News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A former insurance salesman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston for evading taxes in connection with the theft of more than $470,000 that he stole from three clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - The former owner of a trucking company in Kansas City, Kan., pleaded guilty Monday to evading federal income taxes, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: The government has asked a United States Magistrate Judge in Riverside, California to vacate her order compelling Apple to assist the FBI in unlocking the iPhone that was used by one of the terrorists who murdered 14 innocent Americans in San Bernardino on December 2nd of last year. Our decision to conclude...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Samuel Triplett, 36, of Newton County, Mississippi, pled guilty on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, before U.S. District Judge William H. Barbour, Jr., to assaulting his wife, who is a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE: Allen Langlois, 49, of Newport, 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 Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: Today, two individuals were airlifted from Camp Muir by a Chinook CH47 out of Joint Base Lewis McChord assisted by park rangers. The patients, a snowshoer and one member of a two person climbing party, were unexpectedly caught in a winter storm overnight on Saturday, March 26, 2016, in two separate incidents. Both individuals were alert and ambulatory when taken to a local hospital.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Culloden woman who, together with her husband and son, sold heroin from their home in 2014 and 2015 was sentenced today to two years in federal prison, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Toni Lynn Cremeans, 41, previously pleaded guilty in December 2015 to distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK - Clayton T. Brothers, age 40, of Russell, New York, pled guilty on Friday to illegally possessing a firearm and more than 1,000 rounds of steel-penetrating ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: James L. Porter, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on March 24, 2016, Antwoine D. Sanders, 38, East St. Louis, IL, pled guilty to an Indictment charging him with the Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Previously Convicted Felon. For this offense...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: This morning, Ernesto Valdez, Jr., a former clerk in the City of Del Rio’s utility department, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $33,000 from the City announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: On March 22, 2016, Tammy R. Whitton, 45, of Mt. Vernon, IL, was sentenced for a crack cocaine offense, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: Copper Center, Alaska - Avalanche control mitigation will be occurring on private land in the vicinity of the Mother Lode Mine. This effort has the potential to affect adjacent park lands and may result in unstable snow conditions that could be hazardous to visitors. Title 36 CFR 1.5, 13.25 and 13.50 authorizes the superintendent to temporarily close an area in order to protect park resources and public safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Rafael Callejas, the president of the Honduran soccer federation (FENAFUTH) from 2002 to 2015, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy in connection with his receipt of bribes in exchange for the awarding of contracts for the media...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: KENNETT, Mo. - A machine that sizes and cuts rubber hose severed a 52-year-old woman's right arm just nine days after she starting a new job in Kennett as a machine operator at Parker Hannifin Corporation, a global manufacturer in the mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. After an investigation, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined the machine lacked adequate safety guards to prevent the horrific injury.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: As part of a continuing celebration of 100 years of national parks in 2016, the public is invited to enjoy a spring event in the native plant garden on April 9, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center in the Ventura Harbor.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a special meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health to discuss a draft construction version of the agency's Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. The meeting will be held April 25-26, 2016, in Washington, D.C.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: Monday, March 28, 2016 - Operations are underway to extract two patients from Camp Muir, at 10,000’ on Mount Rainier’s south slope. In separate incidents a climbing party of two and a snowshoer were unexpectedly caught out overnight in a winter storm Saturday. The patients, the snowshoer and one member of the climbing party are in stable condition at Camp Muir. The second climber, a 58 year old male from Norway, is believed to be near Gibraltar Ledges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: Two Marion men pleaded guilty to selling a mixture of heroin and fentanyl that resulted in an overdose death last year, law enforcement officials said.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: Wright Brothers National Memorial will be joining national park sites across the country in celebrating National Park Week by waiving admission fees April 16-24, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2016
News Release: RAWLINS, WY. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has extended the public comment period on the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre (CCSM) Phase I Wind Turbine Development Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft Finding of No New Significant Impacts (FONNSI) until April 22, 2016.
