News from February 2016
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: TULE SPRINGS ADVISORY COUNCIL ESTABLISHED. LAS VEGAS -The U.S. Secretary of the Interior has appointed 10 community members to the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Advisory Council. The council will provide the Secretary of the Interior guidance for the management of the monument, including...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Allen Norton, 45, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Ramah, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 78 months in prison for his voluntary manslaughter conviction. He will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 101,600 metric tons of corn for delivery to Japan during the 2015/2016 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Cherie R. Dillon, 60, of Fruitland, Idaho, made an initial appearance yesterday on charges of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Dillon was indicted on February 9, 2016, by a federal grand jury in Boise.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Michelle M. Borzillo, 59, of Bristow, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for defrauding Wells Fargo Bank in connection with the sham short sale of her home to her live-in boyfriend. She was also ordered to pay $288,497 in restitution and to forfeit the proceeds of her offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: Ohio Man Sentenced to 108 Months in Prison for Money Laundering in Connection with Costa Rica-Based Telemarketing Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: Three Family Members Receive Life Sentences for Courthouse Murder Conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, representatives from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Sacramento State joined hundreds of high school students, partner agencies and organizations for the fourth annual Youth Summit - Lead the Way Outdoors.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today invited Federal Bureau of Investigations Director James Comey and Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to appear before the committee to discuss the issues surrounding encryption - specifically when privacy and national security issues are raised.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces that no successful bids were received in response to a business opportunity (Prospectus) for the development and
By EPA Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today invited Federal Bureau of Investigations Director James Comey and Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook to appear before the committee to discuss the issues surrounding encryption - specifically when privacy and national security issues are raised.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Smithfield, North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to one count of a dual object conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit theft of public money, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney John Stuart Bruce of the Eastern District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Eric Noe Araujo Flores, aka Eric Araujo Orellano, 34, a citizen of El Salvador who lives in Ashburn, was convicted today by a federal jury on charges of sex trafficking of a child, foreign travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and harboring an alien for an immoral purpose, and coercion and enticement.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), has scheduled a hearing for Friday, Feb. 26, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Disrupter Series: 3D Printing."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin R. Feldis announced today that a Wasilla woman was indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage for presenting false claims for federal grant funds to the United States Department of Agriculture.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Treiu Thuy Duong, age 37, of Sarasota, Florida, and Maura Kathio, age 27, of Yatesville, Pennsylvania, were sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion in Scranton, for drug related offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: Case involves funds which were supposed to be used for law enforcement operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A Southwick man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Springfield, MA in connection with distributing marijuana. Connor Cipolla, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana involving between 100 and 400 kilograms of marijuana. U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni scheduled sentencing for May 26, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announced today that Clement Ashford Reeves, Jr. (73, Yulee) has been charged by indictment with receiving child pornography over the Internet. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison and a potential life term of supervision. Reeves was arrested at his residence on Feb. 16, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2016
News Release: TUCSON- Yesterday, Johnny G. Acosta, 38, of Douglas, Ariz., was sentenced to eight years in prison by U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson. Acosta was previously employed as a United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officer at the Douglas, Ariz. Port of Entry, where he began working in 2008. Acosta previously pleaded guilty to felony charges of conspiracy to import more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and accepting bribes as a public official.
