News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Dennis Sica was sentenced today in White Plains federal court to 35 years in prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The owner of a company that sold maintenance and cleaning supplies was sentenced today to 31 months in prison for paying bribes to a Union County official and to defrauding the county of more than $120,000 in connection with the purchases, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer from Brownsville has been sentenced for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 1000 kilograms of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Jose Luis Zavala, 38, pleaded guilty March 3, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: Charged in the complaint are: • Hector Carattini. • Michael Perez. • Juan Oliverias-Arbelo. • Mark Gonzelez. • Adalberto Cruz. • Maikel Gonzelez. • Alberto Fernandez. • Raymond DeJesus. • Hector Huertas. • Kristie Boncore. All the defendants, except for Kristie Boncore, are also charged with possession with...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Seven individuals were arrested by federal, state and local authorities following a long-term investigation into the trafficking of heroin and oxycodone in the Rochester, New Hampshire area, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith. Those arrested include...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: PENDLETON, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation is beginning construction on the downstream side of McKay Dam this week. Reclamation’s Construction Office is making drainage improvements at the dam’s base. Work will consist of excavation, pipe replacement and backfilling.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: Harkers Island, NC -The coastal flood warnings are suspended for Cape Lookout National Seashore and the sunshine has returned to the region. Tidal levels remain high in Core and Back Sound but strong winds subsided. The National Park Service continues recovery efforts and has made significant progress...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Daniel Lajoie, Jr., 46, of Oakland, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S District Court to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: Roberto Ledesma, 52, of Maumee, was charged with receipt and distribution of visual depictions involving the sexual exploitation of a minor, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released this statement on today’s announcement that Lumber Liquidators has pled guilty to violations of the Lacey Act. The company illegally imported Russian timber into the United States and has agreed to pay fines totaling $10 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: As part of the House Judiciary Committee’s criminal justice reform initiative , House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Congressman ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: Rome, New York - On Thursday October 15th, 2015 the Youth Ambassador Program (YAP!) and the National Park Service will release the music video for the song Centennial which celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016.The digital release will take place through multiple platforms including the YAP! website www.yap100.com, on YAP!'s social media outlets, and multiple National Park Service social media.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - District Court Chief Judge Wilma A. Lewis on Wednesday sentenced Shevron Percival, 25, of St. Croix, to four months in prison and one year of supervised release for Possession of Prison Contraband, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Lewis also ordered Percival to pay a $500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: HOUSTON - A total of nine people are in custody following the return of a one-count federal indictment alleging a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: NC/VA -Blue Ridge Parkway rangers and staff plan to welcome approximately two million visitors along the 469-mile scenic route this October. With fall color beginning, park managers want to remind the public that a Parkway drive is different than most. The Parkway's unique design includes many steep grades, limited sight distances, and beautiful built in distractions;as a result, drivers must pay extra attention to ensure a safe and memorable visit.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: César E. Chávez National Monument, in cooperation with the National Park Foundation, hosted an Every Kid in a Park event on October 8, 3015, from 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m., in celebration of the monument’s third anniversary. A total of 130 students from two Central Valley schools-Harvest Elementary School (Delano...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for distributing images of child sexual abuse over the Internet, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: As record ocean temperatures cause widespread coral bleaching across Hawaii, NOAA scientists confirm the same stressful conditions are expanding to the Caribbean and may last into the new year, prompting the declaration of the third global coral bleaching event ever on record.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man and an Independence, Mo., man were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that resulted in the shooting deaths of three persons during a home invasion in Independence and the shooting of a 12-year-old boy in the home.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2015
News Release: VANCOUVER, WA - Fort Vancouver National Historic Site's annual change to winter operating hours will be effective Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, in conjunction with the annual end of Daylight Savings Time (DST).
