News from October 2015

By US DOT Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: Speaking today at the Flight Safety Foundation’s Newsmaker Breakfast at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta announced the next step in the FAA’s continuing evolution of working with those it regulates. The FAA developed the new ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -Lake Mead National Recreation Area will increase entrance, vessel and camping fees to the park Jan. 1, 2016. The increase is part of a larger National Park Service initiative to standardize fees in similar parks across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: Bank Made Voluntary Disclosure of Self-Reporting Failures, Admitted Violations,.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: An officer of Country Bancorporation who embezzled more than $800,000 from banks controlled by the company pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned indictments today charging two former labor union officials with embezzlement, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Chanute man was indicted Tuesday on charges of manufacturing silencers in violation of federal firearms laws, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: A man who owned and operated a head shop in Iowa City pled guilty on October 5, 2015, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.

By DOL Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: NEW YORK - Vidal Sanchez fell to his death at a Brooklyn work site on April 1, 2015. It should not have happened.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the fall interpretive programs at New Melones Lake. All activities are free and suitable for all ages; most do not require reservations. Participants should wear sturdy shoes and clothing appropriate for the weather. A water bottle and sunscreen are recommended. Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: In celebration of the upcoming National Park Service centennial, the Obed Wild and Scenic River, in partnership with bowyer Travis Gosnell, announces another primitive bow workshop on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, at the Obed visitor center.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MATTHEW TOLLIS, 22, of Wethersfield, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in a series of “swatting" incidents that occurred in Connecticut and other states in 2014. Judge Hall also ordered TOLLIS to perform 300 hours of community service.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Brooklyn, New York, man was sentenced today to 188 months in prison for using the internet to contact minors to get them to engage in criminal sexual conduct and for possessing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By DOL Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - South Carolina residents - emergency workers, employers and the public - recovering from the impact of Hurricane Joaquin should be aware of the hazards they may encounter and take necessary steps to stay safe, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: The Doctor Was Detained Immediately After The Verdict Was Read.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Delano A. Reid, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), and William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two Philadelphia men today admitted their roles in a conspiracy to extort victims to load prepaid debit cards with funds that were stolen as part of the scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal jury found a Shreveport man guilty of possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: Urbana, Ill. - Brian K. Dalton, 35, was sentenced late yesterday, Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, to serve 12 years in federal prison for distribution of crack cocaine and illegal possession of a firearm by a felon, as announced by U.S. Attorney Jim Lewis, Central District of Illinois. Dalton remains on bond and was ordered to report to the federal Bureau of Prisons on Feb. 9, 2016, to begin serving his sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN D’AURIA, 41, of East Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 63 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for operating an investment scheme that defrauded investors out of nearly $2.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2015
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Monroe County man was sentenced today to 41 months’ imprisonment by Senior United States District Judge Edwin M. Kosik for participating in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy.