News from February 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Daniel Wayne Winslow, 32, of Clarkston, Washington, was sentenced today to five years of probation, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Winslow to pay $199,000 in restitution. Winslow pleaded guilty to the charge on Nov. 17, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Settles Housing Discrimination Lawsuit Against Owner of North Fort Myers, Florida, Mobile Home and Recreational Vehicle Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Andy Pena, 21, of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, was sentenced in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire on one count of transporting an individual in interstate commerce for prostitution, announced U.S. Attorney Emily Gray Rice. The Court imposed a sentence of 8 years’ imprisonment, to be followed by a period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Hillsboro man was sentenced Monday to 180 months in federal prison on firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: A public program about a key prey fish species in the Great Lakes food web is planned for March 10 at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Ana Angelica Pedro Juan, 22, of Guatemala, the remaining indicted defendant in a human-trafficking ring, pleaded guilty today in federal court to conspiring to lure Guatemalan minors and adults into the United States on false pretenses, then coercing their labor at egg farms in Ohio. The guilty plea...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Rashad Travon Woods, 28, of Indianapolis, Ind., pleaded guilty today to a methamphetamine trafficking charge in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Woods will be sentenced to 132 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, SC -Charleston Museum Curator and author of Stolen Charleston: The Spoils of War J. Grahame Long will speak about his book at 1:00 PM on Saturday, March 26, 2016 at the Fort Moultrie Visitor Center. He will be available to sign copies of his book immediately following the program until...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Shawn Gagne, 30, of Dover, New Hampshire, pled guilty on Monday in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Malcomb C. Cork, age 55, of South Carolina today to 15 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for causing more than $187,000 to be diverted from his employer’s bank account.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Bicky Zapata-Nivar, 29, a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to conspiring to distribute the Schedule II controlled substance fentanyl, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominations for positions on the United Soybean Board.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An attorney who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion charges - and who prosecutors say defrauded a dozen clients out of at least $8 million in an investment fraud scheme - was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced a proposed rule and a direct final rule related to the reauthorization of the livestock mandatory reporting program. The proposed rule would amend several swine and lamb reporting provisions. The direct final rule amends several additional lamb reporting provisions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced today that Samuel Olmas-Arredando, of Mexico, was sentenced to thirty months in federal prison, after pleading guilty to illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Recardo Beatty, age 50, of Washington, D.C., today to 130 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release on three counts of robbery, and carrying and brandishing a firearm during a robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Crystal Watson, 35, of Barrington, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and to five charges relating to distribution of heroin, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A Fort Worth, Texas, man, Josimar Badillo-Ortiz, 29, was sentenced on Friday by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to the statutory maximum sentence of 240 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2015 to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore announced today that it will make changes to how and where it issues Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Permits. The changes are being made to increase user convenience, provide new options for park visitors wishing to purchase an ORV permit, and increase efficiency by reducing the cost associated with collecting permit fees.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Randy King advises that beginning Saturday, March 12 the road between Longmire and Paradise will have extended hours of operation. As weather and conditions allow, the road will be open on Saturdays and Sundays from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. with the uphill gate...
