News from December 2018
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will waive its entrance fee on five days in 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today released the following statements after the Senate passed H.R. 315, the Improving Access to Maternity Care Act, authored by #SubHealth Chairman Michael Burgess.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Michael Wayne Parsons, age 57, formerly of Arlington, Tennessee, was sentenced today to 84 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release following his conviction by a United States District Court jury of being a felon in possession of a...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ANH DUONG, age 72, was charged Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 in a one-count Bill of Information with transportation of individuals in interstate commerce for prostitution, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2421(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Mark Taylor, 49, and Marlon Caldwell, 51, admitted to accepting bribes in exchange for un-redacted accident reports while police officers with the City of St. Louis, bringing to an end an investigation that led to charges against four former police officers, a local chiropractor and his wife.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that James C. Hill, a 25 year old resident of Bay Minette, Alabama was sentenced to 12 months and one day after being convicted of possession of a firearm after conviction of Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence VA Medical Center nurse pled guilty in federal court today to charges that he fraudulently obtained and tampered with morphine and other opioid prescriptions at the VA Medical Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - David Frediani, 28, of Epsom, was sentenced to 150 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Hailong Zhang, 46, of Nottingham pleaded guilty to interstate transportation of stolen money, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Florence, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Quintin La Prix Davis of Latta, South Carolina, was convicted by a federal jury for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and oxycodone, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Twelve people from Ohio and West Virginia are named in two indictments alleging a cocaine and heroin distribution operation that spanned both states, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man today admitted his role in a drug trafficking organization that distributed crack cocaine and fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Travis Wilmoth, age 31, of Fayetteville, North Carolina today to nine years in prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. Judge Russell also...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury in Sacramento returned two indictments yesterday against two Lassen County residents, and three others were arrested on drug and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Belgian national was extradited from Morocco to the United States yesterday to face charges for his role in an e-mail scam that used counterfeit cashier’s checks to defraud charities and law firms.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Starting Jan. 10, 2019, Everglades National Park will begin a two-year implementation of new entrance fees. This decision is the result of more than a year of civic engagement with park users and neighboring communities. In 2019, the entrance fee will increase from $25 to $30 per vehicle for seven days. Individual entrance fees will increase from $8 to $15 and the park’s annual pass will cost $55.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging nine individuals for their respective roles in a series of violent grocery store robberies in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Marcus Lynch, 32, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, before U.S. District Judge Charles Siragusa. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Migdalia Cintron-Morales, 38, of Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced on Thursday to serve 30 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned this week before U.S. Magistrate judges and indictments handed down by the Grand Jury were unsealed. Indictments are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
