News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This morning a U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Michael Ray Sepulveda, 38, of Silver City, N.M., with child exploitation and child pornography charges. Sepulveda remains in custody pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ A San Benito man has entered a guilty plea to falsely holding himself out as a Licensed Vocational Nurse, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. today sentenced Jonathan William Lauman (27, Clearwater) to eight years in federal prison for possessing and transporting child pornography. As part of his sentence, he was ordered to serve a 15-year term of supervision and register as a sex offender following his release from prison. The Court also ordered him to pay restitution to several victims. Lauman pleaded guilty in February 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEXANDER BERGEN, 23, of Danbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing more than $280,000 from individuals who invested in his internet business.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: A Summit County man was charged in federal court with possession with intent to distribute drugs after he was arrested with more than 24 pounds of cocaine, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: LAFAYETTE - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Lafayette man was sentenced Monday to 57 months in prison for stealing approximately $1.5 million from an insurance settlement his sister received while she was incapacitated.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management this week will begin the effort to gather up to 50 wild horses from the Sand Wash Herd Management Area in northwestern Colorado using a technique called bait-trapping.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: NOV 03 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Darryck Norris, 23, of Bridgeport, was arrested yesterday on a criminal complaint...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice and New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph Foster announced today that both the United States Attorney’s Office and the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office will staff voting inquiry and complaint lines at their respective offices throughout the day and evening on Election Day, November 8, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Edwin Hamel, 60, of Milford was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute bath salts and being a felon in possession of firearms. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 16, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Steve Coleman, 56, of Thoreau, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Coleman will be sentenced to 84 months in prison followed by not more than three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Harrisburg indicted Jerome King on Nov. 2, 2016, for possession of a short-barreled shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: An elected Trustee of Clinton Township was indicted by a grand jury yesterday on eight counts of bribery in exchange for corruptly influencing his decisions on township business, U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Edwin Hamel, 60, of Milford was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute bath salts and being a felon in possession of firearms. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 16, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man, Marcus Fulbright, 25, of Dallas, was sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to serve a total of 384 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea to felony offenses stemming from his armed robbery of two 7-Eleven stores in the Dallas area in 2013, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Salt Lake City - The holiday season is coming and thousands of people will be finding their trees on public lands this year. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah will begin selling non-commercial permits to cut pinyon pine, juniper, and fir holiday trees in November. Permits will be available at the following locations:.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in cooperation with the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), is accepting nominations for new members to serve on its agricultural trade advisory committees. Nominations received by Nov. 18, 2016, will be considered for the next round of appointments.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) today announced the release of updated regulations that govern private and state-owned oil and gas rights in the National Park System. The Record of Decision and Final Rule for regulating these limited oil and gas operations, called the 9B regulations, will be published in the Federal Register on Friday. The regulations were issued more than 37 years ago and had not been updated.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Harrisburg indicted Kevin Dwight Holland, age 23, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 2, 2016, on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
