News from October 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Earlier today a federal jury sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., found Juan Antonio Alvarez-Ramirez, 36, a resident alien from Mexico residing in Artesia, N.M., guilty on marijuana trafficking and firearms charges after a three-day trial. The guilty verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: Operated Dangerous Hash Oil Lab in Violation of Federal, State, and Local Law.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI) for the Central Valley Project Interim Renewal Contract for Cross Valley Contractors 2016-2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: COLUMBIA, SC----United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced that on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, members of the United States Attorney’s Office and their local, state, and federal law enforcement partners will meet with students from across South Carolina, as part of South Carolina’s 14th annual Student Pledge Against Gun Violence.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its hearing schedule for the week of October 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: Texas Man Sentenced for Hate Crime Involving the Assault of Elderly African-American Man.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Jeremy Warner, a Fort Worth man who pleaded guilty in July to one count of possession of cocaine (crack cocaine) with the intent to distribute, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 300 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A seven-count indictment has been unsealed, following the arrests of Haitham Eid Habash, aka Eddie Habash, 52, of Hawthorne; Zaid Elodat, 28, of Gardena; and Bakersfield residents Ramsey Jeries Farraj, 48, and Majed Bashir Akroush, aka Mike Akroush, 48, charging them with conspiring...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted James Cicala, age 54, of Columbia, Maryland for interstate travel with intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor. The indictment was returned on October 8, 2015, and unsealed today upon the arrest of Cicala.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: A Solon man was sentenced to more than two years in prison for his role in murder-for-hire plot, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH), will hold a hearing next week on opportunities for, and impediments to, Good Samaritan cleanups of abandoned mine sites in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that it has resolved a $237 million judgment against Tuomey Healthcare System for illegally billing the Medicare program for services referred by physicians with whom the hospital had improper financial relationships. Under the terms of the settlement...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARK BERTANZA, 34, of Shelton, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: MINERAL, CA -Lassen Volcanic National Park plans to ignite burn piles within the next several weeks as the region transitions to fall seasonal conditions. Park fire crews will take advantage of the changing weather conditions to complete fuels reduction projects throughout the park. These cooler and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on a charge of Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition by a Convicted Felon, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: Grand Portage National Monument Will Hold Public Meeting to Solicit Public Comments on the First Draft of the Environmental Assessment (EA) for Historic Meadow Area.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after the Department of the Interior announced its rejection of Shell Alaska’s request to extend its leases off of Alaska’s northern coast and the cancellation of future leases sales in the region.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: BOSTON - Robert Sokolowski, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 150 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deidre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Mark Bertanza, 34, of Shelton, pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2015
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deidre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Gauntlett Smith, also known as “Clansman," 40, a citizen of Jamaica last residing in Hartford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to marijuana distribution and firearm offenses.
