News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - An Ohio resident has been sentenced in federal court to three years and six months in prison, followed by three years’ supervised release, and was ordered to pay $379,591.95 in restitution on his conviction of mail fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Three House Committee Chairs sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the White House requesting documents regarding a Trump Administration proposal to release detained immigrants into congressional districts represented by Democrats for purely political reasons. This letter follows ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Chris Minarcin, 34, formerly of Manchester, N.H., was sentenced to serve 76 months in federal prison for distributing cocaine and possessing over 500 grams of cocaine with the intent to distribute the drugs.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Washington - Applications are now being accepted for the permit lottery for softball and multi-use athletic fields administered by the National Mall and Memorial Parks. Lottery applications must be received no later than April 23. Permits will be issued to successful entrants before May 5. The permit application and additional instructions on the lottery and the application process are online at go.nps.gov/NAMApermits.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for recording his sexual abuse of a child victim.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Washington - USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation today announced the 2019-crop loan rate differentials for upland and extra-long staple cotton.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: In celebration of National Park Week (April 20-28, 2019), Superintendent Scott Tucker is pleased to announce that the $25 entrance fees to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) will be waived on Saturday, April 20, 2019. Visitors wishing to camp Saturday night at D. H. Day or Platte River Campgrounds will be required to pay the camping fee.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Bernard Rougeau, 48, of Pownal, Vermont was arraigned today in federal court in Burlington. A federal grand jury indicted Rougeau for possessing a firearm having been previously convicted of a felony crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Bobby J. Woods, 50, of Stillwater, MN, and Alan Johnson, 64, of Collinsville, IL, were sentenced to a year and a day in prison and probation, respectively, for conspiracy to commit mail fraud. They appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Court Judge Catherine D. Perry. In addition to the sentences, the Court ordered them to pay restitution in the amount of $746,293.13.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. -- The Bureau of Reclamation and El Dorado County Water Agency released today a draft contract for up to 15,000 acre-feet of water per year from Folsom Reservoir. The water, which may be used for municipal and industrial purposes, supports long-term water supplies within El Dorado County.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Cardiac Associates, P.C. has agreed to pay $399,230.35 to settle claims that they submitted false claims to the United States for services not rendered. Cardiac Associates, P.C. is a medical practice with offices located in Rockville, Olney, Laurel and Germantown, Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man was arrested today by federal agents on charges of tax fraud and tax evasion, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Etienne Allonce, the former co-owner of Medical Solutions Management, Inc. (MSM), a medical equipment company in Hicksville, New York, pleaded guilty to health care fraud. In September 2018, Allonce was expelled from Haiti where he had fled 11...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Kevin Scott Konen, 52, of Grand Ledge, Michigan, was sentenced for sexual exploitation and attempted sexual exploitation of children, and for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. Konen was sentenced to 380 months’ imprisonment to be followed by 10 years of supervised release and was ordered to pay fines and other monetary penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - The Department of Justice today announced that it has filed an amended complaint in its lawsuit against a Lexington, Tennessee, landlord, Chad David Ables, alleging that he violated the Fair Housing Act by subjecting female tenants of his rental properties to sexual harassment and retaliation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Today, a Guatemalan native and naturalized citizen of Canada, was sentenced to 16 months in prison, a $8,680 fine, a $600 special assessment and one year of supervised release in an alien smuggling case in which illegal aliens were smuggled into the United States through the underground cargo railroad tunnel which runs under the Detroit River between Canada and the United States, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Due to recent warm temperatures and snowmelt, Kenai Fjords National Park has closed the Exit Glacier Developed Area to snowmachine use. This closure includes the road to Exit Glacier within the park boundary, parking areas, the designated route through the campground to Exit Creek, and within Exit Creek.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Matthew Gregory, 34, of Bridgeton, MO, pled guilty to one felony count of Possession and Accessing with the Intent to View Child Pornography. Gregory appeared before United States District Judge Henry Autrey and set sentencing for July 16, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Haitham Eid Habash, aka Eddie Habash, 55, of Hawthorne, was sentenced today to five years and three months in prison for his role in supplying synthetic drugs to wholesale internet drug traffickers, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Habash was also ordered to forfeit over $193,000 in proceeds derived from drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that GUADALUPE ESPINOSA-PENA, age 61, of Mexico, residing in Wake County, North Carolina, was sentenced to one month imprisonment and one year supervised release by United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan after a guilty plea to illegal voting by an alien.
