News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - Two men who admitted breaking into pharmacies and stealing controlled substances, Marcus Christopher Hargrove, Jr., and Kirkston Bernard Smith, each age 24, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - U.S. Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that the Southern District of Indiana collected $7,707,955.00 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2016. Of this amount, $4,975,067.00 was collected in criminal actions and $2,732,888.00 was collected in civil actions.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: Boise, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has extended the public comment period for the proposed Tri-state Fuels Break Project through Feb. 3, 2017. This was done to accommodate public involvement around the holiday season.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - An Oklahoma man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for producing sexually explicit images of children with whom he communicated online.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: HEADQUARTERS, TUPELO, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway) presented federal service awards to Maintenance Mechanic’s George McBride (45 years) and Forrest McCrary (40 years).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Kevin R. Griffin, 43, of Alford, Florida, pled guilty yesterday to bank fraud. The plea was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that 10 Kansas City, Mo.-area defendants have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute at least 100 pounds of methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: DEC. 16, 2016 - The U.S. Census Bureau today released data from the 2015 Annual Survey of Manufactures.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Cowey Edsitty, 32, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the federal firearms laws.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: At the 2016 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Program Review held Nov. 14-17 in Denver, Colorado, Indian tribes from across the country reported on how they are using Office of Indian Energy grant funding to advance their energy efficiency and renewable energy projects and pursue their energy visions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An investment manager with an office in Middletown, New Jersey, will appear in federal court today to face charges that he fraudulently concealed investment losses and diverted at least $5.3 million in investor money for his personal use, U.S Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service Southeast Utah Group is pleased to announce Anthony Lott as the 2017 Community Artist in the Parks (CAIP). This is the first time the program will feature an artist residing in San Juan County, and focus on the southern parks of the group.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: OXFORD, MS - A member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Mississippi (ABM) gang was sentenced to life in prison for his participation in a variety of violent criminal acts, including racketeering conspiracy, murder, kidnapping, conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute and other related offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that 10 Kansas City, Mo.-area defendants have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute at least 100 pounds of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: DEC 16 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Daniel Gamero, 24, of Hartford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to heroin distribution and firearm possession offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: Come view the new temporary exhibit at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, “Escape from the Present into the Past," to view how teens related to an escape from their normal summer routine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Raymond Joseph Pruneau, 52, of Boise Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 97 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered that Pruneau serve five years of supervised release and to forfeit $100,000 in drug proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles announced today that Mehul Chandubhai Patel, a/k/a “Mike Patel," 31, of Battle Creek, Michigan, appeared in federal district court today to be arraigned on charges that stem from false statements he made to the Department of Labor during an investigation into violations of the minimum wage law.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: SAN ANGELO, Texas - This afternoon, Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings sentenced seven defendants who were convicted earlier this year on various charges stemming from their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in San Angelo, Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that the former owner and CEO of Cornerstone Homes, David Fleet, 52, of Corning, NY, who was convicted of mail fraud, was sentenced to three years probation and 100 hours of community service by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The defendant was also ordered to pay approximately $88,000 in restitution to his victims.
