News from May 2015
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: On April 30, 2015, Corinthus Bevely, a/k/a "Rent," 45, of Marion, plead guilty to a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: Glacier National Park is encouraging public comment regarding five preliminary alternatives that have been developed for the Going-to-the-Sun Road Corridor Management Plan. These preliminary alternatives are conceptual at this time, and public comment will help in further development, modification and analysis of alternatives for the draft plan and environmental impact statement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Joseph DeRomanis, 39, of Phoenix, Arizona, who was convicted of tax evasion by filing false tax returns, was sentenced to six months home detention and five years probation by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $186,284 to the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - TYRELLE A. PHILLIPS, Herrin, IL, was sentenced to 39 months in prison and was ordered to pay restitution to the identified victims of the scheme. He was sentenced on multiple identity theft and credit card charges, resulting in excess of $62,000 of losses in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Felix Santos, 41, who was convicted of assaulting an officer of the United States, was sentenced to 14 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Charles Humphrey, 46, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute over 500 grams of cocaine before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years, a maximum of 40 years and a $5,000,000 fine.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2015
Release: Washington DC, May 4, 2015 - Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced the results of a nationwide assessment of improper payments in school meals programs, as well as several steps to sustain progress by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in reducing...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: Whistleblower Suit Alleges “swapping" Kickback Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced that Russell C. Taylor, 43, Indianapolis, was charged by a criminal complaint today with seven counts of production and one count of possession of child pornography. Taylor appeared before a federal Magistrate Judge earlier this afternoon...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: Acadia National Park fire managers are planning to burn four vistas along Park Loop Road on Wednesday, May 6th and Thursday, May 7th. Ignition of the fires is dependent on weather and wind conditions. The proposed burn areas are located along the two-way section of the Park Loop Road at Duck Brook Road vista, the 1947 Fire Overlook, the vista near Park Loop Rd and ME 233, and at the Jordan Pond vista.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Tracy McArthur Harris, aka Trey Harris, 42, a federal inmate who is serving an 11-year prison sentence for a cocaine conspiracy, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with his brother, James Steven Harris, aka Steve Harris, 44, of Loma Linda, to smuggle synthetic cannabinoids into Taft Correctional Institution, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Derik Carson Kumagai, 41, of Fresno, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to two years in prison for conspiring to commit bribery, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. Kumagai was ordered to self-surrender on June 12 at 2:00 p.m. to begin serving his sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: Bipartisan Trade Tool Reaffirms Congressional Oversight of Trade Pacts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Ian K. Saunders, 35, of Weirton, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for unlawful possession of firearms, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: TULSA, Okla.- United States Attorney Danny C. Williams Sr. announced today a guilty plea by Helena Chemical Corporation for unlawfully disposing the restricted pesticide, Medal II AT, at its Welch, Oklahoma, facility in Craig County.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Donald W. Patterson, 41, of Burlington, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 19 months in prison for failing to update his sex offender registration when he moved from West Virginia to Maryland, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2015
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve is seeking applications for the 2016 Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program, which provides the opportunity for professional visual artists, writers and composers to use an historic roadside cabin as a base to explore the park and seek inspiration from it. Works created by...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2015
News Release: COVINGTON - An X-ray technician from Ft. Thomas, Ky., has admitted in federal court to defrauding state and federal health care programs out of thousands of dollars.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2015
News Release: “Retratos Imigrantes/Immigrant Portraits: A Museum Dialogue Between São Paulo and New York," is scheduled to open on Ellis Island on May 1, 2015 at 1 p.m. The exhibit is the result of a partnership between the Immigration Museum of the State of São Paulo, Brazil and the Statue of Liberty National Monument...
