News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that LUIS MARTELL, also known as “Fat Boy," 34, of Meriden, was arrested yesterday on a federal criminal complaint charging him with trafficking cocaine and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- Reinaldo Morone, 44, of St. Thomas, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, Acting United States Attorney, Joycelyn Hewlett announced. District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez also sentenced Morone to serve five years of supervised release, pay a $100 special assessment, and perform 400 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $32 million in funding for 16 projects as part of two new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) programs: ENergy-efficient Light-wave Integrated Technology Enabling Networks that Enhance Dataprocessing (ENLITENED) and Power Nitride Doping Innovation Offers Devices Enabling SWITCHES (PNDIODES).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Gregory A. Taylor, age 51 of Clanton, Alabama, was sentenced on Monday to 66 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Conspiracy to Defraud the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that STEFAN LUMIERE, a former portfolio manager at Visium Asset Management, L.P. (“Visium"), was sentenced to 18 months in prison in connection with his conviction following a jury trial for engaging...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut hosted its annual United States Attorney’s Office Law Enforcement Awards Ceremony this morning in New Haven. The ceremony at the City of New Haven’s aldermanic chambers recognized more than 160 federal agents, police officers and community members for their investigative efforts and other contributions to approximately 30 significant federal criminal prosecutions and civil cases in Connecticut.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: The reduction of hazardous fuels is a significant preventative management tool used in preparation for managing wildfire near structures and communities. As seen with the Fern Lake Fire, previous reduction of hazardous fuels aided firefighters in stopping the fire within the park when it made its more...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: As the only national park with a working kennel of sled dogs, Denali National Park and Preserve is incredibly proud of its canine rangers and has unveiled a new video that spotlights the vital role these dogs have in park operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Bacon County (Georgia) farmers Julian Rigby, Jasper Allen and Benjamin Swain, as well as several entities owned by Rigby, agreed to pay up to $675,000 to resolve allegations that they violated and conspired to violate the False Claims Act. This settlement is the first False Claims Act recovery involving the United States Department of Agriculture’s crop insurance program in the history of the Southern District of Georgia.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced nearly $67 million in nuclear energy research, facility access, crosscutting technology development, and infrastructure awards in 28 states. In total, 85 projects were selected to receive funding that will help advance innovative...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced today the indictment of Alec Brook-Krasny, a former New York State Assemblyman, on four counts of Commercial Bribing in the First Degree. The charges are based on the continuing investigation into two medical clinics in Brooklyn allegedly involved in Medicaid fraud and selling prescriptions for powerful addictive pain pills. Related charges were filed in an earlier indictment in April.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron today sentenced Jesse B. Ingram, Jr. (35, Apopka) to 15 years and 5 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, attempting to possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He pleaded guilty on March 29, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Tuesday, June 13 at approximately 7:45 pm, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a call reporting an overdue hiker. The hiker, 72 year old Raafat (Ralph) Amin Nasser-Eddin of Los Angeles, CA and Lebanon, matches the description of an individual reported to park rangers on Sunday, June 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Dale Pinkham, 57, of Buxton, Maine, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Portland to 20 years in prison following convictions for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin, Conspiracy to Possess Stolen Firearms and Attempted Witness Tampering.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS: Due to recent high winds and rainfall along the Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway), visitors should expect to see newly fallen trees across many sections of the National Scenic Trail. Caution is advised on all trails. “Visitors should be aware of their surroundings while hiking and be vigilant in looking for overhead limbs that may pose a hazard," stated Chief of Resource Management Lisa McInnis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: A Toledo man with a long criminal history was convicted by a jury of illegally having a firearm, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Deon Blair has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for distributing heroin, butyryl fentanyl, and fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury and death, and for committing related firearms crimes, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: On June 17-18 at Flight 93 National Memorial.
