News from December 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, 2nd Judicial District Attorney Kari E. Brandenburg, Special Agent in Charge Thomas G. Atteberry of the Phoenix Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Chief Gorden Eden, Jr., of the Albuquerque Police Department ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today welcomed the news that the U.S. Forest Service is withdrawing its proposal to round up and remove a wild horse herd near Tonto National Forest in central Arizona. Tonto Supervisor Neil Bosworth announced the decision after Grijalva and most other Arizona representatives sent him a letter last week urging a more collaborative approach to herd management.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: A Miami federal grand jury indicted nine individuals for operating a Broward County telemarketing scheme (“a boiler room") that targeted investors throughout the country and ultimately defrauded them out of $6.6 million dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: Shooting Took Place at Apartment Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Adler, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, in May 2014, the Drug Enforcement Administration began receiving information that multiple individuals were making multiple deposits of cash at a Bank of America branch in Buffalo. A majority of the deposits were just under $10,000. Deposits of $10,000 or more would require the bank to report the transaction.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: BOISE - Alejandro Hidalgo, 26, Dilcia Martinez-Marquez, 25, Enrique Matos-Herrera, 29, Luis Mejias-Fiz, 25, and Jose Salazar-Quintana, 29, of Amarillo, Texas, and Eslay Monzon, 42, of Homestead, Florida, were indicted by a federal grand jury on December 8, 2015, for their participation in a pre-paid...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) generated $6,676.08 for its quarterly oil and gas competitive lease sale held in Reno on December 8, 2015. The three (3) parcels offered were presale offers. No competitive bids were received; therefore, the presale offers were accepted and sold to the nominator.The...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with his attempts, following an illegal entry to the United States approximately 25 years ago, to gain citizenship and remain in the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted Brian Thomas Platt, age 39, of Waldorf, Maryland, for illegally attempting to export and exporting firearms parts and other items designated as defense articles. The indictment was returned on December 7, 2015 and unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - A California-licensed attorney was indicted in U.S. District Court in Boston yesterday on charges arising out of his participation in a scheme to manipulate the shares of a publicly-traded microcap company. Earlier this week, a New Jersey man pleaded guilty to charges related to his participation in the same scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Samuel Collins -, 47, of Portland, Maine, was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of supervised release in connection with charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine base, often referred to as crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: Plea Agreement Requires Imposition of Prison Sentence in the Range of 20 to 35 Years; Prosecution Brought Pursuant to Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - Hawk-eyed volunteers across the country will brave the winter weather to count birds during the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count, which takes place Dec. 14, 2015, through Jan. 5, 2016. Birders and nature enthusiasts take part in this tradition, because they enjoy participating in the longest running wildlife census on the planet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Boris Alfonsa Caro-Silva, 25, and Idriss Bedhiaf, 26, both of Montreal, Canada, were sentenced today in Burlington for possession of at least fifteen counterfeit access devices when they attempted to enter the United States...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to break the Obama administration’s stonewall on providing information about its unlawful payments to insurance companies, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) recently wrote to Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez today sentenced Kurt Reovan, 37, of Georgia, to 20 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Seventeen defendants were named in a federal criminal complaint alleging a criminal conspiracy to traffic heroin announced Acting United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge Andrew Toth.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: Today, Reps. John Conyers (D-MI), Dan Kildee (D-MI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), joined by 29 Members of Congress, issued a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (R-NV) asking them to consider possible improvements to the House-passed version of H.R. 158, the Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015. The letter was signed by Members who voted for and against H.R. 158.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON- The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today announced $33 million in funding for 12 innovative projects as part of ARPA-E’s newest program Network Optimized Distributed Energy Systems (NODES). NODES project teams will develop technologies that coordinate...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2015
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Used Money For His Own Personal Expenses.
