News from September 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The former assistant division administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), New Jersey Division, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for using a straw company to fraudulently obtain grant funds, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 34-year-old Laredoan has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of alien smuggling, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Jose Alfredo Lopez pleaded guilty Oct. 6, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JESUS QUESADA, 24, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Gettysburg and Eisenhower Parks Begin "Every Kid in a Park" Initiative on September 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: St. Louis, MO - DR. MEL E. LUCAS and PATTERSON MEDICAL CLINIC, INC. were sentenced for receipt of misbranded drugs and false statement charges respectively. Both were sentenced to three years of probation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A father and son were arrested this morning for engaging in a scheme that used straw buyers and short sales on two Bergen County properties to defraud mortgage lenders out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Weir Farm National Historic Site invites all 4th grade students to visit the park as part of the White House’s new Every Kid in a Park program. Starting Sept. 1, 4th grade students can go to www.everykidinapark.gov to complete an activity and obtain a voucher for a free annual entry pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: EUGENE, OR - Thomas William Cornelius, Jr., age 50, of Coos County, Oregon, was sentenced on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, by Chief U.S. District Judge Anne Aiken to 50 years in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms and for violent assaults he committed in prison while awaiting trial.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: The NOAA Fisheries Species Recovery Grant Program’s 2015 funding supports five new projects and the continuation of 14 multi-year projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Justin Vazquez, 29, of Lackawanna, NY, with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park invites all fourth grade students to visit the park for free as part of the White House’s new Every Kid in a Park program. Starting today, fourth grade students can now go to www.everykidoutdoors.gov to complete an activity and obtain a free annual entry pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Wenston DeSue (44, Bradenton) to 12 months and 1 day in federal prison for theft of federal funds. As part of his sentence, the Court entered a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $276,300.03, the proceeds of DeSue’s theft, and also ordered him to pay the same amount in restitution to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD").
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the guilty plea of DEXI ZHENG, 33, to filing a false federal income tax return. ZHENG was charged on July 6, 2015, by felony information, with one count of filing a false individual tax return. He pleaded guilty on Aug. 21, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Ann D. Montgomery in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn. A sentencing date has not yet been determined.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Coulee Dam, WA -- At 10:00am, September 4th, 2015, Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area will open campgrounds, boat ramps, and day-use areas in Camp-Na-Bor-Lee, Hunters, Haag Cove, and French Rocks in the North District of the park. Some areas will remain closed due to their proximity to the Kettle Complex. The National Park Service has continued these closures to ensure the highest level of safety for visitors and employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury today found John A. White (40, Windermere) guilty of 11 counts of wire fraud and 4 counts of filing a false tax-related document. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each wire fraud count and up to 3 years’ imprisonment for each false document charge. White’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for Nov. 19, 2015. He was indicted on April 9, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Robert Kinney, Jr., 41, of Blaine, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to transporting child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Craters of the Moon invites all 4th grade students to visit the park for free as part of the White House's new Every Kid in a Park program. Starting Sept. 1, 4th grade students can now go to www.everykidinapark.gov to complete an activity and obtain a free annual entry pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas issued an order which vacates the Lesser Prairie Chicken listing under the Endangered Species Act, on the basis that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) did not apply the proper criteria for evaluating conservation efforts at the state level. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement in response.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Colorado stock promoter was charged today in U.S. District Court in Boston with conspiring to commit securities fraud by promoting shares of a company and then secretly selling them, without disclosing that he and his co-conspirators controlled almost all of the available shares.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2015
News Release: Eight Indicted in Fraud Case That Alleges $50 Million in Bogus Claims for Student Substance Abuse Counseling.
