News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Michael Wayne Wade, 30, of Boise pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to sex trafficking of children, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JOANNA MARY HARJO, age 62, of Konawa, Oklahoma, pled guilty to an Information charging her with THEFT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Justin Brouillette, 22, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court for his conviction on carjacking and firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Thomas G. Atteberry of the Phoenix Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Brandon Gregory Leal, 36, of Garland, Texas, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to serve a total of 360 months in federal prison following his guilty pleas in March and April 2016 to child pornography and firearms offenses as charged in two Northern District of Texas (NDTX) cases, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the NDTX.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Jorge Gonzalez, age 38, of Springdale, was sentenced today to 75 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay a $2400 fine on one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man has admitted that he distributed fentanyl, which caused the overdose death of a Fayette County woman who was several months pregnant.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CHAD LANDRY, age 45, of Houma, was sentenced today after having previously pled guilty to conspiring to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine, and unlawfully possessing a firearm in furtherance of his methamphetamine conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney G.F. “Pete" Peterman, III, announced that Victor Butler, age 59, of Columbus, Georgia, was sentenced on Aug. 16, 2016, in Columbus, Georgia, by the Honorable Clay D. Land, United States District Judge, to serve a total of 204 months (17 years) imprisonment, without parole, for bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today filed a complaint against the state of Mississippi, alleging that it violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA) by failing to provide adults with mental illness with necessary integrated, community-based...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Aug. 15, 2016, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Miranda Rentz, 41, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Red Valley, Ariz., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., for her conviction on involuntary manslaughter and assault charges. Rentz will serve an 84-month prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Launched today and run on NOAA’s powerful new Cray XC40 supercomputer, the National Water Model uses data from more than 8,000 U.S. Geological Survey gauges to simulate conditions for 2.7 million locations in the contiguous United States. The model generates hourly forecasts for the entire river network. Previously, NOAA was only able to forecast streamflow for 4,000 locations every few hours.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Hillis Bresee, Bresee Trucking Company Provided Advanced Notice of Mine Safety Inspections.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly adopt a second round of standards for medium and heavy-duty vehicles, the Energy Department is announcing up to $137 million...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Robbery of Bank of the West Branch in Albuquerque.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: A centerpiece of the office’s comprehensive approach to combatting the opioid epidemic, the initiative has resulted in important convictions in three local cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Steven Michael Hawley, 29, of Moorefield, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: CEDARVILLE, Calif. - Members of the Modoc-Washoe Experimental Stewardship Steering Committee will discuss a wide range of rangeland resource conservation topics, when they meet Thursday, Aug. 25, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Bureau of Land Management Surprise Field Station, 602 Cressler St., Cedarville. The meeting is open to the public.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: Las Vegas - The Bureau of Land Management has concluded the burro gather in Spring Mountain Ranch State Park as 42 burros have been gathered utilizing a bait and water trap method.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a New Effington, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Trafficking in Involuntary Servitude or Forced Labor was sentenced on Aug. 15, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
