News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA -Patrick Shawn Kelley, 54, of Panama City Beach, has pled guilty to two counts of tax evasion. The plea was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: DETROIT - DEA reprises this weekend one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday, October 22nd, 2016, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their unused, unwanted prescription medications at one of 4,700 collection sites nationwide, and over 235 sites in Michigan, operated by 3,800 local law enforcement agencies and other community partners. The service is free of charge, no questions asked.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, is reminding New Jersey residents that on Saturday, October 22nd from 10 am - 2 pm, the DEA and its law enforcement partners will be holding the12th National Prescription Drug Take-Back.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ -Fire managers at Grand Canyon National Park anticipate initiating two prescribed burns on the North Rim this week as weather and fuel moisture conditions allow.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gill Parker Payne, 37, of Gastonia, North Carolina, was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque for using force or the threat of force to intentionally obstruct a Muslim woman in the free exercise of her religious beliefs. Payne was sentenced to a year of probation, which will include two months of home detention, and was ordered to pay a $1000.00 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Two former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) task force officers were charged in a superseding indictment unsealed today with drug conspiracy, weapons offenses, robbery, obstruction of justice and falsification of records in federal investigations.
By State Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
Release: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. As members of the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, we would like to express our profound gratitude to every survivor who has worked publicly and behind the scenes to ensure that survivors receive a platform such as this. In particular, we would like to thank the survivors...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today released highlights of the Committee’s legislative record and accomplishments of the 114th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced George Jack Smith, age 29, of Burtonsville, Maryland, today to 22 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute phencyclidine (PCP), illegal possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon; and using, carrying and discharging a weapon in connection with drug trafficking. A federal jury convicted Smith of those charges on December 7, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - United States Attorney Daniel G. Bogden announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Carla Higginbotham will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: (CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Charlotte District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 12th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Donte Powell, a/k/a "Rain," age 29, of Washington, D.C. and Columbia, Maryland, on Oct. 14, 2016, to 11 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for robbery, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: The 2016 elk reduction program begins Saturday, October 22 in Grand Teton National Park. Authorized through the park's enabling legislation of 1950, the program allows for the proper management and conservation of the Jackson Elk Herd.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former guard at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth was sentenced to two years on probation Monday for taking bribes, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. In addition, he was ordered to serve six months home confinement and pay $4,800 in fines.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: FBI, Partners Complete Operation Cross Country X.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: Jedediah Stout, 32, of Joplin, Missouri, was sentenced today in the Western District of Missouri to 63 months in prison for setting fire to the Islamic Society of Joplin mosque as well as for two attempted arsons of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Joplin, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson of the Western District of Missouri.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Interagency Task Force on Natural Gas Storage Safety, established in the wake of last year’s massive natural gas leak at California’s Aliso Canyon site, issued a new report intended to help reduce the risk of future such incidents. The report chronicles lessons learned from the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon announced that Assistant United States Attorneys Ava Dustin and Ann Rowland will lead the efforts of her office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Two men were sentenced in federal court today on methamphetamine charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2016
News Release: DAYTON - Josue Morales-Medina, 41, of Mexico was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 108 months in prison for his role in trafficking heroin laced with fentanyl in the Miami Valley.
