News from July 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday the Secretary of the Interior presented the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with three 2016 Federal Customer Service Awards. The awards recognized the Recreation Mapping Project, work by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) and Larry R. Primosch for their outstanding professionalism and public service.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday the Secretary of the Interior presented the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with three 2016 Federal Customer Service Awards. The awards recognized the Recreation Mapping Project, work by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) and Larry R. Primosch for their outstanding...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced AVIN MARSALIS BROWN, 23, of Raleigh and AKBA JIHAD JORDAN, 23, also of Raleigh. BROWN was sentenced to 92 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release, and JORDAN was sentenced to 108 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Real estate agent Christopher A. Kwegan, age 59, of Randallstown, Maryland pleaded guilty today to charges arising from the fraudulent purchase of a Baltimore City property using fraudulent loan documentation and a straw purchaser.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 26, of Sterling, a former member of the Army National Guard, was arrested on July 3 for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Jalloh will make his initial appearance here today at 2 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge John F. Anderson.
By State Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks in the United States House of Representatives in support of the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016 (H.R.3766 )...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Summerhill, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court in Johnstown to three years’ probation and ordered to pay a fine in the amount of $1,000 on her conviction of theft of mail by a postal employee, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: BOISE, ID - New rules at the Cove Recreation Site located along C.J. Strike Reservoir in Owyhee County that will improve public health and safety, protect resources and enhance visitor experiences will take effect on August 4, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: In an effort to protect native cutthroat trout from hybridization and competition with non-native fish, North Cascades National Park Service Complex (NOCA) will conduct intensive fish and habitat surveys to determine the best options for the removal of non-native rainbow and rainbow/cutthroat hybrid...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Anchorage resident Antonio D. Washington, 56, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Anchorage to 162 months in federal prison for his conviction for distributing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A citizen of El Salvador pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of re-entry of an illegal alien, and was sentenced thereon to four months in prison and was ordered to be placed in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, for deportation, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Anchorage resident Antonio D. Washington, 56, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Anchorage to 162 months in federal prison for his conviction for distributing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced today Miguel Rodriguez-Ramirez, 45, of Puerto Rico, to 18 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release for bribery of a public official, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Gomez ordered Rodriguez-Ramirez to pay a $100 special assessment, perform 300 hours of community service, and forfeit the $12,080.00 used to bribe the public official.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: Scheme Involved Program Meant to Aid Small, Disadvantaged Businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two former elected members of the School Board of Donna and a private citizen who served as a middleman were sentenced today for accepting bribes in connection with a services contract held by the Donna Independent School District (DISD), announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who participated in a heroin distribution conspiracy in 2012 and 2013 was sentenced today to three and a half years in federal prison, announced Acting United States Attorney Carol Casto. Edwin G. Simpson, 45, previously pleaded guilty to maintaining a residence for the purpose of distributing and using heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two former elected members of the School Board of Donna and a private citizen who served as a middleman were sentenced today for accepting bribes in connection with a services contract held by the Donna Independent School District (DISD), announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: The newest lava from Kīlauea volcano is drawing visitors to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, as flows from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō vent in the remote east rift zone stream down the Pulama Pali, spread onto the coastal lava plain and slowly advance towards the Pacific Ocean.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 5, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Shantelle P. Kitchen, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), announced that CHRISTOPHER AHERN pled guilty today to a 13-count Information, charging him with preparing...
