News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Orlando Sanchez Admits to Conspiring to Distribute Heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County has been sentenced in federal court to 72 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Pipestone, MN: Pipestone National Monument announces the third presentation of a "Find Your Park" film series, on May 28, 2016, from 3:00pm to 4:00pm. May's film will highlight Minuteman Missile National Historic Site. Minuteman Missile NHS protects two Cold War-era intercontinental ballistic missile sites- Delta-01 Launch Control Facility and underground Launch Control Center and the Delta-09 Launch Facility (missile silo).
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - The leader of a group of armed drug dealers who sold crack cocaine and heroin on Chicago’s West Side and western suburbs was sentenced today to 40 years in prison for trying to murder a federal informant who was assisting law enforcement.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Beginning on June 1, 2016, Haleakalā National Park daily entrance fees will be raised to meet national standards for parks with similar visitor amenities. The 2016 per-person fee will change from $8 to $10. The 2016 motorcycle fee will go from $10 to $15. The 2016 per-vehicle three-day pass will be raised from $15 to $20.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Former Government Contractor Pleads Guilty to Bribery.
By DOL Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce will meet this week to examine ways to strengthen career and technical education, as well as to consider legislative proposals to improve child nutrition programs and block a new rule that will stifle the rights of workers and employers. All committee activities will take place in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Southeast Forest Products Inc., doing business as Southeast Pallet & Box Co.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: BARSTOW, Calif. - The next field trip and meeting of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) California Desert Advisory Council (DAC) will be held May 20-21, 2016 in Barstow, Calif. The council will participate in a field tour of BLM-managed public lands on Friday, May 20, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and will meet in formal session on Saturday, May 21 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Four defendants have been sentenced to federal prison for running a tax fraud scheme that involved using an ancestry/genealogy website to find personal information of victims and then file phony tax returns in their names.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - The leader of a group of armed drug dealers who sold crack cocaine and heroin on Chicago’s West Side and western suburbs was sentenced today to 40 years in prison for trying to murder a federal informant who was assisting law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A California-based securities attorney was convicted today by a federal jury in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with his role in manipulating the stock of a series of publicly traded companies, including CitySide Tickets, Inc., a Boston-based ticket reseller.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - The former controller of a company in Lenexa was sentenced Monday to 15 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $135,000, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Greg Milden, age 41, of Cliffside Park, New Jersey, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Judge Chasanow also ordered Milden to forfeit $325,743, proceeds of his drug trafficking activities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Sharon M. Helman, 45, of Surprise, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to a term of two years’ probation. Helman previously pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a government agency, a felony offense.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two individuals were sentenced in federal court in Martinsburg today for their roles in an unlawful cigarette smuggling scheme, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger today announced the guilty plea of IRINA VOROTINOV, 49, to defrauding Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company of more than $2 million in life insurance proceeds by falsely claiming that her former husband died.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Sally Kirby, 61, of Essex, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to a federal forgery charge. U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III released Kirby on conditions pending sentencing, which is set for September 26.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: An Akron man was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for sending pornography to what he believed to be a 12-year-old girl and attempting to coerce her into illicit sexual activity, said Acting U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Sally Kirby, 61, of Essex, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to a federal forgery charge. U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III released Kirby on conditions pending sentencing, which is set for September 26.
