News from December 2016
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: Arches and Canyonlands national parks are open all year, but the park’s visitor center operations change with the arrival of winter.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Ahmad Sayed Hashimi, aka Jimmy Hashimi, of Woodbridge, was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for his role in beating and kidnapping his ex-girlfriend, in addition to leading drug distribution conspiracies.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the President’s signing into law the Department of State Authorities Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (S.1635)...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed Federal Plan for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) units, which directly impacts entities in Alaska that use small remote incinerators (SRIs) to dispose of waste in remote areas where traditional disposal methods are unavailable.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Irving Feldman, 61, of Pittsford, NY, pleaded guilty to food stamp fraud before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Winifredo Gonzales, a/k/a Fred, a/k/a Chin, 44, of Brooklyn, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 280 grams or more of crack cocaine, and possession...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service Southeast Utah Group is pleased to announce Anthony Lott as the 2017 Community Artist in the Parks (CAIP). This is the first time the program will feature an artist residing in San Juan County, and focus on the southern parks of the group.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Oakdale, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to five years of probation, a $1,000 fine and ordered to pay $27,500 in restitution on his conviction of wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Winifredo Gonzales, a/k/a Fred, a/k/a Chin, 44, of Brooklyn, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and 280 grams or more of crack cocaine, and possession ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban investment advisor has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly allocating profitable trades to his personal accounts while assigning unprofitable trades to his clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christian O. Dalmau, 31, of Bronx, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Donaven J. White, 21, of Coshocton, Ohio, was sentenced in federal court today to 46 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: DEC. 16, 2016 - These statistics provide a comprehensive look at the employment of the nation’s state and local governments. It shows the number of government civilian employees and their gross payroll by governmental function. These governmental functions include, for example, elementary and secondary education, and police protection.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas woman who, along with 18 co-defendants, was arrested in June 2016 in a joint operation led by the Dallas Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety, for their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated out of the Pleasant Grove, Seagoville, and Balch Springs areas of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, was sentenced today, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that a jury found David Ackell, 48, of Seekonk, Massachusetts, guilty of interstate stalking. The trial began on Dec. 13, 2016 and concluded today when the jury returned its verdict after deliberating for approximately four hours. Ackell’s victim was a resident of New Hampshire.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that a jury found David Ackell, 48, of Seekonk, Massachusetts, guilty of interstate stalking. The trial began on Dec. 13, 2016 and concluded today when the jury returned its verdict after deliberating for approximately four hours. Ackell’s victim was a resident of New Hampshire.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that YAIR ROCHEZ-MARTINEZ, age 37, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal entry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: Steven Ingersoll of Traverse City, Michigan was sentenced yesterday in Bay City, Michigan, to 41 months in prison for federal tax convictions, announced U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today that the District of New Jersey collected $89.4 million in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2016. Of this amount, $23.1 million was collected in criminal actions and $66.3 million was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that DANIEL GAMERO, 24, of Hartford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to heroin distribution and firearm possession offenses.
