News from November 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: Member of Curry County Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Sentenced to Federal Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two men who participated in a heroin conspiracy between 2012 and 2014 were sentenced today in federal court in Huntington, West Virginia, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Kenneth E. Baxter, 25, of Detroit, was sentenced to seven years and three months in federal prison...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) outlined concerns regarding several proposals aimed at addressing the growing debt crisis in Puerto Rico and said Congress must first have access to clear and thorough information regarding the territory’s financial health before charting a course forward.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: The road north of the Fossil Butte visitor center is closed for the season to vehicle use. It will reopen when conditions allow during the spring of 2016. Superintendent Angela Wetz based the annual closure on the fact that winter weather makes the late season travel on the upper park gravel road unsafe.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: Upcoming Webinars. December 1: Live Webinar on Strategies and Resources for Reducing Plugload Energy Use in Your Buildings. Webinar Sponsor: Better Buildings Initiative. The Energy Department will present a live webinar titled "Plug into Energy Savings: Strategies and Resources for Reducing Plugload...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: GLENNALLEN, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Glennallen Field Office today announced that it has opened a public review and comment period to inform the BLM analysis for Constantine Metal Resources Ltd.’s (Constantine) proposed plan of operations to extend exploration and access to federal mining claims located near Haines, Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A South Point, Ohio, man, who shot himself in the foot with a firearm while driving on Interstate 64, pleaded guilty today to a federal gun charge, announced United States Attorney Booth Goodwin. Bradney Allen Adkins, 31, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Huntington, West Virginia, to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: “Similar to operations of old, the defendants in this case employed various street level criminals to steal," said U.S. Attorney Hochul. Unlike past criminal organizations, however, Rico Vendetti and his cohorts used the power and anonymity of the internet to thereafter dispose of their ill-gotten gains...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - David Solomon, aka David Chityal, 39, of Budapest, Hungary, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud for his role in an elaborate tax fraud scheme he designed with a co-conspirator while in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: Michael Aho Kennedy Embezzled Over One Million Dollars from Two Elderly Clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: Contact: Kelly Thornton, 619-546-9726. NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Nov. 30, 2015. SAN DIEGO - Methamphetamine continues to be a wrecking ball in San Diego County, as Mexican Super Labs flood the market with the purest and cheapest product ever seen here, creating a perfect storm of health and public-safety...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Ned Stevens Gutter Cleaning and General Contracting Inc., at 11 Daniel Road East in Fairfield, New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin launches smartphone app and PSAs aimed at fighting drug addiction.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Sage Bank to Resolve Allegations of Mortgage Lending Discrimination.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: A man and a woman who attempted to obstruct a federal court proceeding by providing a false document were each sentenced on Nov. 25, 2015, to about two years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Orange County man who operated a Ponzi scheme that bilked victims out of more than $15 million with false promises of large returns from investments in debt obligations and distressed real estate was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 43 year old Carthage, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to distribute over 50 kilograms of marijuana that was stolen from the Tenaha City Marshal’s Office in 2010 announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales todayU.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Travis Michael Butler, 21, of St. Marys, West Virginia, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a methamphetamine manufacturing operation based in Pleasants County, West Virginia, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - John Sanders, 25, of Williamsport, Maryland, was convicted of heroin trafficking today in federal court, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2015
News Release: DURANGO, Colo. - Annual seasonal wildlife closures go into effect Dec. 1, 2015, within the Grandview Ridge and Animas City Mountain areas managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Twin Buttes open space managed by the City of Durango Parks and Recreation Department and the Bodo and Perrins peak...
