News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Late this afternoon, following four days of trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, returned a guilty verdict against Oswald Lewis, on charges of assault of federal agents and New York City Detectives by use of a deadly weapon and related firearms offenses. Lewis, also known as “Alexander Louis," ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is pleased to announce the release of the Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park Abbreviated Final General Management Plan/Wilderness Study/Environmental Impact Statement (Final GMP/WS/EIS). This plan provides long-term management guidance about the preservation and use of this national treasure, UNESCO World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Marlon Patterson, also known as “Head," 32, of Danbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Springdale, UT. A climber died Wednesday afternoon, March 9, 2016, after falling in Zion National Park. The cause of the incident is currently under investigation by the Washington County Sheriff's Office in cooperation with the National Park Service. The climber's name is being withheld pending notification...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Defendants Discharged Oily Waste on Voyage from China to Seattle, Falsified Log Book.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Today, a former youth pastor pleaded guilty to the production and distribution of child pornography before Chief Magistrate Judge Frank J. Lynch, Jr., in Fort Pierce, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that KATIA MURILLO COSTA, age 42, of Kenner, pled guilty today to violating provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Her company, KLV OPERATIONS LLC (“KLV"), also pled guilty to violating the Fair Labor Standards Act and to having representatives make false statements to federal agents.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - Two men have been charged in a seven-count indictment for their roles in a spree of Houston-area robberies committed within the span of one week in January 2016, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Defendants Charged with Trafficking Large Quantities of Cocaine, Crack Cocaine, Molly and Marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Jose Martin Diaz-Lara, 33, of Walla Walla, Washington, pleaded guilty on March 9, 2016, to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and conspiracy to manufacture a controlled substance, more than 1,000 marijuana plants, with the intent to distribute. Diaz-Lara was charged by a superseding indictment on December 8, 2015.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy hosted a Project Development and Finance workshop in conjunction with the Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference (SWAMC) Annual Economic Summit in Anchorage, Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), announced that on March 7, 2016, Defendant SEAN ANTHONY LIZAMA was sentenced by the Honorable Frances Tydingco-Gatewood, Chief Judge, District Court of Guam. Defendant was sentenced to serve 96 months incarceration followed by three years of supervised release, with credit for time served.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that KERENSA KAELENE MARA, age 38 and MARQUIS WAYNE BRANDT a/k/a Mark Brandt, age 40, both of Eufaula, Oklahoma and REBEL LYNN CRABTREE, age 47, of Checotah, Oklahoma, were sentenced for Drug Conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Michael Kulikoff, 30, and Kenneth Miller, 57, both of California City, California, pleaded guilty on March 8, 2016, to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and hydromorphone. Co-defendants Diane Miller, 41, and Crystal Clark 43, also of California City, California, previously pleaded guilty...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: join scientist Bob Brodman onSaturday, March 26, at 1:30 pm for a program on amphibians based upon his research work at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The program is presented at the Paul H. Douglas Center as part of its weeklySaturdayOpen House Series. Dr. Brodman's...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: THURMONT, MD -The National Park Service celebrates its 100th birthday during 2016 and Catoctin Mountain Park will be offering a number of programs during this Centennial year. Additional events and programs will take place as well, so please check our website at www.nps.gov/cato for updates. Programs...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: On Wednesday, March 2, 2016, visitors snowshoeing within the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park, near the town of West Yellowstone, came across the partial remains of an individual in the snow.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Joshua Hayworth, 25, of Loudon, Tenn., was sentenced on March 10, 2016, by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, U.S. District Court Chief Judge, to serve 200 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has ordered that Evnol, Inc., which operates Palisades Pizza, and the company’s owner, Christopher H. Bandt, timely file payroll tax returns and pay payroll taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Duane Rouillard, age 27, of Winnebago, Nebraska, was sentenced for his conviction for assaulting a federal officer. Senior United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Rouillard to 24 months of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release.
