News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Arwen Tinuviel Palmer, 35, and Dustin Lynn Phillips, 33, both of Buckhannon, West Virginia, with methamphetamine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that LATCHMEE MAHATO, a/k/a “Robbie," and JONATHAN WHEELER, two of the owners and principals of G3K Displays, Inc., and related entities (“G3K") - a New Jersey-based company that provided in-store displays...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - David J. Hickton, United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, issued the following statement today in response to media inquiries regarding searches conducted on May 5, 2015.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: Population changes of seal and sea lion species at the Channel Islands, including the recent high abandonment rate of California sea lion pups, will be discussed by marine biologist Dr. Brent Stewart during the May From Shore to Sea lecture.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Ignacio Huergo, 44, of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to concealing financial institution fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a grand jury in Scranton returned an Indictment today charging a Bradford County man with defrauding a 92 year old victim of approximately $400,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: Kenyen R. Brown, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, announced today that Donald Centreal Smith, age 32, of Birmingham, Alabama, and Gary G. Collins, age 33, of Odenville, Alabama, have been charged in a 30-count indictment by a federal grand jury in Birmingham, Alabama...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-Roger Dana Barnett, 53, of Bristow, the former Muscogee (Creek) Nation Second Chief, was sentenced to serve 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $211,880.76 in restitution for embezzling from the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, announced United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. for the Northern...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Ripple Labs Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiary, XRP II, LLC (formerly XRP Fund II, LLC), have agreed to resolve a criminal investigation in exchange for a Settlement Agreement calling for a series of substantial remedial measures, including a migration of a portion of Ripple’s virtual...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Las Vegas urologist, Michael Stanley Kaplan, 60, was sentenced today to four years in prison and one year of supervised release for re-using single use needle guides during prostate procedures, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz.At approximately 5:45 a.m. the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call alerting officials to a potential suicide.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: Las Vegas --The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today sold 357.59 acres in 13 parcels for $19,220,000 during a competitive-public-land sale. The agency offered 597.59 acres, in 29 parcels, under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA). The parcels offered for sale varied in size 1.25 to 247.6 acres.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has extended to June 2 the deadline for proposals for new off-range pasture facilities that can provide a free-roaming environment for wild horses removed from Western public lands.Proposals will be accepted from the following states through June 2, 2015: Arkansas...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Florida man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston today for trafficking firearms to former New England Patriots football player, Aaron Hernandez, and lying to a federal Grand Jury to conceal his role.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh-area resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of firearms violations and making a false statement to the government, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOL Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks at a HELP Committee hearing on Continuing America’s Leadership: Realizing the Promise of Precision Medicine for Patients. In her opening statement, Murray highlighted that it is one of her priorities to work to improve the quality of care for patients, and that supporting precision medicine is a critical part of this effort.
By USDA Newswire | May 5, 2015
Release: Washington, DC, May 5, 2015 - Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced the availability of up to $3.3 million in competitive funding to support the ability of farmers markets to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits provided through the...
By DOL Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Sabel Steel Service Inc.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: The Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation's Arborist Training Program is at Liberty Island the week of May 3.The training program team will be working to remove selected London Plane trees along the arrival walkway at Liberty Island that were impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The trees will be replaced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: DAVID BRYSON, 46, a former managing partner and principal of New Stream Capital, LLC, a Ridgefield-based hedge fund, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 33 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for engaging in a scheme to deceive investors in order to obtain and maintain investments.
