News from May 2017
By Commerce Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: Accelerometers - devices that measure change in velocity - are built into automobiles, airplanes, cell phones, pacemakers, and scores of other products. They warn of potentially destructive vibration in industrial equipment, buildings, and bridges; register seismic shocks; and guide missiles to their targets.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging ALEXANDER PEDRAZA, 26, of East Hartford, with one count of sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - A federal judge has sentenced JANIS ANN EDWARDS, of Oklahoma City, to 36 months in federal prison for tax evasion, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By USDA Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, 29 U.S. Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Trump expressing strong concerns over recent actions that would have negative impacts on families in rural America.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has resolved its investigation into complaints alleging that the New York State Education Department (the “NYSED") violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm and possessing marijuana for distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Cheneyville man pleaded guilty to stealing Social Security benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two Bluefield drug dealers appeared in federal court today for hydromorphone crimes, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Everett Ray Gillespie, 66, previously pleaded guilty to distribution of hydromorphone and was sentenced to six months in federal prison followed by three...
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management invites trail lovers of all ages to the BLM Campbell Tract on Saturday, June 3, 2017 to celebrate National Trails Day by participating in volunteer activities to make the area safer and more visually appealing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Lamberto Torres-Garcia, 32, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison on May 25, 2017, for illegal re-entry into the United States by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Maria Martinez, a/k/a Maria Josefa Munagorri Diaz, age 49, of Madrid, Spain, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for attempting to illegally re-enter the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Texas woman was sentenced Tuesday to five years in federal prison for selling designer drugs manufactured in Kansas, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. She was ordered to forfeit $2 million in proceeds from the crime.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Miguel De Jesus Garcia, age 36, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (40 days in jail) for illegally re-entering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Belenda Sandy (56, Buckhannon, West Virginia) has pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of justice. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a citizen of Mexico was sentenced last week to 14 months in prison for illegally reentering the United States after having been previously removed twice.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: An engineering contractor, Paulin Modi, 48, of Troy, was charged today in an information with one count of conspiracy to bribe a public official of Washington Township in connection with public contracts, Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - Derrick Kennedy Crumpton, the Assistant Governor of the Gangster Disciples for the State of Tennessee, has pleaded guilty to both RICO and drug conspiracy charges. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty plea today.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. May 30, 2017 - Firefighters at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are preparing for an upcoming prescribed burn adjacent to the Sequoia National Park entrance station and headquarters, known as the Ash Mountain area. Scheduled to begin June 7, 2017, with four to five burning days, this burn will incorporate philosophies and techniques employed by park partners from the Native American community.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two defendants caught receiving a shipment of crystal methamphetamine in Huntington pleaded guilty today to federal drug charges, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Sean Bradsher, 34, of Hurricane, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the attempted possession with intent...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: Former inmate at the United States Penitentiary in Marion sued prison officials for violating his First Amendment Rights.
