News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Chief District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis sentenced on Feb. 25, 2016, Kamoui Francis, 25, to 27 months in federal prison for transmission of threat to injure, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Lewis also sentenced Francis to three years of supervised release, pay a $1,000 fine and pay a special monetary assessment of $100.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: Tumacácori will once again offer its popular Family Sleepover program. "Camping out under the stars is a beloved tradition in national parks," says Superintendent Bob Love, "We are excited to offer visitors the chance not just to camp here at Tumacácori, but to experience this place the way travelers did over one hundred years ago." This coming season, sleepovers will take place on March 19 and April 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kenneth Verzani, 63, of Farmington, N.M., pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in El Paso, Texas, and Commander Phil Goodwin of the Region II HITDA Narcotics Task Force.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: "Watching our ROV dives is exciting. Broadcasting these dives allows the public to follow along as NOAA explores these remote protected areas and the unique natural and cultural resources within them," said Craig McLean, assistant NOAA administrator for NOAA Research. "The information we collect helps resource managers make key decisions to manage and protect this vast area of the ocean."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TAFARIE GREEN, also known as “Farie," 26, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for gang-related narcotics trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A South Carolina man was sentenced to 82 months in prison today for his role in a nationwide health care fraud scheme that defrauded more than 17,000 victims, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David Rivera of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: Patchogue, NY- Fire Island National Seashore Superintendent Chris Soller announced today the Public Scoping Comment Summary Report for the Wilderness Breach Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (Plan/EIS) is available on the National Park Service (NPS) Planning, Environment, and Public Comment website. The report summarizes public input received during the 2015 scoping period and will help shape the Draft Plan/EIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of one of the largest commercial fishing businesses in the northeastern United States and his bookkeeper were arrested today on charges of conspiracy and submitting falsified records to the federal government to evade federal fishing quotas. The charges arose out of an undercover investigation in which federal agents posed as organized crime figures interested in buying the fishing business.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Robert Michael Milton, 51, of Blacksburg, S.C., was sentenced yesterday on wire fraud charges and was ordered to serve 45 months in prison for committing a 29-month fraudulent refund scheme targeting Walmart stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, announced Jill...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: February is "Black History Month," a time to commemorate African-Americans who have changed the world. In 1976, the Bicentennial of the U.S.A., the week-long observance was extended to the entire month of February in order to have enough time for celebratory programs and activities.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today continued its Disrupter Series with a review of 3D printing. Technological advances in 3D printing have revitalized the manufacturing industry and consumers are already reaping...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Ringwood, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to three years of probation for transporting an American black bear he illegally killed in New Jersey across state lines to New York, and covering up the crime by creating false records and staging a fake kill site, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: Washington - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has found Shelley S. Harrison, now known as Shelley Valdivia, responsibly connected to Al Harrison Company Distributors (Harrison) in Nogales, Ariz. Harrison failed to pay $690,537 to 12 sellers for 104 lots of produce. This is a violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: South Carolina Man Sentenced to 82 Months in Prison for Role in Nationwide Health Care Benefits Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Lancaster man has agreed to plead guilty to copyright infringement for illegally posting screener versions of two movies - “The Revenant" and “The Peanuts Movie" - to a publicly accessible website. As a result of the illegal upload, more than 1 million people were able to download “The Revenant," which caused Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation to suffer losses of well over $1 million.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, called for action on Senator Debbie Stabenow's (D-MI) legislation to protect American families from dangerous lead in drinking water supplies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, David Resch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Christopher A. Henry, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Special Agent in Charge, announced...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released the following statement after the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that, pursuant to the provisions of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (Peru TPA) Annex on Forest Sector Governance, it is formally requesting that Peru verify the legality of timber products shipped from Peru to the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Ala Marouf Salameh, age 39, a citizen of Jordan, was sentenced for his conviction for visa fraud. United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Salameh to eight months of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release.
