News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2017
News Release: Mohamed Waritay, 41, of Darby, Pennsylvania entered pleas of guilty to a two-count Information charging him with aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns for his clients, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A foreign national residing outside of the United States pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of money laundering and aggravated identity theft, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2017
News Release: UTICA, NEW YORK - Obinna Obioha, age 31, and a citizen of Nigeria, pled guilty today to wire fraud, and admitted to participating in a scheme to hack into computers and email accounts in the United States for the purpose of stealing money from American companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County man today admitted that he participated in the December 2015 robbery of a North Jersey bar and the violent carjacking and kidnapping that took place shortly afterwards, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch and Todd A. Damiani, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Region One Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Transportation, today announced that Cardi Corporation, the primary contractor responsible for construction of the I-195...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit woman who was caught in Huntington with heroin in December 2016 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Ebony Inez-Latee Johnson, 43, entered her guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominations for positions on the United Soybean Board.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County man today admitted that he participated in the December 2015 robbery of a North Jersey bar and the violent carjacking and kidnapping that took place shortly afterwards, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2017
News Release: Montgomery Alabama - Catrina R. Copeland, 43, of Dothan, Alabama, was sentenced to five months in prison and five months of home confinement on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 for defrauding the Alabama Medicaid Agency and the federal government, announced Acting U.S. Attorney A. Clark Morris, Alabama Attorney General Steven T. Marshall, and Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Special Agent in Charge Derrick L. Jackson.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2017
News Release: DENVER - The Bureau of Land Management Colorado has removed 20 parcels totaling 27,529 acres in Grand County from its June 8, 2017, oil and gas lease sale. The BLM will now offer 86 parcels totaling 73,288 acre in Jackson, Routt, Rio Blanco and Moffat counties.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) today made available for public review and comment its plan to reduce overabundant deer populations that threaten the natural beauty and historic scenery at Harpers Ferry and Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Canal national historical parks.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 17, 2017
Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - A first officer was arrested at Albany International Airport (ALB) Monday, April 17, after Transportation Security Administration officers discovered a loaded.380 caliber handgun in his carry-on bag. The firearm was loaded with six bullets.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2017
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. April 17, 2017 - In an effort to find the best solution to aid visitors and speed-up lines at entrance stations, the National Park Service now has a new pilot program where visitors can now get their entrance pass online prior to arriving at the parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2017
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A convicted felon who possessed four firearms, including two weapons capable of accepting large capacity magazines, was sentenced today to a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2017
News Release: According to Superintendent Jeff Bradybaugh, Zion National Park plans to begin ignition of the 500-acre East Mesa (South Unit) Prescribed Fire in mid-April, 2017. This prescribed fire project is located on the east side of the park, west of the Zion Ponderosa Ranch. The project may be postponed because of unfavorable weather conditions or lack of firefighting resources.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Saturday evening, April 15 the National Park Service received an alert from a personal locating beacon in a backcountry area of Grand Canyon National Park near the confluence of Tapeats Creek and Thunder River. An Arizona Department of Public Safety helicopter flew to the location where a hiking party reported two members of their party missing.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2017
News Release: IRVINE, Calif. - Today, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was part of the Second Annual Easter Egg Hunt, which hosted between 100 to 150 children with special needs at Woodbury Elementary School sponsored by the Grace City Church
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2017
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Zion National Park and the Zion National Park Foundation have finalized the dates, event locations and artists for the 2017 Plein Air Art Invitational. The week-long event starts on Monday November 6, 2017 and culminates on Saturday Nov. 11, 2017 with the “Art-In-The-Park" Paint Out and Silent Auction event held on the grounds of the Zion Lodge.
By State Newswire | Apr 15, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On Sunday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will appear on CNN’s….
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2017
News Release: An Evergreen, Alabama, teacher pleaded guilty today to production of child pornography, possession of child pornography and travel in foreign commerce for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama.
