News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Richard Wells, 22, of Baxter, West Virginia, was convicted in federal court today of possession of a stolen firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: Washington - Senators Johnson and McCaskill on Friday introduced a bipartisan bill titled, Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Modernization Act of 2015. This bill would modernize the nation’s public alert and warning system to ensure that federal, state and local officials can effectively warn citizens during times of disasters, acts of terrorism, and other threats to public safety.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man who participated in a heroin distribution conspiracy in 2013 was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison, United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced. Bryant Donavan Taylor, 36, pleaded guilty in February 2015 to aiding and abetting the possession of 100 grams or more of heroin with the intent to distribute. Chief United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers imposed today’s sentence.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors in May. In addition, the Artist-in-Residence program returns, and it's time for the BioBlitz and Biodiversity & Cultural Festival. Mark the calendar for these upcoming events.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The former controller of a company that provides supervision services, including electronic monitoring programs, to courts and probation departments was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for embezzling well over $3 million from the company over the course of two years.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Raymond Antoine Scott, Jr., 38, of Lapwai, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to second degree murder, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Scott was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d'Alene on March 18, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Neil Kornze was briefed today on the severe drought gripping much of the West and preparations for the coming wildfire season at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise. The briefing was his first stop on a tour focused on areas impacted by severe drought...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Dallas Lawrence, 33, of Box Elder, Montana, was sentenced today to twenty years in prison after a Montana jury convicted him of seven felonies, including two rapes, two strangulations, two assaults with intent to commit murder and assault with a dangerous weapon. In addition to the twenty-year prison sentence, U.S. District Judge Brian Morris also sentenced Lawrence to five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: A former Florida resident was sentenced to 60 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, a special assessment in the amount of $3,000, and restitution in the amount of $476,195.51 by U.S. District Court Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks, for orchestrating an international stock fraud scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON -Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator John Hoeven, R-N.D., today introduced legislation that would bring billions of dollars of investment to state and local government to help grow and repair America’s aging infrastructure. The bill, the “Move America Act...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Chris O’Connor, 37, of Martinsburg, was convicted in federal court today of unlawful distribution of explosives, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that an Archbald man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Scranton on charges of receiving and distributing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: Lengthening days, milder overnight temperatures, sightings of migrant bird species, and the arrival of summer employees are all signs that the seasonal facilities and services that enhance the park experience for Denali National Park and Preserve visitors will open soon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: On April 23, 2015, Ryan L. Gibbs, a/k/a “Blood," 34, of Carbondale, was charged by indictment with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: STATESVILLE, N.C. - Today, a federal judge sentenced Martin Martinez Saldana, 44, of West Jefferson, N.C., to life in prison on conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a short-barreled shotgun charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: Former A+ Care Pharmacy head agrees to forfeit $2.3 million, plus Lexus and Barboursville home.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: The DIVER announcement plays a part in the Department of Commerce’s goal of unleashing its vast resources of environmental data and delivering on one of its key priorities - transforming data capabilities and supporting a data-driven economy. NOAA is a constituent agency of the Commerce Department.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Tonya Rushing, former CEO of the now-defunct Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Larry R. Hicks to one year and one day in prison for conspiring with Dipak Desai, the former owner of the center, to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today, PAUL FANTZ, 32, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt to 100 months imprisonment followed by 15 years supervised release for receipt of child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252(a)(2), during his arraignment.
By DOL Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today is a day like any other. The sun rose. People went to work to build our homes, our businesses and our bridges. By day's end, not all of them will go home. Each year, hundreds of workers die and thousands more suffer serious injuries because they fell and lacked the right safety equipment or knowledge to prevent it. For constructions workers, falls are the leading cause of death.
