News from February 2018
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: If you are planning a wedding at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, please check out our new guidance on approved locations and activities. These guidelines have been implemented to protect the resources and ensure that your special day is as trouble free as possible. Guidelines and the special use permit application can be found on Lake Roosevelt's Permits and Reservations page on our website or please call 509-754-7800 with specific questions.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement on news that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) vacated its decision in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors after NLRB ethics officials determined Member William J. Emanuel should not have participated in the decision.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Thomas Leslie Carr (50, Jacksonville) to 15 years in federal prison for using underage “models" to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing pornographic images and videos. A federal jury found him guilty on June 1, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray announced today that Charles Gary Humphrey, 42, of Charlotte, was sentenced to 151 months in prison for transporting child pornography. Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney also ordered Humphrey to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DARRYL MORRIS, also known as “King Sincere," 33, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 168 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for sex trafficking of a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Van Buren, MO - A new temporary exhibit at Ozark National Scenic Riverways features artwork that commemorates several notable events from 2017. Two handmade quilts and a set of hand-painted Christmas ornaments will be on display in the lobby of the Van Buren Visitor Center for the next several months. The Visitor Center is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A National City, California, man today pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to transport 141 kilograms of narcotics from California to New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Earlier this month, the grand jury returned an indictment charging Lana Leshinsky, 41, of Tucson, Ariz., with several crimes related to fentanyl trafficking, including one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death-a crime that, under federal law, carries a mandatory-minimum...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joseph P. Kelly announced that Preston Pope, age 28, and Jeron Morris, age 25, both of Omaha, Nebraska, were sentenced today by the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp for their involvement in two Omaha robberies. Pope received a sentence of 62 years, 3 months of imprisonment to be followed...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Drug ring conspired to sell heroin out of a retail storefront in Newburgh, NY.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JUAN CARLOS ACOSTA, also known as “Juan Carlos Acosta Santos," 32, a citizen of El Salvador last residing in Manchester, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to six months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Joshua Carey, age 37, of Stamford, New York, and Ariel Machia, age 27, of Middleburgh, New York, were arrested on February 22 and charged with sexual exploitation of a 1-year-old, whom they used to produce child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Clarence Robert Brown, Jr., 61, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for possessing videos depicting child pornography, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Max. O. Cogburn, Jr. also ordered Brown to serve 20 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced today that Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Inc. (BMH) has paid $1,655,000 to the United States and the State of Vermont to resolve civil claims that BMH violated the federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, and the Vermont False...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will highlight the success of tax reform this week at events at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN FERRAIOLI, 41, of Sayville, N.Y., waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to a conspiracy charge stemming from an investment fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Seeking Victim Information in Sunset Mesa Funeral Directors Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A former Las Vegas City Councilman pleaded guilty today to orchestrating a scheme to steal tens of thousands of dollars from his reelection campaign, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson of the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the FBI’s Las Vegas Field Office.
