News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Nikita Rose Garcia, 28, a former resident of Douglas County, Oregon, was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison and four years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken for aiding in the distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Garcia previously pleaded guilty in November 2015 for assisting another individual who was armed with a firearm in the distribution of 1.244 kilograms of methamphetamine in Douglas and Benton Counties.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Lineage Logistics LLC. Inspection Site: 4000 West Military Highway, McAllen, Texas. Citations issued: March 15, 2016. Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated the October 2015 inspection following a report of ammonia...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Respironics Inc., based in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $34.8 million to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations for paying kickbacks in the form of free call center services to durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers that bought its masks for patients with sleep apnea, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Former Employee of Association of Bay Area Governments Embezzled Nearly $3.9 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: In Austin, 55-year-old Veracruz, Mexico businessman Francisco Antonio Colorado-Cessa (aka “Pancho"), was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for laundering Los Zetas drug proceeds and attempting to bribe a federal judge announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge William Cotter.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Joseph Michael Sharkey (36, Reston, VA) has pleaded guilty to assault or intimidation of a flight attendant. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. After pleading guilty yesterday, Sharkey was ordered to remain in custody pending a sentencing hearing, which has yet to be scheduled.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Randy King reports that the park will process wilderness camping and climbing permits on a first-come, first-served basis only in 2016, including permits for hiking the Wonderland Trail. This represents a significant departure from prior years, when up to 70%...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Project Safe Childhood. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Gladstone, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges related to receiving and attempting to distribute child pornography over the Internet. Jack E.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of government money, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a proposed electrical transmission line between Maricopa and La Paz Counties, Arizona, and Riverside County, California.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget proposal for the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE). Mr. Joseph Pizarchik, Director of OSMRE in the Department of the Interior, testified before the panel.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Donald Stirk, 36, of Albion, NY, who was convicted of importing α-PVP into the United States, was sentenced to 48 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles hosted an open house Monday at the state’s first Day Reporting Center in Birmingham. The ceremony showcased the probation and parole officers and other staff, along with treatment providers and community partners who will make the program possible, announced Center Director Benita Daugharty and U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Texas Man Sentenced for Obstructing Federal Hate Crime Investigation.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Dent, Ranking Member Bishop, and Chairman Rogers for your work on this bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Raleigh - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that yesterday, Chief United States District James C. Dever, III, sentenced MAMADOU LAMARANA BAH, 25, of New York, to serve 72 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, on charges of...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: Washington - On March 3, 2016, the United States Park Police received a report of an attempted abduction at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. A group was leaving the north entrance of the museum when a white male grabbed the hand of one of the children. After walking a few steps with the...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Washington County sex offender has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of failing to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of Boston Teamster Local 82 was sentenced today in connection with extorting businesses in Boston and fraudulently receiving more than $40,000 of unemployment benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2016
News Release: FARGO - U. S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on March 23, 2016, Mrkonja Redic, 50, Fargo, ND, was sentenced before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve five (5) years supervised probation and ten (10) months Electronic Home Monitoring after pleading guilty in Dec. 2015 to an...
