News from May 2015
By Homeland Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - A 39-year-old Salvadoran man convicted for homicide in his home country was removed to El Salvador April 28 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers in San Antonio, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Danielle Wallace, age 36, of Columbus, Georgia, entered a plea of guilty on May 5, 2015 to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and filing false income tax returns before the Honorable Clay D. Land, U.S. District Court Judge, in Columbus, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Following a five-day trial, a former Somerville and Cambridge elementary school teacher was convicted today of child pornography charges.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: Various road repair and rehabilitation projectswill be underway that may result in traffic delays throughout Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway during the 2015 travel season. Motorists should expect several of these projects to begin in early May.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: Ripple Labs Inc. Resolves Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Basem Abualteen (48, Lakeland) to 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States. The Court also ordered him to pay $2,110,778 in restitution. Abualteen pleaded guilty on Dec. 23, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: WHEN: Friday, May 8, from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park and Living Voices are celebrating International Women's Day with the premiere of Klondike: The Last Adventure. The new production follows the journey of Eliza, a young woman who travels to the Yukon gold fields in search of adventure and fortune. The event combines theater, video, and live interactions to produce an engaging family event.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former president and CEO of the Sherman Oaks-based Morgan Peabody, Inc. brokerage and investment firm has pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges stemming from a real estate investment scam that resulted in about five dozen investors losing nearly $4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that John Ruth, 40, and Michael Jachimiak, 37, both of Lancaster, N.Y., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 28-year-old Scranton resident was sentenced today to 151 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley in Scranton, for his role in a sex trafficking conspiracy involving a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CHAD LANDRY, age 43, of Houma, pled guilty today to charges that he conspired to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine and unlawfully possessed a firearm in furtherance of his methamphetamine conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: Cornish, NH:Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, a national park for the arts, opens for the season on Saturday, May 23, and will be open daily, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through October 31. The site features the studios, home, gardens, and artwork of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), one of America's greatest sculptors.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Stephen Mayer (51, Miami) to 11 years and 3 months in federal prison for his role in a real estate flipping and equity skimming conspiracy. The Court also ordered him to pay more than $3.1 million in restitution to the affected lenders, and more than $4 million in forfeiture, which were proceeds traceable to the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Brandon Wilson, 26, of Corning, NY, pleaded guilty to theft from a health care benefit program, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian W. Payson. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Dorothy Lawson, 66, of Hendricks, West Virginia, with fraudulently collecting spousal death benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division, announced the conviction of Kevin Lowe, the owner of “Astramed," a purported medical clinic...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A former Richard Stockton College of New Jersey police officer was sentenced today to 31 months in prison for selling oxycodone-based pills to an undercover officer and a witness who was cooperating with law enforcement officers, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2015
News Release: As part of the Administration’s effort to cut energy waste in the nation’s buildings and double energy productivity by 2030, the Energy Department today announced nearly $6 million to accelerate energy efficiency in offices, shops, schools and other buildings that will help businesses and communities save money, create jobs, and reduce pollution.
