News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal jury in Hartford has found GEORGE J. CONNELLY, JR., 48, of New Haven, and WILLIAM REIDELL, 41, of Branford, guilty of federal offenses related to their role in a large-scale fencing operation. The trial before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea began on May 10 and the jury returned the guilty verdicts this afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A Bucks County medical office manager was sentenced yesterday to 14 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Gerald Pappert for his role in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and for health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. -- In keeping with the Administration’s goal of strengthening America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 166 parcels in Eureka, Lander and Nye Counties totaling approximately 313,715 acres in the Battle Mountain District at its June quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online via www.energynet.com.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: Second RICO Indictment Unsealed Today Focuses on Pomona-Area Gangs that Operated Under Orders Issued by the Notorious Prison Gang.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney R. Trent Shores announced today that the former president of Clark Oil Distributors, Inc. located in both Sapulpa and Oklahoma City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Claire V. Eagan to five years in federal prison for filing over $10,000,000 in false excise tax refund claims with...
By Homeland Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member known by the street name “Animal" was sentenced to 40 years in prison following a multiagency probe, which included U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOL Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), held a hearing to discuss ongoing Congressional and administration efforts to deliver regulatory reform and promote economic growth.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: POCATELLO - Monday, in separate cases, Buster Locklear, 39, of Blackfoot, and Christopher Holtry, 41, of Pocatello, pleaded guilty to transportation of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Stephen Mardigan, 61, of Portland, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to running an illegal gambling business, money laundering, and subscribing to a false income tax return.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced the ACCESS to Recordings Act, to create uniform federal copyright rules for sound recordings published before 1972, and create equal treatment between older and newer works.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to a charge of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: Esteban Santiago-Ruiz (Santiago) appeared today before United States District Judge Beth Bloom, and pled guilty to charges of committing acts of violence at an international airport resulting in five deaths and serious injuries, in connection with the mass-shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on January 6, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Florence, South Carolina, returned Indictments against the following.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The former chairman of a Boston-based biomedical company, previously called Endeavor Power Corp., pleaded guilty today to making false statements to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC") in connection with the SEC’s investigation into a scheme to defraud the market for Endeavor’s publicly traded stock.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: Kansas City, Mo. | May 23, 2018 - The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, 3-Trails West, Inc. and the National Park Service will dedicate a major transit hub which is both high-tech and historic at 12:30 p.m., May 31. The 3-Trails Transit Center is at 9449 Blue Ridge Blvd. in South Kansas City. The event is free and open to the public.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - The Kahuku Unit of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, located about an hour’s drive south of the park’s main entrance, is now open to visitors five days a week starting Wed., May 23. The new schedule is Wednesday through Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: Salem, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Northwest Oregon District, Upper Willamette Field Office is accepting scoping comments on the Shotcash Timber Sale Project, located approximately 5 miles north of Marcola, OR. This project is a great example of the BLM’s commitment to serving the American family by being good neighbors, supporting traditional land uses such as logging, and providing access to hunting, fishing, and other recreational opportunities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Andy Garcia, Jr., 45, of Deming, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M. to 120 months in prison for his conviction on a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Garcia will be on supervised release for five years after completing his prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: BOISE, Idaho -- BLM Idaho will offer a public tour of the Bruneau Off-Range Wild Horse Corrals on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. Two public tours will be offered: the first will begin at 10 a.m. and the second will begin at 1 p.m. Each tour will last about two hours and can accommodate up to 20 people. Spaces...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON ‐ A man using a false identification has entered a guilty plea in a scheme to obtain a fraudulent government loan for damage sustained from Hurricane Irma, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
