News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Andre Clarke, age 37, of the Bronx, New York, plead guilty on May 2, 2016 before the Honorable William K. Sessions, III, to conspiring to distribute Oxycodone in Vermont from 2011 through June 2014. Clarke, a New York City police officer, received a preliminary sentencing date of Aug. 29, 2016. Judge Sessions released him on previously imposed conditions until his sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -- Sentencing is set for June 30, 2016, for Arron B. Jereb, age 34, of Wyoming, convicted of assault on a federal officer, possession of methamphetamine and heroin, and possession of drug paraphernalia by a federal jury following a four-day trial in federal court last week. The jury made...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - At the conclusion of a five-week jury trial, Ona M. Colasante, 59, a physician from Gainesville, Florida, was convicted yesterday of 162 counts of health care fraud. The verdict was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By US DOT Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: Today, the FAA issued a Federal Register Notice seeking public comment on proposed changes in the Passenger Facility Charge program. Currently, passenger facility charge (PFC) funds may support rail projects that are on airport property only if they are for the exclusive use of airport patrons and employees. ...
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation will present streamflow forecasts and projected reservoir operations for Jackson Lake Dam and other Snake River reservoirs at a meeting on May 19. The meeting will be held at the Antler Inn Conference Room, 43 West Pearl Street, Jackson, Wyoming, beginning at 6 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Robbie Bowles, 30, of Newport News, was sentenced today to 300 months in prison for various violent crime and drug offenses. Bowles’ sentence will run consecutive to a 120 month sentence on an earlier federal firearms conviction.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: Everglades National Park, FL: On Wednesday, April 27, 2016, the National Park Service (NPS) released a prospectus calling for business proposals to provide commercial visitor services in the extremely popular Flamingo District and Long Pine Key areas of Everglades National Park. As part of an incentive...
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: In celebration of Acadia's Centennial, the National Park Service (NPS) and other Acadia Centennial Partners will host a variety of programs and activities throughout May, including the new People of the First Light exhibit at the Abbe Museum, the interactive Auto Wars: Then &Now exhibit at the Seal Cove...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: Wanted By FBI Denver: High School Students for the Teen Academy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A Barren County, Kentucky, physician pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to seven criminal counts of knowingly and intentionally distributing and dispensing controlled substances outside the course of professional medical practice and health care fraud, while he was a practicing physician in the Western District of Kentucky, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: DAYTON - David Pate, 28, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 90 months in prison for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Three individuals were sentenced in federal court in Elkins today for drug trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former chief executive officer of a company that provided pharmacy dispensing services today admitted to filing a false federal income tax return, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Profited by Selling to Investors Worthless Stock of a Company That Purported to be a Worldwide Distributor and Provider of LED Lighting Products and Solutions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: A Philadelphia man was sentenced to 33 years in prison today for his involvement in the violent armed robbery of Tapper’s Diamonds and Fine Jewelry in West Bloomfield and an attempted armed robbery of Medawar Jewelers in Grand Rapids in April 2014, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2016
News Release: CLEVELAND - A Grafton, Ohio, couple who owned a chain of head shops was sentenced to prison for conspiring to distribute synthetic cannabinoids, known as “Spice, " law enforcement officials said. Sean Lightner, 41, was sentenced to three years in prison while Sherry Lightner, 40, was sentenced to two years in prison. Nathan Albright, 30, of Glendale, Arizona, was sentenced earlier this month to two years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Mexican national in Sugarland, Texas, was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Joplin area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Quintin A. Bell, age 51, of Riverdale, Maryland, today to 40 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute heroin and crack cocaine; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. A jury convicted Bell of those charges on Nov. 18, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: Today in Brooklyn federal court, Ringo Delcid, a member of the violent Predator Set street gang operating primarily in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, was sentenced to 130 months of imprisonment for conspiring to commit two Hobbs Act robberies and for the use of a firearm in connection with...
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: Frederick, MD - Walk in the footsteps of Civil War soldiers who fought at the Battle of Monocacy. On May 14, rangers will conduct a series of free hikes throughout the battlefield highlighting the tactics and troop movements of the "Battle that Saved Washington," which occurred on July 9, 1864. Each hike covers a distance of less than two miles. Allow approximately two hours for each hike.
