News from May 2015
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the Interior Department’s conditional approval of Shell’s Arctic exploration plan for this summer with the following statement:
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of New York. Monday, May 11, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Chamberlain, South Dakota, man convicted of Larceny was sentenced on May 11, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Anthony Thea, 20, of Portland, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to six years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release for transportation and possession of child pornography. Thea was also ordered to pay $1,500 in restitution. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 20, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas S. Duszkiewicz, Bland was a member of L.R.G.P., a violent street gang named after the East Side streets of Lombard, Rother, Gibson and Playter. The defendant sold crack cocaine from a “trap house" on Memorial Drive in Buffalo utilized by gang members. The house was run by Bland’s cousin and L.R.G.P. leader Dewayne Gray.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A federal jury has convicted a Topeka man of producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Dorresa Braggs, 46, of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced to serve a total of 70 months in federal prison, followed by three years supervised release, as a result of her convictions for ten counts of Making False Claims Against the United States and one count of Aggravated Identity Theft, Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is delighted to announce that the Bandy Creek pool will be open again this summer. The pool will be open to the public from noon to 6:00 p.m. (ET) on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day starting Saturday, May 23, 2015. Daily use fees are free for 5 years old and under, $2.00 for 6 to 12 years old, and $3.00 for 13 and older.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: A former employee at Parma Public Housing Agency was charged with stealing more than $232,000 from the agency, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - A former Champaign, Ill. businessman, Michael Fogerson, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for filing false income tax returns. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Harold A. Baker further ordered that Fogerson, 52, serve one year of supervised release following his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Ronald W. Paul, 74, of Gainesboro, Tennessee, was found guilty of failing to report his residence as required by the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: OAKLAND - Kenya Brown was sentenced Friday, May 8, 2015, to twelve months in prison and ordered to pay $221,124 in restitution for her involvement in a false tax refund scheme, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has prevailed in a tax trial against LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC. (“LEHMAN") resolving LEHMAN’s claim to approximately $67 million in foreign tax credits (“FTCs") stemming from its...
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: This Saturday, May 16, 2015, Channel Islands National Park will celebrate Kids to Parks Day, a national day of outdoor play created by the National Park Trust, with a series of special programs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Investment Fraud Scheme Used “The ELIV Group, LLC".
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: PORTS is an integrated system of oceanographic and meteorological sensors that provide mariners with accurate and reliable real-time information about environmental conditions in seaports. By volume, more than 95 percent of U.S. international trade moves through the nation's ports and harbors and NOAA works with local users to tailor the system to the specific requirements of each seaport.
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 DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced Pedro Pani De La Cruz, age 46, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced after having previously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute counterfeit identification documents. The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced De La Cruz to 24 months imprisonment. In the event he is not deported to Mexico when he completes his prison term, he will serve a 3 year term of supervised release.
By DOL Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: NASHPORT, Ohio - It takes only 60 seconds for a worker to be submerged in flowing grain; more than half of those engulfed in grain die. Workers at Hanby Farms in Nashport were exposed to being buried in grain or overcome by noxious fumes because the company did not verify that conditions were safe before allowing employees to enter bins at the grain elevator and feed mill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton today sentenced David Jacob William Guite (31, DeLand) to 65 years in federal prison for producing and distributing child pornography. Guite pleaded guilty on Feb. 20, 2015.
