News from May 2019

By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Christian Roman, age 25, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced to serve 150 months in prison for stealing, possessing, concealing, and storing firearms stolen from Target Sports, Inc., a federally licensed firearms dealer in Schenectady County.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: The Honorable Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett will be the First Panel Speaker.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: An associate of the Ghost Face Gangsters criminal street gang will serve nearly 10 years in prison for his role in distribution of methamphetamine.

By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Learn about the Donner Party and enjoy s’mores around the campfire at the California Trail Interpretive Center.

By USDA Newswire | May 31, 2019
Release: By Brandon Lipps. Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services. Recently, I was privileged to visit The Light House, Inc., in Annapolis, Maryland, a local organization using SNAP Employment and Training and other tools to help people in their community break the cycle of homelessness.

By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: VAN BUREN, MO - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1.3 million visitors to Ozark National Scenic Riverways in 2018 spent $55.4 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 840 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $60 million.

By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-Big Sandy resident Joe Don Demontiney, who admitted to illegally possessing a firearm, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and to three years of supervised release on May 30, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Save the date and join us on Saturday, July 13, 2019 for the 38th annual Cultural Festival, held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Kahuku Unit in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, FREE!.

By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Fired the Gun While High on Cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: This past Saturday, a team of two Rocky Mountain National Park climbing rangers conducted a patrol of Longs Peak. While patrolling down the section known as The Trough, rangers found a glove that matched the brand that Ryan Albert was believed to have been wearing. Albert was last seen on October 4, 2018.

By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Jamie Frieri (49), a Mexican national who resided in Tampa, Orlando, and Miami, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis today sentenced Christopher Brent Heath, (36, Bunnell), to six years in federal prison for manufacturing counterfeit Federal Reserve notes. As part of his sentence, the court ordered Heath to pay restitution to the victims he had defrauded and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Lester Waters, Jr., age 38, was found guilty of 2 counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, 2 counts of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, and 2 counts of Discharging, Brandishing, or Possessing a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence following a federal trial in Rapid City, South Dakota.

By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Medford District Office is pleased to announce an art show focused around the three 2018 Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (CSNM) Artists in Residence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Involved in a Hit-and-Run Accident that Led to Police Finding a Gun in his Car.

By USDA Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing to meet their contractual obligations...

By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: A Carrizo Springs doctor with multiple offices throughout the Southwest Texas border area and his office manager face federal charges in connection with alleged illegal drug distribution, Health Care Fraud, and aggravated identity theft scheme, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division; and, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
By Homeland Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - An illegal alien from Guatemala was sentenced in federal court Friday for fraudulently drawing welfare assistance.

By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - OKLAHOMA HEART HOSPITAL, LLC, AND OKLAHOMA HEART HOSPITAL SOUTH, LLC, have agreed to pay $2,800,000 to settle civil claims stemming from allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicaid, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.

By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that DONOVAN J. BARKER, age 59, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. As a result of his conviction, BARKER faces a significant term of imprisonment, a fine, and a period of supervised release.