News from March 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced the indictment of six people in a conspiracy to use stolen debit and credit card account numbers. An Indictment, unsealed today, alleges between March and September of 2014, Angel A. Oramas, Jorge E. Aleman Tsuhako, Vilma E. Fernandez, Anyier Paladon...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: Effective Wednesday, April 1st, 2015, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument will be open daily from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. These spring hours will be in effect until summer hours begin on May 25, 2015. This includes Custer National Cemetery, the Indian Memorial and Seventh Cavalry Monument, and the Visitor Center/Museum. The self-guiding Deep Ravine Trail and tour road to the Reno-Benteen Battlefield will be open from 8:00AM -5:30 PM daily.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Anthony Miles, a/k/a “Bigs," and “Fat Boy," age 30, of Baltimore, late on March 20, 2015, to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Former Dunwoody Police Detective Robert Pasquale Bentivegna has pleaded guilty to disclosing sensitive law enforcement information in exchange for receiving kickbacks for him and his family.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: Join the National Park Service (NPS) to celebrate John Muir's 177th birthday during the annual Birthday -Earth Day event on Saturday, April 18, 2015 from 10 AM to 4 PM at the John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) in Martinez, CA. Participate in fun activities for all ages to commemorate Muir's legacy. Special guest speaker Beth Pratt-Bergstrom, California Director of the National Wildlife Federation, will give the keynote address.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: Jackson, TN - A former California resident has been charged in a federal indictment that accuses him of attempted armed robbery of BancorpSouth in Humboldt, TN, and use of a dangerous weapon.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: Rio Blanco County, Colo. - Fire managers from the Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit are planning to burn 550 acres of sagebrush in the next couple of weeks if weather and air quality conditions are favorable.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: Conspirators Presented Over 1,400 Counterfeit Checks to Target Stores in Over Two Years, Resulting in a Loss of at Least $485,000.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet on April 22-23 in Columbus, Ohio, to discuss issues relating to the management and protection of wild horses and burros on Western public rangelands. The two-day meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 22, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday, April 23, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (The meeting times are local time; Columbus is in the Eastern Time Zone.)
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The daughter of a Mexican Mafia member who acted as the conduit between her father and South Los Angeles street gangs he controlled from state prison was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison on racketeering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A member of the Pueblo Bishop Bloods street gang was sentenced this afternoon to life (plus 10 years) in federal prison for his conviction on racketeering offenses that included the execution of a man in front of his 2-year-old son.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two McAllen men have received significant sentences for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana and conspiring to launder the drug proceeds, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Alberto Alaniz, 51, and Jose Ramon Romo, 30, pleaded guilty to the charges May 29, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - A mountain lion was shot and killed by a park ranger after the lion attacked a dog in the employee housing area of Glacier National Park in West Glacier Saturday evening.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - WILLIAM DAVID GREEN, a tax preparer from Yukon, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve 24 months in federal prison for preparing a false tax return for a client, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. Green was also ordered to pay $171,362.00 in restitution and serve one year of supervised release upon his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging eight new defendants with racketeering conspiracy, drug and gun charges related to their gang activities as members and associates of the UDH or “Up Da Hill" organization, which operates in the Cherry Hill section...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the top Democrats from the Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce committees issued a joint statement marking the five year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank...
By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Days before Nigeria’s rescheduled election on March 28, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on House passage of H. Res. 53, a resolution introduced by Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL), which condemns the cowardly attacks on innocent men, women, and children in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram and urges a peaceful and credible national election...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage man was convicted on Monday, March 23, 2015, in a case involving an American exploiting children in Cambodia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Rodney Goodrich, Jr., 28, of Newark, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to theft of firearms and possession and sale of stolen firearms and ammunition. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000 or both.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 23, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A group of 13 community leaders graduated Saturday in San Juan from the second U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)-sponsored citizens academy. The graduation took place at the AAA Shooting Club in Toa Baja where HSI San Juan's special agent in charge presented a certificate of completion to the 13 graduates in a special ceremony.
