News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Wenxia Man, aka Wency Man, 45, of San Diego, was sentenced today to 50 months in prison for conspiring to export and cause the export of fighter jet engines, an unmanned aerial vehicle - commonly known as a drone - and related technical data to the People’s Republic of China in violation of the Arms Export Control Act.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 261,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin announced that KRISTIAN SAUCIER, 29, of Arlington, Vt., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 12 months of imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Aug. 19, 2016, Gregory Harold Moore (Moore), 47, of Surgoinsville, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 360 months in federal prison following his convictions for conspiracies to distribute methamphetamine, hydrocodone, oxycodone...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Christopher L. Dallas, 36, of Chester, was sentenced for a methamphetamine offense.
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Council Bluffs, IA - On Aug. 18, 2016, Jason Gregory Johnson, a 22-year old resident of Overland Park, Kansas, was sentenced by United States Senior District Court Judge Robert Pratt, to 63 months in prison for transporting a person with the intent to engage in prostitution announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Judge Pratt also ordered Johnson to serve a term of 10 years of supervised release upon release from prison, and to pay a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: BOISE - The United States Attorney’s Office and the United States Marshals Service are advising Idaho residents to be aware of telephone calls threatening individuals of a pending arrest warrant for not responding to federal jury summonses. Calls have been reported in the Boise and Coeur d’Alene areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Charlie Patterson, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (“ATF"), and William Bratton, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York (“NYPD"), announced the arrest ...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the new cases of Zika in Miami Beach and the lack of funding from Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: A Colombian citizen was sentenced to 30 months in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release for his participation in an international money laundering conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has selected National and State Park Concessions El Portal, LLC for the concession contract to provide visitor services at the El Portal Market, located within the El Portal Administrative Site in Yosemite National Park. The 10-year contract is expected to begin on Nov. 1, 2016, and will include grocery, retail sales, food and beverage, and related services at the El Portal Market.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: Customers received prescription drugs based solely on completion of online medical questionnaires.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: National Park Service News Release. Fort Stanwix National Monument: Frank Barrows, 315-336-3113. Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Megan O'Malley, 518-758-9689 ext. 2002. Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Larry Turk, 845-229-9115 x 2013. Saratoga National Historical Park: Amy Bracewell...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: FBI Seeks Scruffy Bandit in Robbery of Northeast Albuquerque Bank.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) invites visitors of all ages to join in the celebration of its 100th anniversary with free admission to all 412 national parks from Thursday, Aug. 25, through Sunday, August 28.Visitors to Acadia National Park will have the opportunity to celebrate the park's centennial along with the NPS centennial-both of which were established in 1916.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2016
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -The National Park Service is seeking public comment on a project to stabilize and resurface the Historic Railroad Trail.
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 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: DOLORES, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office plans to begin several prescribed burns as early as next week, or as conditions allow. The prescribed burns will treat up to 600 acres of ponderosa pine and Gambel oak.
