News from January 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: Big Bend National Park will be working on deferred maintenance projects in the Cottonwood campground this winter. The park will replace an out of date irrigation system with a modern system and restore the landscape to facilitate proper irrigation of the low lying areas. The planned work will occupy the entirety of the campground and temporary closures will be enacted.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: A Tacoma, Washington woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 60 months in prison for unlawful possession of a destructive device, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. KENNI JO BENNETT, 41, of Tacoma, and an accomplice, placed the explosive device under a Kia Forte sedan parked ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody has sentenced Priscilla Ellis (51, Killeen, Texas) to 65 years in federal prison for murder-for-hire, witness retaliation, and securities counterfeiting. A federal jury found her guilty of these offenses on March 9, 2017. The judge ordered the 65-year sentence to run consecutive to a 40-year sentence previously imposed following a prior federal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Derrick Stubbs, age 52, of Rochester, New York, was arrested and charged by Criminal Complaint with bank robbery and attempted bank robbery, all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a). These charges each carry a maximum penalty of up to 20 years imprisonment and up to a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - The Katy couple charged in relation to the enslavement of their nanny have been sentenced and ordered to pay more than $100,000 in restitution to the victim, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Sandra Nsobundu, 49, pleaded guilty to unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of forced labor, while her husband - Chudy Nsobundu, 57, pleaded to visa fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: National Park Service visitor facilities at Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the Visitor Center at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site will reopen tomorrow morning. Wright Brothers National Memorial will remain closed through the weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS - U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme of the District of Montana has issued the following statement regarding marijuana prosecutions: “Yesterday, the Attorney General rescinded the Cole Memo on marijuana prosecutions and directed that federal marijuana prosecution decisions be governed by the same principles...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: ANDOVER, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Schnabel Foundation Company for failing to protect employees against crushing hazards while they installed permanent foundation supports beneath the Woburn Public Library. The company faces $212,396 in proposed penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 6-count indictment charging Demario Chatmon, 39, of Buffalo, NY, with various drug and firearms offenses. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years imprisonment and a maximum of life imprisonment as well as a $1 million fine.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - With this week’s massive winter storm and frigid temperatures severely impacting the East Coast, the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is urging all those involved in snow removal and cleanup to take precautions and focus on safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn New York, Salvador Jimenez Uribe, also known as “Salvador Uribe Jimenez," an international narcotics distributor and money launderer, was sentenced by United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie to 20 years’ imprisonment for narcotics...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: Former CFO of Arthrocare Corporation Sentenced to Prison for Role in $750 Million Securities Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Behnam Halali was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, Ernesto Magat to four years’ imprisonment, and Karen Gagarin to three years’ imprisonment for their respective roles in a scheme to commit wire fraud and identity theft involving fraudulent life insurance policies, announced U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: Used Forged Prescriptions and Recruited and Transported ‘Runners’ to Illegally Obtain and Sell Opioid Pills.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiring to sell crack cocaine and possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug conspiracy operating in Camden, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Juan Carlos Febles, 52, of Miami Gardens, Florida, was sentenced on Wednesday in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 34 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. He pleaded guilty on Aug. 24, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Allan Raymond Pimentel, 21, of Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for his participation in a heroin trafficking conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Florida - Everglades National Park announces the seasonal closure of Paurotis Pond and the area beyond the parking area adjacent to the pond, in a continuing effort to protect the threatened Wood Stork and all nesting birds in this area from human disturbance.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2018
News Release: National Park Service visitor facilities at Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the Visitor Center at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site will reopen tomorrow morning. Wright Brothers National Memorial will remain closed through the weekend.
