News from June 2016

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Matthew Jaskula, 26, of Buffalo, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with deprivation of rights under color of law. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Superintendent John J. Donahue invites the public to a special photography workshop dedicated to Dad on June 19. This Father’s Day, capture family memories and sharpen your photography skills while exploring historic Millbrook Village on the NJ side of the park.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Marvin Taaff, age 29, of Takoma Park, Maryland, today to 140 months years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, cocaine base and 100 kilograms or more of marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: Miami Man Sentenced to 144 Months in Prison for Role in Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Defraud Commercial Lenders and U.S. Export-Import Bank.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - As a 54-year-old worker, who fell more than 11 feet as he installed a roof joist, recovered from his injuries, federal inspectors investigating his fall on March 8, 2016, arrived two days later and found a co-worker about 40 feet off the ground without proper fall protection.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - At an event held June 8 at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., the National Park Service (NPS), National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), and Van Alen Institute announced the top four finalists for Memorials for the Future, an ideas competition that aims to rethink the way we develop and experience memorials.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former prison guard was indicted Wednesday on federal charges alleging he received more than $200,000 in bribes for smuggling tobacco to prisoners in Leavenworth Penitentiary, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: Virginia Man Charged with Providing Material Support to ISIL.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that James Donald Jacola (53, Green Cove Springs) has pleaded guilty in Jacksonville to receiving child pornography over the Internet. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of not less than 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison and a potential life term of supervision. A sentencing hearing has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: National Park Service Announces. Park Advisory Commission Meeting to be Held June 16th. Middletown, VA.- Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park announces the next meeting of the Park Advisory Commission will be held on Thursday, June 16, 2016 at the Warren County Government Center, 220 North...

By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - Effective Friday, June 10, the Bureau of Land Management is implementing fire restrictions on public lands managed by the Mother Lode Field Office. The fire restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced today that Benjamin Rogers, 31, appeared before United States District Court Chief Judge Joseph Laplante and pleaded guilty to distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced an indictment charging RANDY MILAND, 62, for operating a Ponzi scheme through which he stole or attempted to steal more than $500,000 from purported investors. MILAND made an initial appearance today before Magistrate Judge Steven E. Rau in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Framingham man was sentenced yesterday in the U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with child pornography offenses.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: Sean O’Neil, 35, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on June 3, 2016, for possession of a firearm not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. O’Neil received 12 months and one day imprisonment, to be followed by two years of...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: Backcountry hikers at Denali National Park and Preserve notified rangers on Tuesday, June 7th, of human remains discovered at an abandoned backcountry campsite near the Teklanika River in the park. The site was not visible from the Denali Park Road.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On June 2, 2016, a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment against six individuals for interference of commerce by threats of violence or Hobbs Act, use of firearms during and in relation to a crime of violence, and carjacking, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia...

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement following a meeting with Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in which they discussed the Mayor’s continued efforts to ensure home rule...

By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: Glacier National Park Media Release. June 9, 2016. Margie Steigerwald 406 888-5838. Tim Rains 406 888-7895. MEDIA16-32. Conditioned Black Bear Euthanized. Bear Had Several Incidents with Food from Humans. WEST GLACIER, MONT.-Today, Glacier National Park Rangers euthanized a black bear in Apgar Village...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Cheryl L. Emerson-Chase, 52, of Powell, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count each of wire fraud and money laundering.