News from May 2015
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney James L. Santelle, announced that on May 6, 2015, Jerry Yee (age: 82) a former Brookfield physician was sentenced in federal court to one year and a day in prison for illegally distributing prescription narcotics. Yee who was a doctor of osteopathic medicine, previously pleaded...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles man who was convicted of producing child pornography in the Philippines while being required to register as a sex offender due to his prior conviction for raping a 14-year-old girl was sentenced today to life without parole in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 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 18, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Santos Acevedo Gutierrez, 41, of Shafter, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neil to 17 years and six months in prison and the forfeiture of $10,123 for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On May 13, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit submitted a 57 page opinion affirming the conviction of Edison Burgos-Montes, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Alan Timothy Hershey, age 50, of Gilcrest, Colorado, pled guilty last week before U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello to conspiracy to defraud the United States and tax evasion, United States Attorney John Walsh, IRS Criminal Investigation Acting Special Agent in Charge Gilbert R.
By DOL Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: BEAR, Del. - Boxes and excess merchandise could be a matter of life or death for workers at a Dollar General store in Bear, where federal inspectors found emergency exits blocked, in violation of federal law.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 92 months imprisonment on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOL Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: DORAL, Fla. - If you're a construction company owner and routinely choose to ignore worker safety, you may want to think twice about putting your employees in danger of falls and other serious safety risks.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Eduardo Galan, 64, of Brockport, NY, pleaded guilty to mail fraud and money laundering before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. The combined charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: Shiloh Palmer, 22, Andrew Palmer, 24, Elizabeth Olinger, 26, and Peter Olinger, 42, from Mechanicsville, Iowa, each have been charged with four counts of bank robbery and related offenses. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed today in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2015
Release: WASHINGTON, DC, May 18, 2015 - Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced that up to $7.5 million in technology grants is available to combat recipient benefit abuse and trafficking in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The final date to apply for this funding, which was made possible by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (i.e., the “Farm Bill"), is July 18, 2015.
By US DOT Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management will hold a hearing this week to assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) role in earthquake hazard preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery; and to examine the efforts of the Pacific Northwest and seismic hazard experts to reduce disaster impacts and build stronger communities.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: MEDORA, ND: The National Park Service (NPS) has identified four potential building site alternatives in an Environmental Assessment for visitor center replacement in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The park abandoned the former visitor center in 2013 because of recurring structural...
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: Due to concerns about the status, trends, and escapement of Hoh River Chinook salmon, Olympic National Park is closing the Hoh River watershed to recreational fishing effective tomorrow. The fishing closure includes those portions of the upper Hoh River, South Fork Hoh River, all tributaries, and the Hoh River mouth within Olympic National Park.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: Lookout Mountain, TN: Starting Monday, June 1, 2015, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will increase visitor entrance fees to Point Park in order to fund important maintenance and improvement projects within the park. Entrance fee and annual pass increases are represented in the chart below.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner is pleased to announce the 2014 winner of the Eastern District of California Law Enforcement Award for Outstanding Investigator in the Fresno Division. This award is one of four awards presented annually to a law enforcement agency and an officer...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Erik Weinmann, 31, of Newport, Vermont was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for robbing a Merchants Bank in Colchester, Vermont in July 2014. U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III also ordered that Weinmann receive a two-year period of supervised release following the term of imprisonment. The Court ordered Weinmann to surrender to serve his sentence on June 23, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: Trade Promotion Authority Sets High Objectives to Assist Main Street.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2015
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - On May 13, 2015, defendant Miguel A. Merced-Torres was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 72 months (six years), followed by three years of Supervised Release Term by US District Court Judge Jay A. García-Gregory, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez.
