News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Two brothers were indicted for conspiring to bring large amounts of heroin and fentanyl to Northeast Ohio from Connecticut, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Land Management presented its prestigious "Making a Difference" National Volunteer Awards for outstanding volunteer service in 2015 on BLM-managed lands in a national videoconference on Thursday, June 2. Top BLM leaders recognized the award winners via live videoconference.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have announced approximately $2 million in federally funded financial assistance for the first phase of cost-shared projects aimed to achieve small-scale production of salable rare earth elements (REEs) from domestic sources of pre-combustion coal and coal by-products.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Monticello, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Monticello Field Office (MtFO) is seeking public input for a proposal to issue or renew several Special Recreation Permits (SRPs) to provide guided commercial 4-wheel drive vehicle events on BLM designated motorized routes including Arch Canyon, Hotel Rock, Hole in the Rock, Wooden Shoe and Jacob’s Chair routes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Linda Patricia Thompson, 59, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on Oct. 12, 2016, for bank robbery. Thompson was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She received 72 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment. This case was investigated by the Cheyenne Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Two brothers were indicted for conspiring to bring large amounts of heroin and fentanyl to Northeast Ohio from Connecticut, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Keith Tostevin, 52, of Breinigsville, Pennslyvania was charged today by Information1 with the transportation and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that KEVIN GONZALES, age 25, of Houston, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute over one kilogram of heroin. GONZALES is facing not less than 10 years and a maximum of life imprisonment, as well as a possible fine of up to $10,000,000. U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier will sentence GONZALES on Jan. 12, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Tana Stimpson, 51, of Paul, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to misdemeanor theft of postal service property, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Matthew Simineri, age 21 of Bangor, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Indictment1 with one count of Enticement of a Minor to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, four counts of Manufacturing Child Pornography, four counts of Receipt of Child Pornography, and one count of Transfer of Obscene Material to a Minor, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The charges arose out of the defendant’s online communications with a 9-year old autistic girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Yesterday, a Martin County resident was convicted of violating the conditions of his bail bond, after he failed to appear for sentencing on federal charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Cruz Flechita Ramon Soto, 34, of Plummer, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday for aggravated assault and use of a firearm in a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Soto was sentenced to 180 months in prison followed by five years supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Soto to pay restitution in an amount to be determined later. Soto pleaded guilty on July 29, 2016.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Employer Name: PPG Industries. 3150 Pete Manena Road. Westlake, Louisiana. Citations Issued: Oct. 11, 2016. Investigation Findings: Inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Baton Rouge Area Office issued citations for nine serious and two other violations...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A group of bicameral Republican health care leaders are pointing to a new legal opinion issued on Obamacare’s controversial reinsurance program. The leaders urged the Comptroller General of the United States this spring to publish a legal opinion on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Oct. 4, 2016, a federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a 13-count superseding indictment against Sylvia Hofstetter, 52, of Knoxville, Tenn.; Richard Larson, 80, of Dandridge, Tenn.; Alan Pecorella, 67, of West Orange, N.J.; Theodore McCrary, 69, of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Courtney Newman...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Former firearms and ammunition dealers pled guilty today to National Firearms Act charges, for their unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a report Thursday highlighting the committee’s work this Congress. The report, “Highlights of Activities of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Interim...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), George P. Beach II, the Superintendent of the New York State Police (“NYSP"), Adrian H. Anderson, Sheriff of Dutchess County, and Thomas Pape,.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is reviewing a proposal from Rocky Mountain Natural Gas to add an additional compressor to its existing Crystal Compressor Station off Garfield County Road 108 west of Carbondale.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that Robert Craggs was sentenced yesterday to 57 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Craggs pleaded guilty on May 27, 2016, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin and conspiracy to launder money. Craggs’ co-conspirators were previously sentenced.
