News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Matthew Martinez, 38, of Espanola, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 70 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on a heroin trafficking charge. Martinez also was ordered to pay $500 in community restitution and to pay a $2,000 money judgment to the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has announced that Greg Wolfgang, an outdoor recreation planner currently based in Colorado, has been hired as the new manager for the King Range National Conservation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - This afternoon, 45-year-old Mexican National Mauricio Sanchez-Garza made his initial appearance in federal court following his extradition from Mexico yesterday. Sanchez is charged by two federal grand jury indictments in the Western District of Texas with laundering drug distribution
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: As Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) says, the proof is in the pudding. And the benefits of lifting the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports are already unmistakable.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Yesterday evening, a federal jury convicted Lewis Jones III, 36, Larry Bernard Gilmore, 43, and Michael Bernard Gilmore, 46, all of Atlanta, GA, of conspiracy, interfering with commerce by robbery, and using a firearm during a crime of violence. Co-conspirator Abigail Lee Kemp, 25, of Smyrna, GA, pled guilty on July 11. The verdicts and guilty plea were announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: ALICIA A.G. LIMTIACO, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), announced that on July 25, 2016, Defendant FRANKLIN JOHN SALAS was sentenced by the Honorable Frances Tydingco-Gatewood, Chief Judge, District Court of Guam. Defendant was sentenced to serve 108 months incarceration followed by three years of supervised release, with credit for time served.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Christina Ann Traylor, 27, of San Bernardino, California, pleaded guilty today to charges of sex trafficking a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: EVANSVILLE - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler, announced today the sentencing of a former Castle High School employee responsible for embezzling large amounts of cash and checks that were to be used for extra-curricular activities. Rebecca A. McKee, 61, Newburgh, was sentenced to one year and one day imprisonment by U.S. District Chief Judge Richard L. Young following her plea of guilty to three counts of theft from programs receiving federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joseph Baldonado, 30, of Los Lunas, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 60 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) was sentenced today to 10 months in federal prison for accepting thousands of dollars in bribes from a Korean businessman.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, N.C. -The National Park Service is reminding Cape Lookout visitors to be mindful of swimming hazards following the drowning of a 35-year-old man on Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: State Street Bank to Pay $382 Million to Settle Allegations of Fraudulent Foreign Currency Exchange Practices.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today sent letters to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Medicare and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: HAMMOND - United States Attorney David Capp announced federal racketeering charges against 9 additional members of the Latin Kings, a criminal enterprise doing business in Chicago and northwest Indiana. Named in this indictment are.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: As Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) says, the proof is in the pudding. And the benefits of lifting the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports are already unmistakable.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Excell Prod. Inc. satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Jose Castillo (619) 546-6745 and Stephen Wong (619) 546-9464.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - William Tillman, 50, of Annapolis, Maryland was sentenced to 21 months in prison for heroin distribution, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary; and Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, today underscored ...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2016
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) today sent letters to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Medicare and...
