News from May 2016
By DOL Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: SOUTH ELGIN, Ill. - The amputation a 21-year-old temporary worker's six fingers was preventable if his South Elgin employer had installed proper safety guards to keep the operator's hands out of the metal press' danger zone, federal inspectors found.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tom Begaye, Jr., 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation from Waterflow, N.M., made his initial appearance this morning in federal court in Farmington, N.M., on a criminal complaint charging him with kidnapping and murdering an 11-year-old Navajo child. Begaye remains in federal custody...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A multi-count superseding indictment, unsealed Monday, charges Zaki M. Bey, 38, of Philadelphia, PA, with conspiracy to file false claims with the IRS, conspiracy to commit loan fraud and bank fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and related charges, announced United States Attorney...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska -As part of the celebration of its Centennial, the National Park Service is partnering with the University of Alaska-Fairbanks (UAF) Summer Sessions & Lifelong Learning to offer field courses in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (GAAR) and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve (YUCH) this summer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Sex Trafficking Scheme Used Threats, Violence and Coercion to Compel Women into Prostitution in New Orleans and Elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Federal agents have arrested multiple members and associates of the national gang The Gangster Disciples on RICO charges stemming from an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on April 27, 2016. Agents also arrested Gangster Disciples members on a separate indictment handed down in Memphis, Tennessee.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Superintendent George Price has announced that national seashore staff will host an informational meeting about the Herring Cove North Parking Lot on Wednesday, May 11 at the Provincetown Council on Aging Multi-Purpose Room, Veterans Memorial Community Center, 2 Mayflower Street, off Winslow Street from 4 to 6 PM.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Susan Roberts, 57, of Eagle Idaho, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to obtaining controlled substances by fraud and identity theft by unauthorized use of a means of identification, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Grammy award winning singer-songwriters, Emmylou Harris and John Prine will headline “An Evening at the Arch: Yellowstone Celebrates the National Park Service Centennial" on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016 at 7 p.m. MT in Gardiner, Montana. The event will be broadcast live online.
By US DOT Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Speaking today at the AUVSI annual conference in New Orleans, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced the agency is establishing a broad-based advisory committee that will provide advice on key unmanned aircraft integration issues. He also announced plans to make it easier for students to fly unmanned aircraft as part of their coursework.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is offering two public tours of the Indian Lakes Off-Range Wild Horse and Burro Corral in Fallon, Nevada, on Friday, May 20. The corral is one of three in Nevada that provides care to wild horses and burros removed from the range. Tour attendees will be able to observe...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JUAN CARLOS FERRERA-RAMIREZ, age 44, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of bank robbery, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that SERGIO GALVEZ-VELAZQUEZ, age 40, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to the illegal use of a Social Security Number.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Antonio Eldridge, 27, of Buffalo, NY, with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment on May 3, 2016, charging a 55-year-old Dominican national who resided in Hazleton with distributing heroin on two occasions between December 2015 and January 2016, trafficking in cocaine and methamphetamine, and possessing a firearm in connection with drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Cordny Henry, 29, of Oakland, Calif., was arraigned this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., on a superseding indictment charging him with a sex trafficking charge. Henry entered a not guilty plea to the superseding indictment. Henry’s co-defendant, Juanita Williams, 27, of Pittsburg, Calif., previously entered a not guilty plea to the superseding indictment on May 2, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Carlos A. Brown, 45, of Suffolk, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of distribution of heroin resulting in death, distribution of heroin resulting in serious bodily injury, distribution of heroin and distribution of fentanyl.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2016
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a special 2 hour car caravan tour of Chickamauga Battlefield focusing on the post war activities of several of the battle's Confederate commanders. This tour begins at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center at 2 pm on Saturday, May 14.
