News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest of RUDY MENA stemming from his possession and distribution of child...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County man who was previously sentenced for wire fraud was charged today with using telephone dating services to lure and defraud multiple women after he escaped from a halfway house and later, while being on federal supervised release, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Dayshawn Brazier, 25, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of RICO conspiracy and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 280 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 140 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. announced the recent sentencing of Joseph John Holm, Jr., who was convicted of being a convicted felon in possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Upcoming Movie Screening to Provide Glimpse into the Human Impact of Painkiller, Heroin Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno man who kidnapped a teenage boy and girl in Sacramento, Calif., in July 2012, and repeatedly raped the girl in both Sacramento and later in Reno, was sentenced today to 40 years in prison and lifetime supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Continuing a popular collaboration which has quickly become a tradition, the Mexican Consulate in Nogales and the National Park Service will once again co-sponsor a concert at Tumacácori National Historical Park. Soprano Marybel Ferrales will perform a concert of classical music inside the historic mission church at 3:00 p.m.on Saturday, September 24.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Halfway, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Greene, Polk, Christian, Jasper, Laclede and Webster counties and for illegally possessing firearms.
By State Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Former Fugitive Handed Three Life Sentences for Kidnapping and Alien Smuggling, Both Resulting in Death.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Gettysburg National Military Park's Advisory Commission will meet on Thursday, Sept. 15, at 7 pm at the park Museum and Visitor Center, 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg. The public is invited to attend. Since the meeting is being held after visiting hours, access will be through the classroom doors on the far right front of the building.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Fort Moultrie's Centennial Author Series will continue with Author Brian McEnany speaking about his book For the Brotherhood and Duty: The Civil War History of the West Point Class of 1862 at Fort Moultrie on Saturday 24, 2016 at 1 p.m. Following his talk, the author will be available for signing copies of his book which are available for purchase.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve staff and volunteers are currently searching for an overdue hiker.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Zahar “Alex" Tkach of Bensalem, PA, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Harvey Bartle III to 60 months’ incarceration, 3 years’ supervised release and $1,250,930 in restitution in connection with a scheme to defraud Medicare by charging for unnecessary ambulance services, obstructing two federal audits and laundering criminal proceeds. The scheme ran from approximately June 2008 through April 2012.
By State Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House of Representatives today passed H. Res. 728, introduced by Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), which supports human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Cambodia.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore, in conjunction with the California Coastal Commission, Environmental Action Committee of West Marin /Marin MPA Watch, and Point Reyes National Seashore Association, will be sponsoring a beach cleanup at Drakes Beach on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016. The cleanup will take...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Zahar “Alex" Tkach of Bensalem, PA, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Harvey Bartle III to 60 months’ incarceration, 3 years’ supervised release and $1,250,930 in restitution in connection with a scheme to defraud Medicare by charging for unnecessary ambulance services, obstructing two federal audits and laundering criminal proceeds. The scheme ran from approximately June 2008 through April 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man and woman who participated in a multistate drug ring pleaded guilty today to federal crimes, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Parker Wyatt Mays, 27, entered his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Tanisha Lynette Wooding, 37, entered her guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute crack.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Federal and local law enforcement authorities arrested five people this morning and charged three others for their alleged roles in a crack cocaine and heroin trafficking organization operating in Camden, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
