News from November 2015
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, CA- The National Park Service (NPS) has released a plan and environmental assessment (EA) for the redevelopment and rehabilitation of the Crystal Cave area within Sequoia National Park. Crystal Cave has been one of Sequoia National Park’s primary visitor attractions...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is now offering a cash reward for information leading to a conviction of persons responsible for recent vandalism in McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Upcoming Fee Free Day on Wednesday, Nov. 11, in Honor of Veterans Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Antonio L. Sibley, 38, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 330 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release for production of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources discussed mining legislation to address the failed response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Animas spill three months ago and reform policies that currently impede abandoned mine cleanup nationally.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - The owner of a compounding pharmacy in Lakewood, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for paying tens of thousands of dollars in cash bribes to physicians for referring pain cream prescriptions, defrauding health care benefit programs out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Justice served for two men caught looting at Buffalo National River.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: DAYTON - Lance Ealy, 29, of Dayton, was convicted of three counts of failure to appear. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas M. Rose issued his verdict today after a bench trial that took place on Oct. 22, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr., announced today that Charles P. Gahan, currently a resident of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and formerly of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 70 months’ imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy to commit...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: “Today’s sentencing concludes the first ever prosecution of a drug dealer who killed his customer with his illegal product," said U.S. Attorney Hochul. “Successfully tackling the deadly opiate epidemic that is sweeping across our community will take many working together. As was also shown by our prosecution of a medical doctor this week, our Office intends to do its part.".
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Defendant's Brother Pleads Guilty to Related Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A federal jury sitting in Laredo convicted two Laredoans guilty of being involved in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The verdicts against Rafael Ortega aka Tio, 57, and Baltazar Ibarra Cardona aka Balta, 55, were returned last night following a three-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - The eight defendants charged in this district in a scheme in which fraudulent tax returns were filed using identification information that was stolen and used without lawful authority have all been ordered to prison, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Postal Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and Special Agent in Charge Rick Goss of IRS-Criminal Investigation (CI).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - James Michael Conley, 38, of Clarksburg, was convicted of morphine trafficking today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: ROOSEVELT, Ariz. -Tonto National Monument will honor veterans and their families by providing all monument visitors with a Fee Free Day this Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York, and William J. Hochul, Jr., United States Attorney for the Western District of New York announced that Peter N. Militello, 34, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of fentanyl and heroin, was sentenced to 360 months in prison and 10 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON--The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a 39-year-old California resident was sentenced to 41 months in prison today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard P. Conaboy in Scranton, for possessing with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: Bobby Willis Charged with Defrauding Couple of $1,000,000.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today issued the following statement after Kevin Brady (R-Texas) was selected to serve as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that QUANG SMITH, age 65, of Harvey, pled guilty today to a one count Bill of Information charging her with theft of government funds.
