News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Timothy S. Lenon has pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government funds for stealing over $300,000 in Social Security benefits. Lenon received and subsequently spent his deceased father’s Social Security benefits for over 20 years after his death, and did the same with his father’s New York City pension.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: HONOLULU - Turk K. Cazimero, 57, a resident of Waimanalo, Oahu, was sentenced today to serve eight years in federal prison, and ordered to pay restitution of $857,760 for committing fraud offenses over a period of twelve years.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - David Kel Baldwin, Jr., 45, of Watersmeet, Michigan was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for assault resulting in serious bodily injury, Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney ordered Baldwin...
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Williamsport, MD - The National Park Service (NPS), Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal) and Town of Williamsport, Maryland will host a groundbreaking ceremony rain or shine on Friday, May 5, 2017, 11:00 a.m. at the Cushwa Basin in Williamsport to celebrate the start of the restoration of the Conococheague Aqueduct in Williamsport, MD.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Defendant personally distributed three pounds of methamphetamine as part of a drug distribution conspiracy.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democrats at tomorrow’s Water, Power and Oceans Subcommittee hearing on hydropower development will reject Republican demands to weaken protections for tribes and the environment in the hydropower licensing process.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Carson City, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) campground adjacent to Indian Creek Reservoir in Alpine County, California will open May 12, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Corporations founded by Dr. Dong fined over $12 million in federal court hearing this morning.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform passed three bipartisan bills to strengthen protections for whistleblowers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Two members, including the top leader, of the Detroit branch of the Rollin 60s Crips street gang pleaded guilty yesterday to various racketeering and firearms offenses based on their roles in gang-related murders, shootings, and drug distribution. The guilty pleas are the result of the collaborative efforts of law enforcement and the community to reduce homicide and other violent crime under the Detroit One program, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: MAY 02 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Robert Cabanban Jr., 27, of New London, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 43 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Join the National Park Service (NPS), on Saturday May 6, from 2-4 PM at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge for an exhibit opening and reception.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Rome, NY - As the National Park Service wraps up National Volunteer Week, one Volunteer-In-The-Parks at Fort Stanwix National Monument was celebrated. George Walters was awarded the NPS George and Helen Hartzog Outstanding Individual Service Award for the Northeast Region. Dedicating 21 years of service...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Five additional individuals have been charged for their role in a $6.8 million securities fraud “pump-and-dump" conspiracy, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Spring Lake resident Jerry Lee Akers, 54, was sentenced to serve 41 months in prison for his role in defrauding furniture manufacturer Herman Miller Inc. in a vendor invoicing scheme. The Honorable Paul L. Maloney, U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Detroit, Michigan man was indicted by a grand jury today on drug trafficking charges, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 5,969,811 visitors to Grand Canyon National Park in 2016 spent $648,170,900 in communities near the park. That spending supported 9,779 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $904,315,700.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Wisler Cyrius (36, Naples) to three years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering. The Court also ordered him to pay $270,329.92 in restitution to the victim automobile insurance companies, and to forfeit property in the amount of the proceeds traceable to the offense. Cyrius pleaded guilty on May 18, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Clarksburg, West Virginia, man was indicted by a grand jury today on charge of unlawful possession of a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Defendant One of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
