News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Harry Potter Bandit in Custody. Investigators believe that the bank robber nicknamed the Harry Potter Bandit is in custody. Caleb Andrew Dierlam, 20, will appear in federal court in Seattle at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 20. On Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, a joint team of federal and local law enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Mark Cook, age 38, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on a superseding indictment charging additional counts of sex trafficking and attempted sex trafficking by force and coercion, a drug conspiracy count, and a wire fraud charge.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service has selected a photograph by John Kaznecki of South Thomaston, Maine, as the winner of Acadia National Park’s 2017 annual entrance pass contest. The photograph portrays Hadlock Brook just downstream from the Hemlock Bridge on the Around-Mountain carriage road in Acadia National...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jimmy Alex Barela, Jr., 38, of Las Cruces, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to methamphetamine and heroin trafficking charges. The guilty plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette’s announcement of criminal charges against state-appointed Emergency Managers Darnell Earley and Gerald Ambrose, Public Works Director Howard Croft, and Utilities Administrator Daugherty Johnson in connection with his ongoing investigation into the Flint water crisis...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Aurelio Cervantes, 53, of Elkhart, Indiana was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: The holiday season is a great time to visit Rocky Mountain National Park. In addition to beautiful scenery, wildlife viewing and a variety of winter recreational activities to do on your own, fun activities with park rangers are also offered. Rocky Mountain National Park has a calendar full of fun family activities for the holidays.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: DEC. 20, 2016 - Provides quarterly estimates of state and local government tax revenue at a national level, as well as detailed tax revenue data for individual states. This report produces three tables: Tables 1 and 2 include income and sales data, and Table 3 provides tax collections by state. Internet address: www.census.gov/govs/qtax/.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 37-year-old resident of Sugar Land has entered a guilty plea to aiding and abetting an unlicensed money transmitting business, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Houston Division, Special Agent in Charge, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: TUPELO, MS: A traveler advisory is in effect for a large portion of north Mississippi and the southern sections of west Tennessee from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 am Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. Freezing fog has developed, and the below freezing temperatures during the early morning hours could cause some slick road conditions especially on elevated surfaces.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: FBI Searches for Serial Bank Robber.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: (LEWISTOWN, Mont.) - A double rainbow signaled the start of their day and a cloud was placed above them as a covering to soften the Sun’s bright beaming. The convoy of Bureau of Land Management equipment and public servants were on a mission to plant sagebrush in Petroleum County, Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for producing and distributing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking letters of interest from eligible non-federal entities interested in participating in a new basin study. A short letter of interest is due to the respective regional office by Jan. 20, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Irfan Demirtas, 58, a dual Dutch-Turkish citizen, was sentenced today to 88 months in prison after earlier pleading guilty to providing material support to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Bronx, New York, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for driving to Clifton, New Jersey, to pick up a suitcase filled with 22 kilograms of heroin, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - On Dec. 19, 2016, District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced three defendants for a money laundering conspiracy that operated from Los Angeles, California to St. Thomas, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Demincia Dore, 31, of St. Thomas, was sentenced to eight...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Many Victims Were from Upstate New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
