News from July 2018
By DOL Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) joined Dr. Lisa M. Hollier, President of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and Dr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former Orange County real estate investor was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge David O. Carter to 78 months in prison for defrauding 70 investors out of more than $12 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Archie Phillips, 45, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 192 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Zachariah Michael Poor Bear, 24, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, was convicted of First Degree Murder and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury following a four-day federal jury trial held in U.S. District Court in Rapid City. The guilty verdict was returned on July 13, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - A former government contractor was found guilty today for his role in a scheme to unlawfully convert U.S. government property from the U.S military base at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, shipping items to his home in Arizona for resale.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $160,500 civil penalty against Woodioso Technology Limited of Hong Kong for allegedly violating the Hazardous Materials Regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 17, 2018, Alain Ceballos-Rodriguez (age: 37), a Cuban citizen living in Tampa, Florida, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for his violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1028A and 1029(a)(1), involving credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An illegal alien found in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of illegally re-entering the United States after having been deported, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A federal jury in Brooklyn today, following two weeks of trial, convicted Dr. Martin Tesher of 10 counts of unlawful distribution of oxycodone without legitimate medical purpose to five patients, one of whom died as a result two days after his last visit with the defendant. When sentenced by United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie, Dr. Tesher faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment and a maximum of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Stanley Charles pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to preparing and presenting a false and fraudulent federal income tax return and filing a false amended federal income tax return, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Acting Special Agent in Charge Internal Revenue Service Tara Sullivan. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Maxine M. Chesney, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael A. Spino, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury today unsealed an indictment charging El’Shawn Williams, an officer in the Put-in-Bay Police Department, with using excessive force against a man in custody, and then making false statements and writing false reports to cover it up. The indictment alleges that Williams, 28, punched and struck the victim multiple times in the head and body, causing him bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A California man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to traffic in synthetic cannabinoids, commonly known as “spice," containing the active ingredient 5-fluoro-ADB. 5-fluoro-ADB has been a schedule I controlled substance since April 10, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Milo Reuben Red Tomahawk, age 38, of Little Eagle, South Dakota, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for his conviction of Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: West Glacier, MT - On July 15 at approximately 11:30 pm, rangers discovered a partially paralyzed grizzly bear that had apparently fallen about 20 feet onto the road near Rim Rock, one mile west of Logan Pass.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An Indian Springs, Nevada, man who rammed his ATV into a gate securing the Devils Hole area, destroyed a surveillance camera and equipment, then harmed pupfish, an endangered species, pleaded guilty today in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada and Superintendent Mike Reynolds for Death Valley National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jason Novoa, age 37, of Ballston Spa, New York, pled guilty yesterday to one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Charles Margiotta, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: Based on significant recent summer monsoon moisture, Superintendent Brad Traver has announced the lifting of Stage II Fire Restrictions at Petrified Forest National Park effective immediately.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Grand Teton National Park staff are monitoring a crack in a rock buttress above the Hidden Falls viewing area near Jenny Lake. To ensure visitor safety, the information is being used to develop a risk assessment of the potential for rockfall. While the Hidden Falls viewing area is currently...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 18, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on H.Res. 990, a non-binding resolution brought up by House Republicans. The resolution, driven by partisan politics, does nothing to fix our immigration system or help reunite families.