News from April 2018
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Glacier National Park is celebrating the centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the importance birds play in the park and area ecosystems. The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center at Glacier National Park is hosting a brown bag luncheon presentation with Lisa Bate...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - David Maclean, 71, of Swanzey, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A New Orleans, Louisiana-area woman pleaded guilty today for her participation in a scheme to obtain oxycodone through fraud by creating fictitious prescriptions and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone on the black market.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - James Pepion, of Portland, was sentenced today to four months in prison followed by three years supervised release for selling counterfeit Nike sneakers online and laundering his proceeds. A restitution hearing has been scheduled for July 9, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the FBI, announced that former White River...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today announced that on Thursday, April 12, 2018, the committee will hold a hearing on the 2018 tax filing season and how they plan to address future challenges at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 215.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Reginald Morris, 47, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 10 years in federal prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for bank robbery. Morris pleaded guilty to this charge on Jan. 10, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: Defendant Admits Role in Violence That Took Place Outside Northwest Washington Hotel.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: The United States Attorney, Richard W. Moore, announces that Gregory Owens, a 55 year old, resident of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced to 121 months of incarceration followed by five years of supervised release for a bank robbery and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime, bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today filed denaturalization lawsuits against two convicted war criminals and natives of the former Yugoslavia, who according to the Department’s complaints, murdered civilians and prisoners of war because of their religion and ethnicity, then fraudulently obtained...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), today announced that the previously postponed hearing entitled, “Update on the Restoration of Puerto Rico’s Electric Infrastructure," has been rescheduled for next Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at 2 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Antoinette Garcia, 45, of Bernalillo, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to committing federal program fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: SAN JOSE- Gregory Belcher was sentenced today to 12 months and a day in prison for making a false statement related to a health care benefits program, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Elisabeth Greenhill and Jonathan Greenhill have been charged for running a fraud scheme that targeted faith-based and humanitarian groups conducting mission work overseas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Gao Mei Fang (a.k.a. Amy Gao), of Shanghai, China, pleaded guilty in Dallas to mail fraud and smuggling charges in connection with a scheme to sell mislabeled dietary supplements, Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas made the announcement today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NICO BURRELL, a/k/a “Zico Nico," a leader of a violent street gang in the Bronx called the “Big Money Bosses" (“BMB") was sentenced yesterday to 150 months in prison on racketeering charges. BURRELL was sentenced by United States District Judge Alison J. Nathan.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: Pecos, NM:- Pecos National Historical Park will offer a free ranger-led tour of the seldom-seen Arrowhead Pueblo on Sunday, April 29th. This one mile roundtrip visit to the 14th century pueblo will explore the historical, archeological, and cultural significance of this 100+ room ruin. Visitors interested in the tour are required to reserve a spot, as space is limited. Attendees will meet at the Visitor Center at 1:00 p.m. and caravan to the trailhead with the ranger.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Colorado man pleaded guilty Monday to robbing a bank in Manhattan, Kan., U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Alejandro Arias-Perez, 29, Miami, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to 108 months in federal prison for possession of device making equipment. Arias-Perez pleaded guilty to this charge on Nov. 29, 2017.
