News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced the sentencings of three individuals involved in a drug trafficking network based and operating in Baton Rouge. The Indictment filed in this matter charged drug trafficking offenses involving marijuana, as well as the possession of a firearm during and in relation to a narcotics trafficking offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sukhdev Singh Virdi, of Dacula, Georgia, was sentenced today to three years probation for unlawful cigarette smuggling, First Assistant United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Sunnyside, Washington, resident was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for his role in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that ended in February 2017 with the seizure of 15 kilograms of cocaine in a parking lot in Burbank, California, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - To aid in successful spawning and incubation of the Chinook salmon eggs in the Yakima basin, the Bureau of Reclamation has begun its annual “flip-flop" operation. Flows out of Keechelus and Cle Elum reservoirs in the upper Yakima River basin will be gradually reduced while increasing flows from Kachess and Rimrock reservoirs. This operation will affect flows in the Tieton and Naches rivers, and Kachess Reservoir flows into Lake Easton in the upper basin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A nurse who falsely claimed to provide health care services to Carl DeBrodie, a Medicaid beneficiary in Fulton, Mo., who was found deceased and his body encased in concrete, pleaded guilty in federal court today to health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - Today, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Gustavo A. Gelpí sentenced Juan E. Seary-Colón, a.k.a. “Ricky Diablo" to life imprisonment for Hobbs Act robbery that resulted in murder, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The FBI and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) were in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Mexican man has been sent to federal prison for illegally re-entering the United States after he was deported, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Teodolfo Vega-Hernandez, 47, pleaded guilty to illegal re-entry after deportation March 29, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Somerset, Pa. has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months in prison and supervised release for life on his conviction of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Defendant admitted responsibility for the murder of a 16-year-old in East Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Marlonn Hicks, 31, of Crown Point, Indiana, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for distributing information regarding the manufacture and use of explosives, with the intent that the information be used for and in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Overland Park man was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for bank robbery, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: United States Files Complaint to Stop Queens, New York Company and its Officers From Distributing Adulterated Seafood Products.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 59-year-old Sugar Land man has admitted to conspiring to commit health care fraud through Medicare ambulance claims, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that two additional former employees of the Juniata Community Mental Health Clinic (“JCMHC") were sentenced today for their roles in the conspiracy led by Renee Tartaglione to steal money from JCMHC.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough today sentenced a former Decatur business owner, Noman Hizam, 37, to five years in prison for possession with intent to distribute synthetic cannabinoids, known as Spice and K2. Hizam, of Harristown, was further ordered to remain on supervised release for three years following his prison term. Hizam has remained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since his arrest in July 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Helen Pamela Flores Feliz, 28, a citizen of the Dominican Republic most recently residing in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to serve 30 months in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The owner of a parking lot business was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for orchestrating a long-running bribery scheme that allowed him to bilk the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs out of more than $13 million that should have been paid in relation to the operation of parking facilities on the VA’s Los Angeles medical campuses.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2018
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - An Interagency Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team from the Department of the Interior is assessing the impacts of the Mendocino Complex wildfires on the public land watershed managed by the Bureau of Land Management’s Ukiah Field Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 19, 2018
News Release: National Park Service. Homestead National Monument of America. 8523 W. State Hwy 4. Beatrice, NE 68310. 402-223-3514 phone. 402-228-4231 fax. www.nps.gov/home. National Park Service News Release. - Aug. 19, 2018. Susan Cook 402-223-3514. Cars and Trucks on Display. Homestead National Monument of America. On...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2018
News Release: STONEWALL, TEXAS - Make plans to join Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park and Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site in celebrating the 110th anniversary of President Johnson’s birth. At 10:00 am on Monday, Aug. 27, the National Park Service will host the annual wreath-laying ceremony...