News from November 2015
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: The Fred Harvey Company began operating the Painted Desert Inn in 1946, selling gas and gifts and serving food to Route 66 travelers in Petrified Forest National Park. In the late 1950’s, when the Painted Desert Community Complex was being designed and Route 66 was giving way to Interstate 40, the Fred...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: A 61-count indictment was filed in federal court charging 19 people for their roles in a drug conspiracy that brought large shipments of heroin to the Cleveland area and then distributed the drug in Ashtabula, Conneaut and Bellaire, Ohio and Wheeling, West Virginia, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Igor Yasinov, age 26, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty on November 6, 2015, to a robbery conspiracy, kidnapping, and brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, in connection with the robbery of a jewelry store, including a carjacking and kidnapping.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Peter Flynn, age 61, of Silver Spring, Maryland today to 45 months in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for possessing child pornography. Judge Hazel also ordered Flynn to pay a fine of $12,500.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management and Western Area Power Administration today announced the release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Southline Transmission Line Project, a 360-mile electric transmission line proposed to run from New Mexico to Arizona.The Final EIS is the result of a major...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on November 6, 2015, Jeffrey Belmont, 50, of Ralston, Nebraska was sentenced for his conviction for manufacturing explosives without a license. Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Belmont to six months of imprisonment to be followed by two years of supervised release.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: The Energy Department today announced the launch of the SEED Collaborative, a strategic effort to help cities and states manage building energy performance data and identify opportunities for efficiency improvements in their jurisdictions. Through a three-year partnership, a select group of cities and...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: MINEOLA, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York, Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and Acting Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter, Nassau County Police Department announced the indictment of a cardiologist who allegedly contracted hitmen to kill a competing doctor, in a murder-for-hire conspiracy that included the sale of assault weapons, arson and the criminal sale of prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a prior sex offender in Springfield, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to receiving and distributing child pornography. Gary Thomas Sheldon, 52, of Springfield...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: Justice Department Sues Lakewood, Colorado, Apartment Complex for Discriminating Against Families with Children.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced federal jury in Mobile, Alabama, after a two week jury trial convicted Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab AS (DSD) and three employees with violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS), conspiracy, obstruction...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a final rule establishing procedures and time frames for handling employee retaliation complaints under the National Transit Systems Security Act and the Federal Railroad Safety Act. The final rule is effective Nov. 9, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: Ministry Volunteer Sentenced to More than Seven Years in Prison for Engaging in Illicit Sexual Conduct with Honduran Minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: CLEVELAND - This morning, a 61-count indictment was filed in federal court charging 19 people for their roles in a drug conspiracy that brought large shipments of heroin to the Cleveland area and then distributed the drug in Ashtabula, Conneaut and Bellaire, Ohio, as well as in Wheeling, West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles today announced that Huger resident John Nick, age 60, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for Money Laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1956. The sentence was imposed by United States District Court Judge Patrick Michael Duffy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man who sold heroin to undercover agents on multiple occasions in March of 2015 was sentenced today in federal court in Huntington, West Virginia, to two years and three months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Bryant D. Long, II, 29, of Detroit, previously pleaded guilty to distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man who was arrested after putting a gun to his girlfriend’s head was sentenced Monday to 77 months in federal prison on a firearm charge, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: CHICAGO - A former religious services assistant at the downtown Metropolitan Correctional Center pleaded guilty today to providing sensitive information to inmates about fellow prisoners in the federal corrections system.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2015
News Release: Defendant also Ordered to Pay $478,510.00 in Restitution.
