News from August 2019
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Activities Planned at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in September 2019 (Hours of Operation 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Marco Glover (40, Gainesville) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Glover had pleaded guilty on May 21, 2019.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: SOCIAL CIRCLE, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with Holder Construction Group LLC and the Associated General Contractors of Georgia Inc. (AGC) to promote worker safety and health during the construction of the Newton County Georgia Project in Social Circle, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAMON HILL, 40, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Los Angeles County man has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with transporting a teenage girl in interstate commerce so she could work as a prostitute in Southern California, Nevada and Arizona.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - A Los Angeles County man has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with transporting a teenage girl in interstate commerce so she could work as a prostitute in Southern California, Nevada and Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Boston, MA - John M. Lynch, 66, the former Assistant Director of Real Estate at the Economic Development Industrial Corporation (EDIC), a division of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), agreed to plead guilty today to accepting $50,000 in bribes from a Boston real estate developer in exchange for Lynch using his official influence to secure a key Boston Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) vote that favored the real estate developer on his federal tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man convicted of Second Degree Murder was sentenced on Aug. 26, 2019, by U.S. District Jude Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on Aug. 29, 2019, PABLO PEDRO MORALES-CURBELO, age 63, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was indicted by the Federal Grand Jury in a two count indictment, charging him with participating in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine as well as attempting to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Aug. 27, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MAYA FLORINA LUIZA DeSTEFFANO, also known as “Maya-Luisa Pastorelli" and “Maria," 61, of Cleveland, Ohio, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to conspiracy and identity theft charges stemming from ATM skimming activity that defrauded banks in Connecticut and other states.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Boston, MA - John M. Lynch, 66, the former Assistant Director of Real Estate at the Economic Development Industrial Corporation (EDIC), a division of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), agreed to plead guilty today to accepting $50,000 in bribes from a Boston real estate developer in exchange for Lynch using his official influence to secure a key Boston Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) vote that favored the real estate developer on his federal tax return.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- Biscayne National Park is closing today, Friday, August 30 at 1:30 p.m. in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Dorian. The Dante Fascell Visitor Center is being closed along with facilities on park islands including Boca Chita Key, Elliott Key and Adams Key. The closure will remain in effect until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Thursday, after a seven-day trial, a federal jury found Christopher Ramonaguilar Lawrence, 24, of Chico, guilty of one count of sex trafficking of a child and one count of distribution of methamphetamine to a person under 21, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that OSCAR CAMACHO-GARCIA, age 32, a native of Mexico, was charged on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019 in a one-count bill of information with illegally using a Social Security number in order to obtain employment, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office will partner with the community at the Five Springs Falls Campground on Saturday, Sept. 14, for a shared conservation stewardship project in celebration of National Public Lands Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Amanda Griffith (619) 546-8970 or Janet Cabral (619) 546-8715.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: "Above everything else, our most important job is keeping Coloradans safe," said United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn. "Threats to the public always need to be taken seriously. We commend the quick thinking and fast work of the FBI and our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, who make responding to potential threats a top priority.".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Corey D. Douglas, 28, of Chicago was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to three years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl-laced heroin in the Madison area during May through November 2018. Douglas pleaded guilty to this charge on June 5, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Derek Rand, 31, of Rochester, pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
