News from April 2017
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is providing outdoor educational field trips in May and June. The National Lakeshore is an outstanding natural classroom that provides endless educational opportunities. Your students have the opportunity to learn about science and history in...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Mount Hope man was sentenced today to two years of probation for a gun charge, with the first six months to be served on home confinement, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. David Pagan, 22, previously pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting making a false statement in acquiring a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: A former officer and program manager for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pleaded guilty today to making false statements regarding his improper use of CBP and other law enforcement databases.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Emmanuel R. Bao, 50, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with mail fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: APR 12 - CONCORD, N.H - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and John J. Farley, Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, announced that Luis Martin Carvajal Gonzalez, also known as Wilfredo Laboy, was sentenced to serve five years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl and heroin, as well as possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Six individuals were arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit steroids, including testosterone and trenbolone, which are illegally used for body building.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Jarrett N. Dragic, 22, of Austintown, was indicted on two counts of bank robbery, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, FBI Special Agent in Charge.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today against Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly; Kevin McAleenan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); and CBP as a whole seeking a court order for...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Omar Loya, age 29, and Guillermo Macedo-Cruz, age 37, inmates at the United States Penitentiary at Canaan (USP Canaan), were indicted on April 11, 2017, by a federal grand jury on assault and weapons charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - Two men from a north suburb of Chicago were arrested today on a federal complaint charging them with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Pine Ridge Reservation Shooting. The FBI is investigating a shooting incident which occurred within the boundaries of the Pine Ridge Reservation on Saturday April 8, 2017. Preliminary reports indicate Jeffrey Lynn Curry, Jr., of Allen, SD, died during an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a California man pleaded guilty in federal court in Anchorage to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft based upon a scheme to use the illegally obtained personal identity information of others to prepare false W-2’s and then file false individual income tax returns in order to get refunds due to others.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Samuel Garcia (37) and Jennifer Nunez (26) were given lengthy prison sentences for their roles in a large-scale oxycodone trafficking ring that had operated in Manchester, New Hampshire. Garcia was sentenced today to 188 months (15 years, eight months) in federal prison. On Tuesday, Nunez was sentenced to 132 months (11 years) in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Ellis Hawkins, age 46, an inmate at United States Penitentiary Canaan, was indicted on April 11, 2017, by a federal grand jury on a charge of aggravated assault of a federal employee.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Oldtown, MD - The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) will close a portion of the towpath and tunnel at the northern, or downstream portal of the Paw Paw Tunnel (Mile 155.2) to remove hazardous, unstable rock along the towpath. The closure of the tunnel and towpath is expected to occur in early June. Visitors should also expect short intermittent closures and delays from the parking lot to the Paw Paw Tunnel entrance during the work.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Antoine Aroche, aka Antoine Aroache, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. The sentence follows a guilty plea entered Jan. 25, 2017, in which Aroche admitted he did in fact possess with the intent to distribute the drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that BESIM MURIQI, 31, of Stamford, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: PORT GIBSON, MS: This spring, Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway) officials and visitors have witnesses increased feral hog activity from milepost 0-40. The number of feral hogs is on the rise statewide and directly correlates to more sightings along the Parkway.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Dominican Republic Man Found in Amsterdam, New York.
