News from September 2017
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: On Sunday Oct. 1, 2017, Swiss Light Artist Gerry Hofstetter will illuminate Wright Brothers Monument as part of his Light Art Grand Tour USA. This special event is open to the public and admission to the park grounds is free from 5 to 10 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Wheeling man has admitted to a firearms charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joseph Jakubowski, 33, Janesville, Wis., was convicted today of stealing 18 firearms and two silencers from a federally-licensed firearms dealer, and with being a felon in possession of those firearms and silencers. The jury returned its verdict after less than two hours of deliberation following a two-day trial in U.S. District Court in Madison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FADI EWIESS, a/k/a “Fadi Awise," was sentenced today to three years in prison on wire fraud charges in connection with his participation in a scheme to defraud investors through the operation of a purported...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Audie Cruz-De Los Santos, 40, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Berlin, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty today to assaulting another inmate with a box cutter.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has returned three indictments charging a total of three individuals and two companies with engaging in the unlawful trading of live corals that are protected by an international treaty known as the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a St. Joseph, Mo., man has been charged with possessing methamphetamine to distribute following a high-speed pursuit that resulted in his arrest and the seizure of more than two kilograms of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a White River, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Sept. 19, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A medical assistant for a pain management specialist was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for distribution of large quantities of highly addictive prescription opioids, including oxycodone, and other controlled substances without a medical purpose, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Neil Doiron, 37, of Nashua, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court today to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and one count of possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Staten Island, New York, man today admitted his plan to distribute more than $2.5 million of counterfeit UGG-brand boots that were shipped into the Port of Newark, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 3, to examine how Congress can update the United States’ system of taxing cross-border income to level the playing field for American companies and keep more jobs and investment here at home. The hearing, titled, “International Tax Reform" will take place at 10 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 215.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Associated Press reported late yesterday that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke spoke to an oil industry group and stated that nearly one-third of employees at his department are not loyal to him and President Donald Trump. He continued by stating that he “got 30 percent of the crew that’s not loyal to the flag." Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) responded to Secretary Zinke’s comments this morning...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: Project Safe Neighborhood Prosecution. United States Attorney Richard Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Senior United States District Court Judge William H. Steele sentenced Joseph Canidate to 337 months in prison on Sept. 26, 2017, for Bank Robbery and Brandishing a Firearm...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: NATCHEZ, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway temporarily closed the Historic Mount Locust Inn until the structure can be stabilized, and visitors can safely view the house. Repair work on the historic home will begin soon.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: Wright Brothers National Memorial will temporarily suspend visitor services and close facilities ahead of predicted tropical storm conditions, today, at 12:00 pm. Visitor services and facilities will reopen post-storm after assessments are completed.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Matthew John Andaluz, 44, of Battle Creek, Michigan was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. In addition to the prison term, Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker imposed a 10-year term of supervised release that will commence once Andaluz is released from imprisonment. Andaluz will also be required to register as a sexual offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Vladimir Collazo-Florido, aka“Cannabis," Marlon Matthew Pittman, aka “Marlo Pittman," and Carlos Gonzalez-Catala, aka “El Electrico," each with prior federal convictions for drug trafficking, have been indicted for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine based on a scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: There will be a press conference today at noon to announce charges of fraud and corruption in college basketball. Federal criminal charges have been brought against ten people, including four college basketball coaches, as well as managers, financial advisors, and representatives of a major international sportswear company. The press conference will be livestreamed on Facebook @USAOSDNY.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Bridgeport, Connecticut, man was arrested this morning on charges that he and others defrauded the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) of over $1 million and laundered most of the funds through various bank accounts in Liberia and the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
