News from May 2016
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - 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 Tahir Farid, 22, and Ryan Looney, 19, both of Hamden, have pleaded guilty to federal oxycodone...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following a comprehensive investigation, today, the Justice Department released its findings that South Dakota unnecessarily relies on nursing facilities to provide services to people with disabilities, in violation of the community integration mandate of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead v. L.C.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Darius Raymond Stewart, age 22, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to malicious destruction of property by fire, arising from the arson of a liquor store on April 27, 2015, during the riots following the death of Freddie Gray. One victim was seriously injured inside the store, and another escaped with minor injuries.
By DOL Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - In 2014, almost 40 percent of all construction fatalities were fall related, and all of these deaths were preventable. That's the key message the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration wants to deliver to employers and workers alike during its third annual National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls from May 2-6, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A previously convicted sex offender was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston today in connection with receiving thousands of child exploitation videos.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: Florida Man Charged for Attempt to Use Explosive Device.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A third defendant convicted in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and money laundering scheme has been ordered to prison, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury convicted Baltazar Ibarra Cardona, 55, of Nuevo Laredo, Nov. 3, 2015, following three days of trial.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: National Parks of the Southeast Utah Group (Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments) are planning a number of special events in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On May 2, 2016, Charles J. Rutherford, 44, of Johnson City, Tenn., was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 18 months in federal prison for his January 2016 conviction for filing false and fraudulent federal tax returns in an attempt to evade and defeat paying income tax.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS:The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to come and enjoy a "Noisy Bird Sing-Along" as part of the Read with a Ranger program. The program starts at 10:00 am on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at the Parkway Visitor Center.Read with a Ranger is a new 45-minute program that is...
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: CLAIBORNE COUNTY, MS - On Friday, April 29, 2016, at 5:55 p.m., the Natchez Trace Parkway Communications Center received notification of a serious collision that had occurred between a pickup truck and two motorcycles near milepost 47 just south of the Rocky Springs Campground.Initial reports stated...
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: Morristown, NJ - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that over 218,000 visitors to Morristown National Historical Park in 2015 spent $12.5 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 166 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $17.6 million.
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: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Derek McQuiller, 42, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted following a jury trial of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by Lawrence J. Vilardo. The defendant faced, and the Government advocated for, a sentence of 262 to 327 months in prison, a sentence which was recommended under federal sentencing guidelines.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Isaiah Jernigan, Darren Williamson, Jr., a/k/a Chef Boy RD, Marie St. Vil, a/k/a Jasmine, and Brianne Marcelin, a/k/a Bri, have been sentenced for sex trafficking three minor girls in Atlanta during the 2013 Final Four NCAA Playoffs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Tamara Ward, 39, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of an unlawful authentication feature of the United States, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy. The charges carry a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a $200,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A third defendant convicted in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and money laundering scheme has been ordered to prison, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury convicted Baltazar Ibarra Cardona, 55, of Nuevo Laredo, Nov. 3, 2015, following three days of trial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: Distributed Cocaine, Heroin and Meth over wide region including ‘The Jungle’ near International District in Seattle.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: James Gonzalo Medina was charged Saturday by criminal complaint with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction - an explosive device - at a synagogue in Aventura, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Saturday, a jury in New Orleans convicted the owner of a health care company for her role in a $3.2 million Medicare fraud scheme operating in and around New Orleans.
