News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Letrenton Napoleon Nickles of Mobile was sentenced to 22 years imprisonment by Senior United States District Court Judge Charles R. Butler. The sentencing followed a June 2015 guilty plea to charges of carjacking;...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - The United States has reached a settlement with Mercy Suburban Hospital (“Mercy"), in East Norriton, PA, to resolve alleged violations of title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA") for refusal to treat an HIV-positive patient at one of its facilities, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - An attorney was sentenced on Oct. 1, 2015, to prison in connection with a multi-year, multi-property mortgage fraud scheme in Dorchester and Roxbury.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: Kelly T. Currie, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division, today announced the filing of a consent judgment and order in United States v. Sayville Development, et al., Civil Action No 07-CV-3622 (JFB/ARL), to settle alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - A federal criminal complaint was filed on Friday, October, 3, 2015, and unsealed today, that charges Kristopher Ledell Love, 31, of Memphis, Tennessee, with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo announced that nearly $1.5 million in federal grant funds have been awarded to two Southern Arizona recipients to support efforts to combat human trafficking. The two recipients are CODAC Behavioral Health Services of Pima County (grant 2015-VT-BX-K006)...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The Inside North Fork Road will be temporarily closed from Polebridge to Logging Creek on Wednesday, October 7 from 8:00am to 6:00pm. Crews will have over-sized equipment on the road as they install new vault toilets at Logging Creek Ranger Station, Logging Creek Campground, and Quartz Creek Campground.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Maribel Quintero, 39, has been ordered to federal prison following her guilty plea of violating the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Quintero, of Pharr, pleaded guilty May 29, 2105.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Jean Phineas Losier (41, Wellington) to five years in federal prison for conspiracy to deal in counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. A federal jury in Jacksonville convicted him in June 2015. Losier also faces counterfeit manufacturing charges in the Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Third Degree Burglary and Aiding and Abetting was sentenced on Sept. 29, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Joyce Knight, 38, and Daniel Kelley, 41, both of Meridian, were sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate for their roles in a conspiracy to steal identities of state inmates and to use those stolen identities to file false federal income tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and Jerome R. McDuffie, Special Agent in charge of Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kenisha C. Singleton, 30, of Nutter Fort, West Virginia, was convicted of cocaine trafficking in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: NAPA, Calif. The Bureau of Reclamation welcomes Margaret David Bailey as the new Park Manager for Lake Berryessa in Napa County. In this position, Bailey will assist the Area Manager of the Mid-Pacific Region’s Central California Area Office, Drew Lessard, in managing public recreation, natural resources, visitor services and concession management at Lake Berryessa.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: Wednesday: Attorney General Lynch to Hold Department of Justice Summit on Violent Crime--New Mexico U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez to Participate in the Summit.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lublin, Wisconsin man was sentenced in federal court today for robbing a Polo, Mo., bank.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office is starting a public scoping period on a proposal to add new trails to the Fourmile Area outside of Buena Vista, Colorado. The BLM estimates the area saw 32,000 visits in 2002. That number has dramatically grown to an estimated...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today issued the following statement after the United States Trade Representative (USTR) Michael Froman announced that an agreement had been reached between the United States and 11 other nations to close the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months in jail on his conviction of wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Hurricane Joaquin has moved further East out into the Atlantic Ocean making it less of a threat to Cape Lookout. However, the regional area now is encompassed by a slow moving upper level low and associated Nor' easter-type surface low. Due to public safety and the welfare of park visitors and staff, Cape Lookout National Seashore will continue to remain closed to all visitors until further notice.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 5, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - An employee will receive $100,000 in punitive damages from the owner of a Sandpoint, Idaho, oil change facility who fired the worker for reporting safety violations, disregarding the whistleblower provision of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
