News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: A contractor for the U.S. Postal Service’s Vehicle Maintenance Facility in Cleveland was charged with bribing a public official, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Monica Weyler, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General Eastern Area Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Dasean Nisbett, 24, of Bronx, New York was sentenced today to time served and three years of supervised release based on his arrest for possession with intent to distribute Oxycodone pills. U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III also ordered that Nisbett submit to a period of home detention and location monitoring, as well as complete 100 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Lev Derbaremdiker, 29, of Fort Lauderdale, FL, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois on one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Arnold Bernard Conrad, Jr. (52, Jacksonville) to four years and four months in federal prison for possessing child pornography. The Court also ordered him to serve a five-year term of supervision following his release, register as sex offender, forfeit his computer media, and pay $9,000 in restitution to three victims. Conrad pleaded guilty on Nov. 12, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service (NPS) will again offer shuttle bus service between Grand Canyon National Park and the neighboring town of Tusayan, Arizona in 2015. The Tusayan Route will be available from Saturday, May 23, 2015 through Friday, Sept. 25, 2015 and will run at 20-minute intervals between 8 am and 9:30 pm daily.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: OAKLAND - Hugo John Scherzberg made his initial appearance and was arraigned in federal court today on religious hate crime and arson charges relating to the March 20, 2010, fire at a church in Pittsburg, Calif., announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Riehl.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Dijaon Bland, 25, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute crack cocaine, was sentenced to 70 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Michael Van Eekhout, 51, of Westbrook, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to nine years in prison and five years of supervised release for transporting child pornography and transmitting an extortionate threat. Van Eekhout pleaded guilty to the charges on Jan. 21, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Shawn Delonte Allen, age 40, of Waldorf, Maryland today to 150 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to commit the robbery of a drug dealer and for using and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former president of the union representing Jackson County Department of Corrections employees was sentenced in federal court today for a wire fraud scheme in which he embezzled more than $138,000 from the union local.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Friday, May 8, 2015, Bradley Shane Jensen, age 42, of Panora, Iowa, was sentenced to 390 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Stephanie Rose on charges of sexual exploitation of a child and production of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Nicholas...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Marc Bess, a former transportation security officer with the Transportation Security Administration, has pleaded guilty to theft of government funds after he faked an abdominal cancer diagnosis and forged doctor’s notes in order to receive donated leave hours from his TSA coworkers.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office employees Jonathan Brewer and Tyler Webb were honored last week at the 70th Honor Awards Convocation of the Department of the Interior at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Valor Award is the highest award given by the Department of Interior and recognizes employees who have demonstrated unusual courage involving a high degree of personal risk in the face of danger.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Educators Michael J. Kelly and Richard L. Morgan were honored today with the 2015 Community Outreach Award from United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, in recognition of their dedication to the education and enrichment of local students through the ANCHOR Program at Madison Elementary School.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A 55-year old Cabell County man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty today to failing to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Daniel Walter Varnes, of Huntington, West Virginia, entered a guilty plea before Chief District Court Judge Robert C. Chambers.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Washington -The National Park Service (NPS) is accepting public scoping comments on an Invasive Plant Management Plan and Environmental Assessment (plan/EA) for 15 national parks in the greater Washington DC region. The plan/EA will identify long-term strategies to reduce impacts and threats from invasive...
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Join Top Scientists, Students and the Public in Race to Count Species and Celebrate.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Cedar Rapids, Iowa - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa joins community leaders in a special day of celebrating 2015 Law Day. The theme, “From Selma to Cedar Rapids" will highlight civil rights workers’ fight for civil rights, including the Selma marches for the right to vote. The connection between historical events and current day issues will be examined in a series of three presentations at the Veterans Memorial Building.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Traci Weaver. (307) 344-2010 C) 406-581-9030. e-mail us. Starting on June 1, 2015, Yellowstone National Park will increase entrance fees for visitors in order to fund important resource protection and visitor facility projects within the park. “We use our entrance fees to complete critical projects that...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Plea was to SNAP (food stamp) Fraud, Tax Fraud, and Sale of Counterfeit Goods.
