News from August 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 80 months in prison, to be followed by a term of five years’ supervised release, on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute powder cocaine and crack cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Abudullah Almashwali, 31, a Yemeni national residing in Brooklyn, New York, and Chaudhry Ahmad Farooq, 24, a Pakistani national residing in Brooklyn, New York, were indicted today on charges of distributing heroin and cocaine, and conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Almashwali and Farooq were arrested on Aug. 2, 2016 in Brooklyn, New York, and are awaiting transfer to the Eastern District of California.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Bayfield, WI - A young man tragically died on August 10th, when currents pulled him into deep water off of Stockton Island, Julian Bay. There were heavy seas from the northeast and a small craft advisory at the time.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KYLE VALENTINE, 25, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert A. Richardson in Hartford to a federal carjacking offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California -The United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) has arrested six Inland Empire residents who are charged in indictments that allege federal crimes related to mail theft. The six arrested over the past two weeks are among 11 defendants who have been charged by a federal grand jury as the result of an operation in which Postal Inspectors recovered approximately 1,167 pieces of stolen mail.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $12.8 million contract on July 22 to Condon-Johnson & Associates, Inc., based in Kent, Washington. The construction work involves building a secant or concrete shaft adjacent to the Cle Elum Dam, located 75 miles northwest of Yakima, Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Trina Washington Named Special Agent in Charge of Administrative Branch for Washington Field Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Salem, Ore.- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing fee changes at the Alsea Falls Recreation Area and Fishermen’s Bend Campground, as well as recreation sites within the Little North Fork Area, Sandy River Basin, and Molalla and Quartzville River Corridors. The District is also proposing a new recreation pass that could be used at day-use sites. The BLM is seeking input on these changes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Miguel Gutierrez, 42, of Bernville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to nine months in prison, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $7,122.86 and a fine of $4,000, pursuant to his prior guilty plea to three counts of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The defendant...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: U.S. trade partners will need to show that killing or injuring marine mammals incidental to fishing activities, or bycatch, in their export fisheries do not exceed U.S. standards.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: 22 Defendants Charged in Ongoing Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Texas Man Charged with Running Fraudulent Investment Companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: AUG 11 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Division and United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced that Alkis Nakos, 37, of Manchester was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after a jury convicted him on drug conspiracy and continuing criminal enterprise charges last August. The sentence was the statutory mandatory minimum applicable to Nakos.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Contact: Ashley Nottingham. Women's Rights National Historical Park. Celebrates the 100th Birthday of the National Park Service. Seneca Falls, NY- The National Park Service is turning 100 years old on August 25 and Women's Rights National Historical Park invites everyone to join the party. Birthday...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: One apprehended this week in Mexico, four arrested in June in Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against New Mexico State University Alleging Discrimination in Pay Against Female Coach.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: In Midland, a federal grand jury indicted Juan Alfonso Gonzalez Camacho for his role in a scheme that resulted in the issuance of fraudulent Income Tax return refunds announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge William Cotter.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: Mario Clinton Conspired with Others to Cash Stolen or Altered Checks.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H.- Emily Gray Rice, United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, announced that Derek Potocki, 31, previously of Manchester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty before Senior United States District Judge Steven J. McAuliffe to an Indictment charging him with one count of aiding and abetting bank robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2113(a) and 2.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 11, 2016
News Release: In celebration of the National Park Service's one-hundredth birthday on Aug. 25, parks across the country are waiving entrance fees from Thursday, August 25 through Sunday,August 28. Public programs and activities are also scheduled throughout the month.
