News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: Ketchikan, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that, on March 24, 2016, a resident of Ketchikan was sentenced in federal court in Ketchikan for distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: Alaska Man Sentenced to 216 Months for Attempting to Sexually Exploit Children in Cambodia.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Building on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) ongoing efforts to modernize the grid and accelerate the deployment of renewable energy, today U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz announced that DOE will participate in the development of the Plains & Eastern Clean Line Project (Clean Line), a major clean energy infrastructure project.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexandra F. Foster (619) 546-6735.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - The last two defendants of a drug ring responsible for transporting heroin from Texas to Memphis for mass distribution have pleaded guilty. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the pleas today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: President of Miami-Based Transportation Company Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Role in $70 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Joseph Cecil, aka “Kevin Dupree," 53, of Sacramento, California, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Cecil pleaded guilty on Dec. 22, 2015, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin and conspiracy to launder money. His co-conspirator, Stacy Johnson also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder money and awaits sentencing on May 31, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on March 24, 2016, Kong Vang (age: 21) of Appleton, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison by Chief United States District Judge William C. Griesbach. Vang previously entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - The last two defendants of a drug ring responsible for transporting heroin from Texas to Memphis for mass distribution have pleaded guilty. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the pleas today.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today released an updated list of pilot, air traffic controller and citizen reports of possible encounters with unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The latest report covers Aug. 22, 2015 through Jan. 31, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - David G. Martin, 29, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court to a theft of mail charge.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: DURANGO, Colo. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a draft environmental assessment for the Lake Nighthorse Recreation Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: An Otsego man was sentenced today to 121 months in prison for possession of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger of the District of Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on March 24, 2016, Kong Vang (age: 21) of Appleton, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison by Chief United States District Judge William C. Griesbach. Vang previously entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that James Campbell, 55, of Swanton, Vermont, was indicted on March 24, 2016 by a federal grand jury for possession of child pornography involving minors under the age of 12. Campbell’s arraignment is scheduled for March 29, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: Tennessee: There will be a hemlock treatment workshop for all interested persons on Saturday, April 9, 2016. Participants should meet at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern) at the Morgan County Visitor Center at the junction of Highways 62 and 27 in Wartburg, Tennessee for registration and initial instruction. The event will focus on cleaning up and preserving the spectacular beauty of the area around Potters Falls and along Crooked Fork Creek.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Terrence Mullen, age 41, of Boonton, New Jersey, today to 63 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for interstate transportation of property taken by fraud. Judge Grimm also entered an order that Mullen forfeit and pay restitution of $414,682.89.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Leonaldo Harris, age 34, of Columbia, Maryland today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute between 1,000 and 3,000 kilograms of marijuana. Judge Grimm also ordered Harris to pay a money judgment of $2 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Anchorage man was sentenced Thursday for attempting to sexually exploit children in Cambodia over the course of four years and attempting to arrange a child sex tourism trip for himself and others to Cambodia.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2016
News Release: Haines- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Glennallen Field Office today published a scoping summary report for Constantine Metal Resources LTD's (Constantine) proposed plan to extend an exploration access road to Federal mining claims located near Haines, Alaska.
