News from September 2018

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Obanette Jean, age 35, and a citizen of Haiti, was sentenced today to time served (55 days in jail) for illegal re-entry into the United States.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Join local and park astronomers for the third annual Star Party in Mesa Verde National Park! Enjoy the wonders of the night sky at the Morefield Campground Amphitheater on Saturday, October 6th, from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Jeffrey W. Harney, 53, of Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky, was sentenced today to 97 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge David L. Bunning, for receipt of child pornography. Harney was also order to pay $18,964.93 in restitution to the victims in this case.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Thomas Lawton Evans Jr., 37, of Boiling Springs, South Carolina, pled guilty to all counts contained in a three count federal indictment. Count One charged Kidnapping Involving a Person Under the Age of 18, a violation...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley sentenced Constantin Schiller, 65, of Romania, today to two years in prison for conspiracy to commit bribery, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) issues a prospectus soliciting proposals for the award of four 10-year concession contracts to operate interpretive boat tours with guided snorkeling at Buck Island Reef National Monument.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Sara Johnson, 36, of Manchester, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison for federal firearms crimes, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: A recent interagency federal research cruise on the vessel Hugh R. Sharp-which sailed along the Mid-Atlantic margin to characterize methane hydrate deposits-has yielded 2,000 km of Multi-Channel Seismic (MCS) System data that confirmed previously detected methane hydrates and discovered new deposits.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The corporate officer of the House of Oxford Inc., a New Jersey corporation, Alex Goldman, 43, of Great Neck, New York, was sentenced today to three years in prison, for conspiracy to commit tobacco excise tax fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Sept. 12, 2018, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging LEONID POLLAK, also known as “Lenny," 58, of Greenwich, with federal offenses related to an investment fraud scheme.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Eveline Cismaru, a citizen of Romania, pled guilty today to federal charges stemming from her role in a conspiracy to illegally access approximately 126 computers associated with Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) surveillance cameras and to use those computers in connection with a scheme to distribute ransomware in January 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Raleigh, N.C. - The National Park Service Incident Management Team (IMT) is responding to national parks impacted by Hurricane Florence. At this time, 40 National Park Service employees from 22 parks and 18 states and the District of Columbia are assigned to the incident. The public is discouraged from traveling to or entering these national parks due to safety concerns during stabilization operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Previously Convicted of Firearm Offenses in Both Federal and State Court.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: ASHFORD, Wash. - The National Park Service (NPS), has issued its decision and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for Mount Rainier National Park’s Fish Management Plan Environmental Assessment (EA).

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Shed Woods, 38 years old, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U. S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules, sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy seeking a subpoena...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Eddie Balderramas, Michael Balderramas, and Michelle Martinez-Marte Assisted Illegal Aliens in Obtaining Michigan Driver’s Licenses in the Identities of Other Individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida- U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Daryl D. Shack (28, Jacksonville) to four years and three months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Shack pleaded guilty on May 15, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was indicted today by a federal grand jury for lying to firearm dealers in connection with his purchase of seven guns.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley sentenced Constantin Schiller, 65, of Romania, today to two years in prison for conspiracy to commit bribery, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.