News from May 2016
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: Elemental mercury - which is being phased out of commercial thermometers worldwide due to safety concerns - may also be replaced as a temperature reference material thanks to new efforts from NIST scientists who have been studying alternatives. One compound in particular, sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), is showing strong promise as a substitute.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Andre Eugene Favreau (31, Tampa) to 25 years in federal prison for online enticement of a minor and transportation and receipt of child pornography. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the computers used in the crimes. Favreau pleaded guilty on Jan. 27, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: As we approached the Memorial Day weekend, and many visitors are heading outdoors to enjoy a long weekend, the National Park Service would like to remind everyone that the use of fireworks of any kind is prohibited within the preserve boundaries. Also, the use of drones and other remote controlled aircraft is also prohibited in all National Park Units around the country, including Big Thicket National Preserve.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHAUKAT G. DALAL, also known as Shaukathusein Dalal, 55, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to four months of imprisonment, followed by six months of home confinement and three years of supervised release, for tax evasion. He also was ordered to pay a $3,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: NOAA predicts a 70 percent likelihood of 10 to 16 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher), of which 4 to 8 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including 1 to 4 major hurricanes (Category 3, 4 or 5; winds of 111 mph or higher). While a near-normal season is most likely with a 45 percent...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Michael Kulikoff, 30, and Kenneth Miller, 57, both of California City, California, were sentenced yesterday for their role in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and hydromorphone, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Kulikoff to 24 months...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: U.S. Servicemember Admits to Illegally Retaining Photos Taken Inside Nuclear Submarine and Impeding Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: Petersburg, Virginia - While Americans this weekend honor citizens who gave their lives in defense of home and country, the National Park Service is investigating looting that took place at a Civil War battlefield earlier in the week. The initial assessment at Petersburg National Battlefield identified...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge Wm. Terrell Hodges has sentenced Larry Garfield Letterman (63, Wildwood) to 48 months in federal prison for possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Actor Mark Wayne Salling was charged today in a federal indictment with receiving and possessing child pornography on his laptop computer and a flash memory drive.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced today that Brian T. Nelsen, 29, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha for receiving child pornography. Senior Judge Lyle E Strom sentenced Nelsen to five years of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Nelsen will begin a five-year term of supervised release and will be required to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent David Hallac is happy to announce that the new boardwalk at the Ocracoke Day Use Area is now open for use. The new boardwalk provides accessibility to a new viewing platform as well as access directly to the lifeguarded beach. The viewing platform and beach access boardwalk meet the requirements of the American Barriers Act (ABA), and provide a safe pathway for visitors to view the beauty of Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - Two Rockford, Ill. brothers were sentenced before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala on drug charges. Today, TIERRE A. BAZZELLE, 39, who pleaded guilty on Dec. 16, 2015, to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to 127 months in federal prison, to be followed by four years’ supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - Four Central California residents have been appointed to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central California Resource Advisory Council. The BLM is accepting additional nominations until June 23.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: Jerry L. Akin, 60, formerly from Belleville, Illinois, entered pleas of guilty to two counts of wire fraud involving a scheme to embezzle funds from a local doctor's office on May 26, 2016, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Anthony Terrell Cannon, age 26, of Washington, D.C., today to 75 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy, robbery, carjacking, and two counts of discharging a gun during a crime of violence...
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: Patient Recruiter Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Role in $2.3 Million Miami Medicare Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gregory Scott Baker, 48, of Newcastle, was sentenced on Thursday by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to five years and four months in prison and ordered to pay $18 million in restitution for defrauding the United Auburn Indian Community (UIAC), conspiring to launder monetary instruments, and filing a false tax return, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The owners and operators of a purported hedge fund will appear in court today on charges that they defrauded more than two dozen investors by making extraordinary guarantees about investment returns and then used the money for extravagant purchases and to pay off other victims, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 27, 2016
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - At the start of a busy travel weekend, Ranking Members of the House Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Homeland Security Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), along with Representative Bob Dold (R-IL), introduced bipartisan legislation that would help ease congestion and long lines at TSA screening checkpoints at airports.
