News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that John Peter Christensen (64, West Palm Beach) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has been set for Nov. 21, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: With an extended forecast for sunny, summer weather, Mount Rainier National Park officials advise park visitors to anticipate high traffic volumes and full parking areas in the park for the National Park Service Centennial Weekend, August 25-28. This summer visitors to Mount Rainier National Park have...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney David A. Capp announced that a federal grand jury in Hammond returned a 9 count superseding indictment charging Luis Allen Perez a.k.a. “LA", 26, of East Chicago, Indiana with murder in aid of racketeering activity & RICO conspiracy in addition with numerous other charges.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Over 20 Olympic National Park rangers are participating in the search for Clifford Dopps, 74, who is missing and presumed drowned after a boating accident on Wednesday, August 17. The search area is located on a remote section of the park's wilderness coastline between Shi Shi Beach and Rialto Beach.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Everglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks Celebrate the Centennial Anniversary of the National Park Service - Aug. 25.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Razak A. Dosunmu, 61, of Washington, D.C., was convicted yesterday by a federal jury on charges of offering illegal gratuities to a procurement official with the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) while Dosunmu was negotiating aviation fuel contracts with DLA worth over $1 billion.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Washington - The United States Park Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred last night near the first scenic overlook on the George Washington Memorial Parkway. The victim was relieved of his wallet and cell phone before being forced to enter the Potomac River and told to swim across.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Alexander Newman, 26, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced on Aug. 18, 2016, before Judge Jon E. DeGuilio, for manufacturing methamphetamine and possession of destructive devices (bombs).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A Colleyville, Texas, businessman, James VanBlaricum, who operated an oil and gas exploration company, was arrested Wednesday by U.S. Postal Inspectors on a federal criminal complaint charging him with mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office plans to reducing hazardous fuels as part of the Summit Fuels Management Project as early as next week, or as conditions allow.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Enoch B. Morelock Award. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that K9 Officer Andrew Marr of the Riverside, Mo., Police Department has received the 2016 Enoch B. Morelock Award. The Enoch B. Morelock Award is an annual recognition...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa is joining with the FBI, DOJ’s Community Relations Service, Black Hawk County Attorney and Sheriff’s Offices, Waterloo Police Department, Waterloo’s Human Rights Commission, and the Cedar Falls Police Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: With Health Care Theft. HAMMOND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David A. Capp, announced that five members of the Indiana/Kentucky/Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters were each charged by Information with one count of health care theft. According to the documents filed...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Robbers Stole Gold Rolex Watches Valued at More Than $700,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic City, New Jersey, man who was an enforcer and street level dealer for a gang that used threats, intimidation and violence to maintain control of the illegal drug trade in Atlantic City was sentenced today to life in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that George Steven Gray, 27, of Daphne, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court on Aug. 18, 2016, for discarding mail he was supposed to deliver. Court documents reflect that batches of undelivered and unopened mail...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) invites the public to provide comments related to proposed improvements to the Charles Hall ferry terminal road and ramps on State Route 276 (SR-276) in Bullfrog and Halls Crossing, Utah within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The proposed ferry terminal road and ramp improvements would be completed in partnership with the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney David A. Capp announced that a federal grand jury in Hammond returned a 9 count superseding indictment charging Luis Allen Perez a.k.a. “LA", 26, of East Chicago, Indiana with murder in aid of racketeering activity & RICO conspiracy in addition with numerous other charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE -United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced today that Angel Mata, of Mexico, has pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after having been deported previously.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced the sentencing of DIANE MARIE EILER, 48, to 42 months in prison for stealing $1.7 million from her employer. EILER, who pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud on April 15, 2016, was sentenced today before Senior U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
