News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: HONOLULU - Michael K. Kormanik, age 54, of Kalihi, was sentenced yesterday by Senior District Judge Helen Gillmor in federal court to 20 years imprisonment, followed by supervised release for life, for transporting and possessing child pornography. As part of his federal conviction, Kormanik will be...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 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 Bradley Commerford, 20, of Derby, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty in New Haven...
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Southline Transmission Line Project (Project), a 367-mile, 345-kV electric transmission line running from southern New Mexico to southern Arizona. The approved route crosses 100 miles of public land...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: PHOENIX - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) Phoenix Division finalized the collection and tally of prescription drugs turned in this past Saturday in conjunction with DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. In all, citizens across Arizona turned in over 12,712 pounds of controlled substances from their homes in a statewide cooperative effort between communities and law enforcement to safely dispose of dangerous drugs and prevent the onset of drug addiction.
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing that pecan growers have voted to establish a Federal marketing order for pecans grown in 15 states.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: On May 5, 2016, at 1:49 p.m., National Park Service Glen Canyon Dispatch received multiple calls from Lone Rock Beach reporting a person in distress, and possibly drowning. The 51 year-old male did not resurface. The incident occurred near Lone Rock in the Kane County portion of Wahweap Bay in Lake Powell.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Sicklerville, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to evade payroll taxes on cash wages paid to illegal immigrants employed at his dry cleaning business, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that LORRIE LYNN ROGERSON, age 57, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has pled guilty before U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles to engaging in a wire fraud scheme to defraud the Pediatric Surgery of Louisiana (“PSL"), a group of Baton Rouge physicians who specialize in surgery on children. As a result of the scheme, Rogerson embezzled approximately $430,490 from PSL. The sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: Case Is One of Many Brought as a Result of United States Attorney’s Metro-East Armed Robbery Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) today released several international firearms trace data reports for the top five reporting Caribbean nations, Canada, Mexico and several Central American countries. This trace data is gathered from ATF’s National Tracing Center (NTC), which is the nation’s only crime gun tracing facility.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: AMARGOSA VALLEY, NV -The National Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Nye County Sheriff's Office are investigating damage to government property and unauthorized entry of Devils Hole last weekend. One endangered Devils Hole pupfish was found dead. The National Park Service is offering a reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of the men.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Amanda Brook Ely, the first of five defendants connected to a Lansing, Michigan area family-run tax scheme was sentenced to three years of probation and full restitution, in federal court, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles announced today. The scheme involved deceiving citizens into...
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: "All of the technologies we apply to issuing the best possible forecasts will live up to their full potential only if communities, families, and individuals prepare far in advance," said Rick Knabb, Ph.D., director of NOAA’s National Hurricane Center. “We all must dedicate ourselves to taking steps now to be ready, long before the next hurricane strikes."
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Lafayette woman pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing gift cards from envelopes while working as a postal employee.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: MEMORIAL CONTINUES REFORESTATION EFFORT WITH FIFTH ANNUAL TREE PLANTING.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces an additional increase in the water supply allocation to the Friant Division contractors of their Class 1 water from 50
By EPA Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of May 9.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that today in Federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced DAVID G. LIU, 41, of Monterey, California to 37 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Philadelphia woman who participated in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department was sentenced today to 40 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOE Newswire | May 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) commented on today’s announcement by Senate...
