News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former employee of Tufts Health Plan was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for stealing personal identifying information belonging to hundreds of customers. The stolen data included names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers, primarily of customers over the age of 65.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Grand Canyon National Park fire managers-working with resources from Sedona Fire Department, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Rocky Mountain National Park, Zion National Park, and Kaibab National Forest-anticipate initiating a prescribed fire treatment this weekend as weather and fuel moisture conditions allows.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Steven Choi, 42, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to time served and 15 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Did you know that some plants are carnivorous? Oaks have flowers? Some seeds can remain dormant in the soil for many decades? Come learn about these facts and more on Friday, June 2, 2017, at 7:00 pm at the Visitor and Research Center, located at the entrance of Mesa Verde National Park. Join Tova Spector on an adventure into the “Wild World of Wildflowers" as part of the 2017 Four Corner Lecture Series. This program is free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Brent Roaix, 33, of Lewiston, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to robbing a federally insured credit union.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROY ISIAH JACKSON, also known as “I," 22, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 110 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for racketeering and firearm offenses stemming from his participation in a violent New Haven-based street gang.
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Office of River Protection (ORP) has given Bechtel National (BNI), the contractor for the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP), a positive assessment for its performance in 2016, according to a recently released award fee scorecard.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DARWIN ANTONIO CASTILLO age 36, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of a removed alien previously convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on May 30, 2017, Brendan Kelly Gregg, 32, of Lincoln, was sentenced to 14 years (168 months) in prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. Following the prison term, Gregg will serve five years on supervised release.
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Navarro Geologic Interpretation Manager Jeff Wurtz has supported EM’s missions at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for more than 20 years.
By Homeland Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers arrested two individuals, one from Mexico and one from Honduras, after they were released from the custody of Middlesex County with active ICE detainers in place.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS - On June 1, the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Mt. Charleston Fire Prevention District, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service are implementing fire restrictions in Southern Nevada.
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Dear Ms. Goodridge-Keiller: I am writing in regard to Secretary DeVos’ recent speech at the American Federation for Children’s (AFC) National Policy Summit on May 22, 2017. As you know, Secretary DeVos signed an ethics agreement on Jan. 19, 2017, that sets out a one-year recusal from matters involving...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Valerie Cayatineto, 40, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Crownpoint, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an involuntary manslaughter charge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Randl Arthur Roth, 48, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the former owner of Murfreesboro-based Nashville Motor Cars Premier car dealership, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court, to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud for his role in a conspiracy to defraud his dealership’s customers and business partners, announced Jack Smith, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND - Saleem Mohammad Khan was arrested today following an indictment by a federal grand jury in San Francisco charging him with conspiracy and seven counts of securities fraud, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-(ASAC) of DEA’s Kansas City’s District Office announced on May 31, 2017, that DEA had secured 20 year prison sentences for two men residing in the Springfield, Missouri, area. Anthony J. Van Pelt, 38, or Springfield, Missouri, was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that the former director and the former bookkeeper of the Vernon County Ambulance District have been indicted by a federal grand jury for embezzling more than $260,000 from the district.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: MOOSE, WY -A temporary travel closure will be in place on the unpaved section of the Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park June 6-8, for a dust abatement application. The temporary closure will begin at approximately 4 a.m. Tuesday, June 6 and the road will reopen by 8 a.m. Thursday, June 8.
