News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: A man who robbed the F&M Bank in Monticello on July 29, 2016, pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Man sentenced for felony theft from Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Dania Ramos, 41, formerly of Linconton, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David C. Keesler today and pleaded guilty to failing to report to federal prison and contempt of court, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that on November 9, 2016, Lecelle Theresa Montgomery of Bluffton, South Carolina, was charged in a 10 count Indictment with Bank Fraud (5 counts), a violation of 18 U.S.C. §1344, and Wire Fraud (5 counts), a violation of 18 U.S.C. §1343.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A former attorney was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a scheme to defraud a veteran.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Harold Jones, 23, of Utica, New York, pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Early last week, the FBI released its annual statistics on hate crimes in the U.S. The report showed a 67 percent increase in hate crimes committed against Muslim Americans in 2015 as well as increases in hate crimes against members of the Jewish, African American, and LGBT communities. Overall, the number of hate crimes reported nationwide increased six percent - a number that does not account for the many hate crimes that go unreported out of shame or fear.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact that will allow for the construction of an off-channel pond with coarse woody debris structures and associated vegetation in the floodplain of lower French Creek, a key tributary in the Scott River watershed in Siskiyou County, Calif. The project will improve habitat for juvenile coho salmon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Winchester, Ky., man has admitted to conspiring to hack into a website dedicated to athletics at an Ohio high school, and using the site to defame the website owner and threaten and intimidate other people.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: BOISE - James Brett John, 30, of Kuna, Idaho, was sentenced today to 92 months in prison for the possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. John was indicted by a federal grand jury on May 10, 2016. He pleaded guilty to the charge on Sept. 13, 2016. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced John to 8 years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Early last week, the FBI released its annual statistics on hate crimes in the U.S. The report showed a 67 percent increase in hate crimes committed against Muslim Americans in 2015 as well as increases in hate crimes against members of the Jewish, African American, and LGBT communities. Overall, the number of hate crimes reported nationwide increased six percent - a number that does not account for the many hate crimes that go unreported out of shame or fear.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: FBI and Albuquerque Fire Department Seek Public's Assistance in Fire Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Arnold Hanson, 66, of Nashua, New Hampshire, was sentenced by Chief Judge Christina Reiss yesterday based on his conviction for conspiracy to make false statements to a financial institution. Chief Judge Reiss sentenced...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today criticized the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for finalizing a new, revised mitigation policy that will make development more difficult and more expensive throughout the nation, including in Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Parker S. Sikand, age 24, of Ballston Spa, New York, pled guilty today to distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A multi-million dollar fentanyl smuggling and distribution organization was dismantled in a Salt Lake City law enforcement operation Tuesday following an investigation initiated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOL Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Dollar General, doing business as Dollar General Store #13229
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Massachusetts man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston for hacking into and damaging the computer networks of his former employer and three of his former clients.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: MADRAS, OR - The Bureau of Reclamation is closing West Shore and South Shore recreation sites at Haystack Reservoir for the winter season beginning Dec. 1. Haystack Reservoir is located about 10 miles south of Madras.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2016
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza today sentenced Fredy Herney Nieto-Marin (37, Revere, Massachusetts) to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute heroin. Because Nieto-Marin (a Columbian citizen) is an illegal alien, he is subject to deportation after serving his prison term. Nieto-Marin pleaded guilty on Jan. 19, 2016.
