News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Four additional defendants who participated in a multistate drug ring pleaded guilty today to various federal drug charges, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Atari Seantay Brown, 39, entered his guilty plea to distribution of heroin. Sean Lee Braggs, 26, entered his guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAUL CARLOS MONARCA-GONZALEZ, 40, of Waterbury, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of unlawful use of food stamp benefits and one count of conspiracy to commit food stamp fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Corey Buddle, 25, of Brooklyn, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: A Windermere, Florida, man pleaded guilty today to illegally making political contributions in the names of others to a presidential candidate’s primary campaign committee, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II of the District of Maine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, ID - This year, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites members of the public to an open house celebrating two significant milestones: the 70th anniversary of the creation of the BLM and the 40th anniversary of its guiding law, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Two New Jersey men were sentenced to prison today for their roles in a conspiracy to rob a drug stash house of multiple kilograms of cocaine that they believed would be stored at the location, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Vale District is releasing the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Boardman to Hemingway (B2H) Project. The Final EIS considers resource impacts across 24 routes organized in six geographic segments, as well as a “No Action" Alternative. A final decision will be issued by the BLM as a Record of Decision (ROD) no earlier than 30 days after the Final EIS is made available.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Jerome Megaile Henry, 24, of Mobile, was sentenced in federal court this morning on drug and gun charges. In August of 2016, Henry pled guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana and one count of using, carrying, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of and in relation to a drug trafficking felony.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Note: This Media Advisory has been revised to correct the embargo time. Embargo subscribers will have access to the statistics beginning Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 10 a.m. (EST). Please disregard all previous versions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Naeem Maqbool, 46, a citizen of Pakistan and resident of Canada, who was convicted of visa fraud, was sentenced to time served by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Jimmy Willis Sponsored Animals to Fight at Big Blue “Sportsmen’s Club".
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. Nov. 28, 2016 - During the search and rescue efforts for Vince Scalise, a 41-year-old from Phoenix, AZ, his body was found today by searchers. Mr. Scalise was found at the junction of Panther Creek and the Middle Fork of the Kaweah River in Sequoia National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jeffrey Burlingame, 59, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the federal firearms and drug trafficking laws.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: What could be better than a world-leading atomic clock? Two clocks in one.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Employee Caused Minnesota Company $25 Million in Losses.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Beginning on Feb. 1, 2017, visitors in personal or rental vehicles wishing to view sunrise at Haleakalā National Park will need to make sunrise viewing reservations ahead of time at recreation.gov. The online reservation system is being implemented to ensure visitor and employee safety, protect natural...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that today in federal court, JAMES RALPH CRADDOCK,71, of Manns Harbor, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to federal charges regarding the illegal harvest and sale of Atlantic Striped Bass from federal waters off the coast of North Carolina in 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Julias Hall, 31, of Niagara Falls, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of life, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Several thousand copyright-infringing websites and third-party marketplace listings selling counterfeit pharmaceuticals, automotive parts and other fake items to unsuspecting consumers have been criminally and administratively seized and removed in an effort that combines the resources of global law-enforcement agencies and industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PAUL COLON, also known as “Paul Kane," 28, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 108 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing heroin and crack cocaine.
