News from July 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Evelyn Jean Vickers, 39, of Kingsport, Tenn., was sentenced on June 30, 2015, by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to a federal prison term of 110 months for her role in an extensive a-(alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone) distribution conspiracy centered in and...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Recent rain showers and cooler weather have reduced fire activity and Denali National Park and Preserve officials have lifted the campfire closure in the park and preserve.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: ISLAND LAKE, Ill. - A 32-year-old machinist suffered serious injuries to his left arm caused when his hand was caught and he was pulled into a machine on which his employer had bypassed safety devices designed to prevent such injuries. The worker has endured several surgeries and rehabilitation to repair his broken bones.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Bluefield, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that three Mercer County men were sentenced today in federal court in Bluefield. Lamar Baxter, 39, of Princeton, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for using a communication facility to facilitate a felony. Baxter pled guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Nathan Mondragon, 29, a member and resident of Taos Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon in Albuquerque, N.M., to 84 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his assault conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank T. Pimentel, who handled the case, stated that between January 2009 and Sept. 26, 2013, the defendant conspired with co-defendant Sherylrica Quisenberry to distribute controlled substances. Long obtained fentanyl prescriptions from medical professionals which were then...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A convicted felon, who admitted conspiring with his roommates to have a federal jury acquit him at trial, was sentenced today, announced John Parker, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kenneth Colby Miller, 31, of Alamogordo, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by possessing an unregistered firearm. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Miller will be sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by more than three years of supervised release.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - After the horrific murder of a Florida health care worker in 2012, an administrative law judge affirmed in June that her employer failed to protect her from workplace violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Four steroid distributors have been sentenced for trafficking in illegal anabolic steroids. The defendants were importing raw materials from China and selling the finished product online.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: POINT REYES, CALIFORNIA - Point Reyes National Seashore will be increasing hours and services to help visitors make the most of their summer. Beginning on the July 4 Weekend and running through Labor Day Weekend, all park visitor centers will have extended days and hours of service.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Yosemite National Park is experiencing very high fire danger along with continued hot and dry weather patterns. Due to current and predicted fire conditions and possible active fire behavior, the park implemented Stage 1 Fire Restrictions until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Convicted Felons From Southside Richmond Convenience Store.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: The Fourth of July is one of the busiest days and weekends of the year at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. Most popular park areas will fill up quickly with visitors and parking will be very limited. Please plan to arrive early, and have an alternative plan should your favorite spot already be occupied.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, a motel owner pleaded guilty to financially benefiting from a sex trafficking scheme operated out of the Riviera Motel in New Orleans in which multiple adult women were compelled to engage in prostitution, announced head of the Civil Rights Division Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Convicted for Racketeering and Money Laundering Following Trial of Over Two Months; A Total of 40 Defendants Have Been Convicted in the Jail Racketeering Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: Scotland County, North Carolina, Public Housing Agency and Two Former Employees to Pay Over $2.7 Million to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Roy G. Heilbron, 51, a cardiologist in Santa Fe, N.M., was arraigned in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., on a 24-count indictment charging him with health care fraud and wire fraud, announced Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent Carol K.O. Lee of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division. Heilbron entered a not guilty plea and was released on his own recognizance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Worcester for selling heroin to a cooperating witness and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael Santana Guilermo, 33, of Cranston, R.I., Carlos Ramos Rosa, 37, and Felix Fuentes Perez, 35, of Boston, Mass., pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to operating a heroin mill & stash house in West Warwick, R.I., where they cut and packaged for sale large quantities of high-purity heroin.
