News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MARK CINA, a former comptroller of two Poughkeepsie companies, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for mail fraud and tax evasion. CINA pled guilty on April 11, 2018, before U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel, who imposed today’s sentence.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement marking the one-year anniversary since Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NEV. -- The Bureau of Land Management Battle Mountain District is selling firewood cutting permits, for personal use, at the BLM’s Battle Mountain District Office (50 Bastian Road, Battle Mountain, NV), and Tonopah Field Office (1553 Main Street, Tonopah, NV). Both of these offices are open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and can sell permits over the phone.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 35-year-old Houston woman has been ordered to prison following her conviction of one count each of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Yanette Rodriguez Acosta aka Yanette Patino pleaded guilty Feb. 22, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Former Co-Owner of a Long Island Medical Supply Company Expelled from Haiti to Face Charges After a Decade on the Run.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Pecos, NM: Ranger Eric Sainio from Pecos National Historical Park Ranger will offer a presentation on the history of the pivotal, but little-known 1862 Battle of GlorietaPass on Saturday, October 20th at 1:00 p.m. at the Vista Grande Public Library. He will explore the role New Mexico played in defending the Union and saving the American Southwest from the Confederacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Robert Edgar Farquer, 69, of Sitka, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess, to serve eight years in prison, followed by a life term of supervised release, for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Deloyd M. Lesane, age 38, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possessing and intending to distribute fentanyl and more than 28 grams of cocaine base (crack cocaine).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - David Larson, 35 years old, of Shelby, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Van Bokkelen to 87 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to knowingly possessing pseudoephedrine knowing it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Death Valley National Park’s Chicken Strip is famous among recreational pilots for its dramatic desert scenery and the challenges it poses to small plane pilots. However, the landing strip’s ongoing use is a non-enforced violation of National Park Service (NPS) regulations. Now the NPS seeks public input on a proposed regulation that would change that, officially sanctioning use of the airstrip in Saline Valley.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged Robert Wells, 49, of Pataskala, Ohio, with crimes related to using excessive force as a law enforcement officer in an indictment returned here today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Federal and local law enforcement authorities have charged six people for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - An employee of a restaurant-reservation company used fake names and email addresses to create hundreds of fraudulent restaurant bookings through a competitor’s system, according to a criminal charge filed today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County man pled guilty yesterday to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Fabian Lee Woodson, 36, of Elkview, entered his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute a quantity of heroin. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women has awarded One Place Metro Alabama Family Justice Center $700,593 to support its mission as the comprehensive service provider for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking in Jefferson County. U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and One Place Executive Director Allison Dearing announced the grant.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston physician and the owner of a pain management clinic were each sentenced to 420 months in prison today for their roles in running a pill mill that provided tens of thousands of unlawful prescriptions for millions of doses of opioids and other controlled substances.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Big Thicket National Preserve in southeast Texas has been named the Signature Site for National Public Lands Day (NPLD) 2018 by the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF). On Saturday, September 22nd, at 9:30 am, officials and volunteers from around the region will gather to complete a major...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: [Over $8.2 Million Awarded to Nine Tribes in District of Arizona].
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: FAIRFIELD, Idaho - Effective immediately, the BLM Shoshone Field Office is lifting the emergency closure of approximately 3,840 acres of BLM administered lands adjacent to the Stewart Creek fire area in Camas County. The emergency closure included all BLM-managed lands located south of the National Forest...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: September 20 Update. The FAA cancelled a Special Notice for the Airspace Coordination Area (ACA)along the South Carolina coast. The Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) over Wilmington, NC, and the ACA for the North Carolina Coast remain in effect. Pilots always should check NOTAMS before they fly near ...
