architectural and engineering contracts announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Doctors devising a plan of attack on a tumor may one day gain another tactical advantage thanks to a series of sophisticated calculations proposed by PML's Dosimetry group. Their results could serve as a foundation for the next generation of software used by clinicians, to design courses of radiation treatment for electronic brachytherapy patients.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: ESCANABA, Mich. - Once again, workers were exposed to dangerous amputation hazards while operating press brakes, which cut large metal pieces weighing up to 450 tons, because safety mechanisms were not in place at Basic Marine Inc. In the past six years, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors have found similar hazards three times at the Escanaba-based shipyard and boat fabricating facility where a worker's arm was amputated in 2008.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Kron Lewis a.k.a. Keon Lewis, 27, of Trinidad and Tobago, Joseph Lupien, 33, of Barre, VT and Matthew Bennett, 20, of Barre, VT, made initial appearances today in the United States District Court in Burlington, following...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: From sea to shining sea, our country is home to gorgeous landscapes, vibrant waterways, and historic treasures that all Americans can enjoy. But right now, young people are spending more time in front of screens than outside, and that means they are missing out on valuable opportunities to explore, learn and play in the spectacular outdoor places that belong to all of them.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Atchison man has been indicted on federal charges of kidnapping a child, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Lorena Midia, 33, most recently a resident of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and a native of Angola, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny to aggravated identity theft. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of two years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont has stated that Jeffrey Donna, 39, of Richford, Vermont has been sentenced to prison for his role in a crossborder marijuana trafficking conspiracy. In August 2014, Donna was convicted of conspiracy to distribute marijuana. As part ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: (RICHFORD, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont has stated that Jeffrey Donna, 39, of Richford, Vermont has been sentenced to prison for his role in a crossborder...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: MEDORA, ND: Theodore Roosevelt National Park will offer online reservations for camping for the first time beginning Monday, March 2, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Southern District of New York. Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Clyde Preston Schmidt, 39, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on Feb. 19, 2015, for possession of child pornography. Schmidt was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received 66 months imprisonment, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, and...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: NATIONAL PARKS DRAW RECORD-BREAKING CROWDS IN 2014, LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA RANKS 6TH OVERALL.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: Defendant Previously Pleaded Guilty to Federal Interstate Transportation of Stolen Securities Charges.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
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By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Coast Guard Cutter Key Largo and a U.S. naval vessel with a Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment onboard apprehended a Russian smuggler and intercepted 1,729 pounds of marijuana aboard a Finnish-flagged sailing vessel in the Caribbean Sea Saturday, approximately 130 nautical miles south of the Dominican Republic.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 55-year-old Plano, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: After a seven-day trial, a federal jury yesterday convicted Vory V. Copeland, 40, of Miramar, Florida, for his involvement in a tax refund fraud scheme that resulted in the filing of over 150 fraudulent tax returns and the cashing of numerous fraudulently-obtained tax refund checks.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2015
News Release: ST. GEORGE - Brenton Andrews, age 27, of St. George, pled guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in St. George to one count of production of child pornography. Andrews admitted that he persuaded a child under the age of 18 to engage in sexually explicit conduct which he recorded.
