News from December 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement on the Water Infrastructure Improvements Act for the Nation (WIIN) Act, a comprehensive water resources agreement set for consideration this week on the House.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Remains Identified as Rachael Madison. The FBI has confirmed that remains located by investigators in Tennessee on Friday, December 2 are that of Rachael Lynn Madison, who was last seen on Nov. 27, 2016 in Ormond-by-the-Sea, Florida. Jarvis Madison, Rachael Madison's estranged husband, is currently...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Two men from Columbus, Ohio were sentenced today for transporting stolen goods across state lines, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - After a five-day trial, a federal jury in Fresno found Justin Cole Whittington, 25, of Bakersfield, guilty of federal hate crimes for firing a shotgun while yelling racist slurs at a Latino man, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Reno, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), concluded a wild horse helicopter gather on the Owyhee Complex in Northern Nevada on Sunday, December 4th. The BLM gathered 1,832 wild horses across three Herd Management Areas (HMA) and outside in non-HMA locations near the complex. A total of 402 horses...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. -United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced today that Wilfredo Cuellar-Mejia, of El Salvador, has pleaded guilty to reentering the United States after having been deported previously.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Andrew N. Debolt, 33, of Shinnston, West Virginia, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: O'FALLON, Ill. - Federal investigators saw eight workers at risk of falls of more than 14 feet while re-roofing a commercial structure in O'Fallon in October 2016 because their employer failed to provide adequate fall protection.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former counselor at the federal prison in Lexington has pleaded guilty to smuggling tobacco into the prison in exchange for payments from inmates.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Michael Brian Taylor, 60, of Tehachapi, pleaded guilty today to bank robbery, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Marc T. Woodley, age 32, of Plattsburgh, New York, pled guilty today to illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Avalanche Network Dismantled in International Cyber Operation.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - Firefighters with the Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit plan to burn slash piles this winter on Bureau of Land Management-administered lands in Grand, Eagle and Summit counties.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Naturalist Programs at Tucson Mountain District (West District), 2700 N. Kinney Rd.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Chinese national has been sentenced in federal court to 3 years’ probation on his conviction of conspiracy, manufacturing of fraudulent passports, and mail and wire fraud in relation to a scheme involving the fraudulent taking of college entrance exams, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two Huntington dealers were sentenced today to federal prison for drug crimes, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Jerrell Leon Johnson, 53, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack. In a separate prosecution, Ashley Nicole Farley, 25, was sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Kenneth William Kirkland, 48, of California City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to four years and nine months in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms, being a felon in possession of a destructive device, being a felon in possession of explosives, and possession of a destructive device not registered in the National Firearms Registry, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Jerome Andre Kimble, age 32, of Ouray, Colorado, was arrested late last week on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and ATF Denver Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Ron Humphries announced. The defendant, who is considered a serious threat to law enforcement, was arrested at a Montrose fast food restaurant during the middle of the day.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2016
News Release: Vienna, Virginia- Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, the only national park dedicated to the performing arts, will hold three fairs regarding summer employment and volunteer opportunities for 2017 season. The fairs will be held on.
