News from April 2017
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Skagway - Construction activities to improve the Dyea flats road continues through May. Road construction will involve occasional delays during the day and closures at night. Please review the schedule of work below.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-The FBI’s Washington Field Office (WFO) is pleased to announce Shirley Ginwright as a recipient of the 2016 Director’s Community Leadership Award (DCLA). Ms. Ginwright, an advocate for public safety and community engagement, was selected for having demonstrated outstanding contributions to her community through service.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - First, I want to thank the dedicated women and men of the jury for their extraordinary service during this long and difficult process, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Victim Were Attacked in Broad Daylight; One Fought Back With Her Cane.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Xavier L. Johnson, 36, formerly of Elk Grove, and Kristin M. Caldwell, 35, of Elk Grove, pleaded guilty today to trafficking in counterfeit goods, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Esam Salah, age 54, of Villanova, Pennsylvania, was charged today by information[1] with one count of tax evasion, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The information charges that from January 2008 through April 2011, Salah, who was the president and sole shareholder of several restaurants...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 37-year-old Mexican national who resided in Huntsville has been ordered to federal prison for more than 17 years following his conviction of possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Rando Saavedra-Ramirez pleaded guilty Sept. 12, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Blood Testing Laboratory to Pay $6 Million to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks and Unnecessary Testing.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Mark Hudson of Hot Springs was sentenced this week to 110 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on each count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Distribution of Methamphetamine, announced DEA Assistant Special-Agent-in-Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. The sentences are to run concurrent with each other.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Birmingham man on stolen firearms charges related to the July 2016 burglary at a Tuscaloosa gun shop, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Gerido.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing a firearm following the armed robbery of a Jimmy John’s restaurant in Kansas City.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Defendant's is First Felony Guilty Plea in Ongoing Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: The Devils Garden area of Arches National Park, including access to all area hiking trails, will be closed from April 30 through June 3 to allow construction crews to complete needed road work. During this period, vehicles may drive as far as the Sand Dune Arch trailhead where they will need to turn around.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Former Real Estate Attorney Louis Marandola, 42, of Providence and Brian R. McCaffrey, 38, of Warwick, a former licensed loan originator, have been sentenced to federal prison for their participation in a scheme to obtain money they were not entitled to from financial institutions and individuals through mortgage loans, residential property sales and fees.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to come enjoy the Read with a Ranger program at10:00 am on Saturday, May 13, 2017, at the Parkway Visitor Center. This month’s featured story is “The Prairie that Nature Built." Discover the plants and animals that make a prairie community flourish. After the story, visitors will learn what flowers, insects, and other animals can be found in the Parkway’s Blackland Prairie.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that a Palmer couple, who were engaged in an extensive conspiracy to bring narcotics from the lower 48 and distribute them in the Mat-Su Valley, was sentenced to prison yesterday for drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that yesterday, April 27, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Brian Folks, 42, of New York City and Winooski, Vermont, with four counts of Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, and Coercion, and one count of Sex Trafficking of a Minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA -Patrick Shawn Kelley, 55, of Panama City Beach, was sentenced yesterday to 15 months in prison and $210,397 in restitution to the IRS, after pleading guilty to tax evasion in October 2016. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy of the El Paso Division of the DEA, will hold a press conference at 2:00 p.m., FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2017, to announce the results of a DEA-led, multi-agency law enforcement investigation that culminated today with a major arrest operation. They will be joined by representatives of the law enforcement agencies that participated in the investigation and today’s operation.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 28, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested a Salvadoran national on administrative immigration violations Thursday after he was identified by ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York special agents as a MS-13 gang member.
