News from December 2016
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Carson City, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Sierra Front Field Office has prepared a draft Pine Nut Mountains Herd Management Area Plan (HMAP), for the Pine Nut Mountains Herd Management Area (HMA) which is located south of Dayton and east of Carson City, Nevada. Public comments on this draft plan will be accepted through Jan. 22, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JUAN CRUZ, 38, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for committing six bank robberies in Connecticut and New York last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Tyler C. Amon, Special Agent in Charge of EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division in New England, Patricia Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Connecticut, Thomas Muskett, Special Agent in...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Brady, Roskam Send Letter Expressing Concern over Continued IRS Targeting of Pro-Israel Groups.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Angel Catalino Ivostraza-Torres, 53, of North Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 204 months in federal prison in connection with an undercover investigation conducted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. Ivostraza-Torres pleaded guilty on Aug. 11, 2016, to attempted possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - Bureau of Land Management (BLM) law enforcement officers will be conducting driving under the influence (DUI) and registration checkpoints at several locations within Imperial County from Dec. 29 through Jan. 2 between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: MOLINE, Ill. - Under terms of a settlement agreement, a pipefitter previously employed by John Deere will receive a total of $204,315 in back wages and "front pay" and $70,685 in other damages.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Billy J. Williams, United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, announced today that the District of Oregon collected $19.1 million in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2016. Of this amount, $7.5 million was collected in criminal actions and $11.5 million was collected in civil actions.
By State Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement regarding the confirmation process for Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JUAN CRUZ, 38, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for committing six bank robberies in Connecticut and New York last year.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: On Dec. 15, 2016, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced more than $350,000 in funding to engage youth and veterans in hands-on conservation projects in public lands. The Texas Conservation Corps will receive $39,000 of these funds to work within Big Bend National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Troy A. Smith, 45, of Jonesboro, and Jeremiah Lee Jae Sadler, a/k/a "Jeremiah L. Sadler," 37, of Marion, were recently sentenced to federal prison on methamphetamine charges, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two men were charged in federal court today with illegally possessing a firearm following a head-on collision with a police vehicle in a Quik Trip parking lot while attempting to flee from officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against John Brewer, 47, of San Francisco; Brent Vinch, 47, of Manorville, New York; and Loraine Dixon, 55, of Granite Bay, charging them with a bid-rigging conspiracy involving state contracts, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE - David A. Skally, 57, of Providence, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence on Tuesday to possession & access with the intent to view child pornography, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha; Matthew J. Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) for New England; and Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Joseph Seymour, 38, of West Warwick, made an initial appearance in federal court in Providence on Wednesday charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. It is alleged that Seymour stored more than 8,000 images of child pornography on a digital storage device which he mailed via a commercial courier.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged Richard Jay Sharp, 53, previously of Fairfield, Ohio, with one count of production and two counts of possession of child pornography in an indictment returned in Cincinnati.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Carson City, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Sierra Front Field Office has prepared a draft Pine Nut Mountains Herd Management Area Plan (HMAP), for the Pine Nut Mountains Herd Management Area (HMA) which is located south of Dayton and east of Carson City, Nevada. Public comments on this draft plan will be accepted through Jan. 22, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: A Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested yesterday for his role in an identity theft scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 22, 2016
News Release: Brady Statement on the Administration’s Departure From Medicare Experiment.
