News from April 2019
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: On April 20, the first day of National Park Week, all National Park Service sites that charge an entrance fee will provide free park entrance. The April 20 fee waiver includes entrance fees only. Other fees such as boating permits, camping, tours, concession and fees collected by third parties are not...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: Former Leader of Honduran Cocaine Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 37 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: U.S. Participant in Costa Rican Call Center Pleads Guilty for Role in “Sweepstakes Fraud" Aimed at Elderly.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - The National Park Service (NPS) has completed its final environmental reviews of proposed projects to repair flood damage at Scotty’s Castle. Meanwhile, work has already started on projects approved earlier. The popular historic site could be partially open by late 2020 and is expected to be fully open by late 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Atir Dadon, 34, of Sherman Oaks, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to launder money, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Pasadena man who falsely claimed to be a licensed attorney was remanded into custody this afternoon after a federal jury found him guilty of fraud charges related to his representation of “clients" in federal and state courts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: Seven Cases have been Settled in the Northern District of Oklahoma since January.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-Laurel resident Jefferson Scott Perrigo, who admitted meth trafficking and firearms crimes, was sentenced on Thursday to 17 years in prison and five years of supervised release after agents found about 12.5 pounds of meth in his vehicle and a storage unit, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: Scott Brettschneider, an attorney admitted to practice in the state of New York since 1987, was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of conspiring to make a false statement and making a false statement. Specifically, Brettschneider wrote a false letter to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that RODOLFO SABLON, a/k/a “Rudy," was sentenced to six months in prison for his role in an insider trading scheme based on material nonpublic information misappropriated from an investment bank by Daniel...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: DENVER - A federal grand jury in Denver has returned an eight-count indictment charging Dr. Justin Neisler with production of child pornography, transportation of child pornography, and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn and FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Salvadoran man who has been charged with multiple murders in El Salvador was sentenced today to one year in prison for illegally reentering the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: Saguaro National Park News Release. 19-18. April, 2019. Contacts: Jeff Wallner (520) 733-5152. Melanie Florez (520) 733-5151. Saguaro National Park Offers Summer. Junior Ranger Camps at Rincon Mountain District. For Ages 6 to 11 Years Old. Tucson, AZ---Saguaro National Park will offer its traditional Junior...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: An Appling man has been indicted on federal charges of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Devonte Mitchell, 21, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to serve 75 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Rancho Cordova woman was indicted on Thursday, charged with distribution of fentanyl and oxycodone and other opioids as a result of a coordinated operation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service that has identified, disrupted, and prosecuted illegal operators on the darknet.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Patrick W. Carlineo, Jr., 55, of Addison, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with threatening to assault and murder a United States official. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: A federal jury found a South Florida health care facility owner guilty today for his role in the largest health care fraud scheme ever charged by the Justice Department, involving over $1.3 billion in fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid for services that were not provided, were not medically necessary or were procured through the payment of kickbacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On April 5, 2019, Walfre Lopez-Giron, 25, of Guatemala, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Judge Raner C. Collins to six months’ imprisonment to be followed by a term of two years supervised release. Lopez-Giron had previously pleaded guilty to assault on federal officers.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2019
News Release: We are pleased to make available the most recent annual report of the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB). The recaps significant cases, operations, awards and recognitions, and other noteworthy events that happened in the program throughout the year.
