News from June 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Tennessee man was sentenced in federal court today for enticing a minor victim to engage in illicit sexual activity in Lawrence County, Mo. Dylan Wade Garcia, 29...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today in Harrisburg that Chief U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner sentenced Zachary Knight, of Carlisle to 30 years imprisonment for sexual abuse of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - Martez Alando Gurley, 40, of Napa, California, has entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit Viagra® and Cialis® and introducing misbranded prescription drugs into interstate commerce, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, along with Special Agent in Charge Brian M.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A sports medicine doctor with a practice in Toms River, New Jersey, today admitted accepting more than $60,000 in cash bribes in return for referring pain cream prescriptions and falsifying health records on behalf of Prescriptions R Us (PRU), a compound pharmacy in Lakewood, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: In Austin today, a former Galveston Police officer and former security officer with the Texas Attorney General’s Office was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Ms. Lisa Nielsen and Mr. Jeff Filosa, have joined the Catoctin Mountain Park Staff as Administrative Officer and Chief Ranger, respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Dorothy Lawson Jones, 66, of Hendricks, West Virginia, was convicted today of fraudulently collecting spousal death benefits from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - In preparation for July 4th celebrations, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is urging employers in the fireworks and pyrotechnics industry to protect their workers from hazards while manufacturing, storing, transporting, displaying and selling fireworks for public events.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Kyle Allen Smith, 21, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was sentenced today to 40 months in federal prison for possession of ricin by the Chief District Judge William C. Griesbach of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney James L. Santelle of the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Thomas Victor Sway, 25, of Pensacola, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for receipt of child pornography. The sentence was announced today by Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: ; very proud to have that as a wonderful institution of New York City. And while you’re not in New York City, you’re certainly an extension of that wonderful, wonderful campus. And so welcome, and I also am told that you’re a native of Bronxville, New York, which is in my district. So, that’s two good things. And I know you’ve come a long way to be with us today-all the way from Shanghai. So grateful to see you.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A criminal bill of information was filed today in federal court charging Mary S. Sherrill, 52, of Hickory, N.C. with theft of a program receiving federal funds, for using her employer’s funds to purchase approximately $179,000 worth of items and selling them over the Internet, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Washington - Under regulations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA), A & B Tropical Produce LLC, operating in Miami, Fla., posted a $75,000 surety bond.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. -Walter Morton, 49, of Laconia, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to three counts of Social Security Fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: As part of the Energy Department’s effort to support U.S. businesses working to save money by saving energy, the Better Buildings Alliance’s Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking (LEEP) Campaign recognized 18 organizations for leading the way in efficient outdoor lighting today. In the past year, these...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Eastern National, a partner to the National Park Service, would like to invite you to meet author Robert D. Jenkins, Sr. Sunday, July 5th, inside the Visitor Center at Chickamauga Battlefield. Beginning at 10:00, Jenkins will be available throughout the day to sign his books The...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Ryan Van Stevenson, 33, of Lansing, Michigan, received a 30-year sentence in federal prison on June 25, 2015, for coercing and enticing a minor online from 2012 to 2014. The judge ordered Stevenson to pay approximately $11,000 in restitution to the victim for counseling costs. Stevenson pled guilty in federal court in December 2014 and faced a possible sentence of 10 years to life.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York attorney was convicted of mail fraud today for his role in an alleged scheme to defraud two international companies out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by fraudulently billing them for services that were never provided, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Antonio Bertucci, age 24 of Macy, Nebraska, was sentenced today upon his convictions for habitual domestic abuse and aiding and abetting the unlawful killing of a bald eagle. Chief United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Bertucci...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Saguaro National Park is offering a variety of hikes and talks this summer that explore the park's wonderful natural and cultural histories. Program listings also are available on the park's website, www.nps.gov/sagu, or visit us on Facebook. Interpretive programs are free, but park entrance fees apply. Program schedules are subject to change; visitors should call the visitor centers for updates or reservations.
