News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: A Texas man was charged with fraud and obstruction of justice in an indictment unsealed today involving two investment companies that allegedly defrauded investors resulting in losses of approximately $900,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Leadership Transition at FBI Seattle. After 25 years of service to the FBI, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Frank Montoya, Jr., is retiring on Sept. 16, 2016. FBI Director James B. Comey has named Jay S. Tabb, Jr., as the next SAC of the FBI’s Seattle Division. Please see SAC Montoya’s biography for...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office has lifted the emergency closure of public lands located near the Hayden Pass Fire.
By State Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon joined House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) for a discussion on international issues in Los Angeles, California.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announces that the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction of Todd Karl Bramer who pled guilty on June 15, 2015, to one count of possession of firearms by a prohibited person. In his written guilty plea, Bramer admitted to knowingly possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: SILVER SPRING, Md. - The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore Field Division requested the activation of the ATF National Response Team (NRT) to assist and support the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) and the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) in the investigation of a fatal apartment fire that occurred at an apartment building in the 8700 block of Arliss Street in Silver Spring, Md.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Francisco Barcellos-Ramirez, 34, of Mexico, charging him with conspiring to manufacture and manufacturing marijuana, damaging public lands, and harming a police canine, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced several marijuana- related actions, including actions regarding scientific research and scheduling of marijuana, as well as principles on the cultivation of industrial hemp under the Agricultural Act of 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to commit several armed robberies at restaurants in the metropolitan area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to six years in prison and four years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws. He was also sentenced to a consecutive one year term of incarceration for violating the conditions of his supervised release, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Jaelyn Delshaun Young, 20, of Starkville, Mississippi, was sentenced today to serve 144 months in prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - An extraordinary group of VIPs (Volunteers-In-Parks) donated 7.9 million hours of service to the National Park Service in 2015. These 440,000 people performed an astonishing variety of tasks which enhanced both park operations and the visitor experience. This week, the National Park Service and National Park Foundation honored the recipients of the annual Hartzog Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Service at a ceremony in Washington, DC.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that William Lovell Smith, 48, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of receiving and possessing aa destructive device, that is, Molotov cocktails, was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 49 months by United States District Court...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Defendant’s drug distribution resulted in the death of her daughter.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: In support of cities' efforts to reduce energy waste and greenhouse gas emissions and increase the use of energy efficiency technologies, the Energy Department today selected three projects to help cities integrate energy analysis and data into their strategic decision making across all clean energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Emanuel L. Lutchman, 26, of Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to six years in prison and four years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws. He was also sentenced to a consecutive one year term of incarceration for violating the conditions of his supervised release, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A North Las Vegas man with a violent criminal history who robbed a Las Vegas convenience store and gas station with a long-barreled shotgun in the summer of 2011, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Andrew P. Gordon to 30 years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Harrisburg indicted Tyshawn Jones yesterday for possession with intent to distribute heroin and crack and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Special Events Across the U.S. Celebrate the National Park Service’s 100th Anniversary.
