News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man who allegedly robbed one bank and attempted to rob another at gunpoint has been charged federally, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: Two Men Who Breached Photobucket.com Indicted and Arrested on Conspiracy and Fraud Related Charges.
By Homeland Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) highlighted the 23rd annual National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) “Stamp Out Hunger" food drive this Saturday, May 9. The NALC food drive is an annual event hosted across the country to collect non-perishable food items for families in need of food assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: Kelly T. Currie, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Judith A. Enck, Regional Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 2, and Eric T. Schneiderman, Attorney General for the State of New York, announced today that the City of New York, in compliance...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - DANA JEFFERSON was sentenced to 42 months imprisonment on multiple fraud charges involving a scheme to lure lenders by falsely representing that he was the beneficiary of a multi-million dollar inheritance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: UTICA, NEW YORK - Certified Environmental Services, Inc. ("CES") pled guilty on May 5th to a one count misdemeanor Information charging CES with negligently releasing asbestos into the ambient air, thereby placing other persons in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, announced United States...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced the arrest of TARAY BUTLER following his Indictment for being a felon in possession of a firearm. BUTLER was arrested on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, with assistance of the United States Marshals Service.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: On May 2nd,at 1:30 pm, students from Hammondsport Central School District presented a replica bench to the National Park Service staff at Ellis Island. Each Spring since 2011, students from New York State's Greater Southern Tier BOCES has given a replica bench to Ellis Island, one which they had created in their local manufacturing shops. [BOCES: Boards of Cooperative Educational Services. Learn more at www.BOCES.org or www.GSTBOCES.org.].
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is recruiting two Teacher-Ranger-Teachers (TRT) to spend the summer in the park learning about the resources and developing education programs. The application deadline is May 15.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: Defendant Arrested in Northwest Washington. WASHINGTON - Robert Walker, 31, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to five years in prison on a felony charge stemming from his attempt to buy cocaine from an undercover police officer, Acting U.S. Attorney Vincent H. Cohen, Jr. announced. Walker pled...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: Case Is Yet Another Prosecution Under United States Attorney Wigginton’s.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: OAKLAND - A federal grand jury indicted Hugh Robinson with theft of public money and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge José M. Martinez.
By USDA Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is making $30 million available to farmers, ranchers and food entrepreneurs to develop new product lines. Funding will be made available through the Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Ricardo Romero-Mesa (44, Tampa) to seven years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft. The Court also ordered him to forfeit $13,423.79, which are the proceeds traceable to his criminal conduct. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 15, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Jorge Maturano and Cesar Santos have been arraigned on federal charges of murder-for-hire. They were arrested May 6, 2015, on a criminal complaint. Both defendants were allegedly hired to kill a member of a rival drug trafficking organization.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway has sentenced Noel Alvarado Mathew (39, Puerto Rico) to four years and nine months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 28, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: A walk in the woods has measurable benefits for brain and body! Try a hike with a trained yogi (not the bear type) at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Many hikers suffer from tight hamstrings, calf and quad muscles, while many yoga practitioners could use more aerobic conditioning. These hikes will help with both.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway has sentenced Noel Alvarado Mathew (39, Puerto Rico) to four years and nine months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 28, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: Earlier today, following four weeks of trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, returned a guilty verdict against Muzaffar Nadeem, the owner of SM&B Construction Co., Inc. (SM&B), and co-defendants Zainul Syed, Afzaal Chaudry, and Irfan Muzaffar for their participation in a scheme to pay SM&B’s workers...
By Homeland Newswire | May 8, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following reaction to the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service reported a net loss of $1.5 billion in the second quarter of fiscal year 2015...
