News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A fourth defendant has pleaded guilty in the first criminal enforcement of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act in the Southern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) announcement that it will distribute over $47.5 million to the state of Alaska to promote access for sportsmen and women, state conservation efforts, and economic opportunities in the outdoor recreation industry.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office is seeking public comment on a proposal for a transfer of interest from the City of Las Vegas to the Opportunity Village and a change of use from a park site to a park, unemployment resource center, and an arts enrichment center with...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A previously convicted felon was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for being in possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Ohio Woman had been missing since 2005.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry today urging him to work with national governments and the international community to investigate and prosecute those perpetrating violence against human rights, indigenous rights and environmental...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Columbia, SC - United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated that former Richland County Sheriff’s Deputy Maribel Crespo, age 40, of Columbia, South Carolina, entered a guilty plea to presenting false claims to the United States in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 287. According to information...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Following a five-day trial, a federal jury in Boston convicted a financial planner of attempting to hire an individual to murder a Massachusetts State Police Trooper and another individual who were witnesses in his state trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: On March 3, 2016, Brian T. Lane, a/k/a Squirrel, 32, of Coulterville, was sentenced on a methamphetamine offense, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II today announced that Belcon Enterprises, formerly Roof Systems of Maine (“Belcon"), has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the United States in which it will pay $439,500 to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Donald Henry Dugan, 55, of Nevada City, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: PRINEVILLE, Ore. - On March 8 the Bureau of Reclamation will start a drilling program to collect soil samples at Ochoco Dam. Reclamation drill crews will be working near the toe of the dam's downstream face. Soil samples will be collected from the embankment and foundation at ten drill sites to refine existing Ochoco Dam studies for seismic stability.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Former North Country Resident Sentenced to a Two-Year Term of Probation.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service's Southeast Utah Group (Arches and Canyonlands national parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges national monuments) is pleased to announce Madeline Logowitz has been selected as the 2016 Community Artist in the Parks (CAIP).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management's Kremmling Field Office is seeking public comment on 18 commercial special recreation permit applications for the Upper Colorado River corridor.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Winnemucca, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca District, Humboldt River Field Office (HRFO), is seeking public input as it initiates an Environmental Assessment for the Blue Wing Complex. As part of the scoping process, the HRFO is hosting a Public Scoping Tour of the Blue Wing Complex...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: In El Paso today, 35-year-old David Aaron Diaz was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for receipt and distribution of child pornography announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez, El Paso Division.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Winnemucca, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is asking for public comment on possible issues associated with the approval of the expansion of the Marigold Mine between Winnemucca and Battle Mountain. The BLM Winnemucca District (WD), Humboldt River Field Office, published a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzing the potential environmental effects of approving the project in the Federal Register on March 4th, 2016.
