News from October 2016
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Fall is a wonderful time to visit the California Trail Interpretive Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Salvatore Faliero, 53, of Franklinville, NY, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. In addition, the defendant was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: OCT 28 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Six years after the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) launched its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Americans continue to turn out in large numbers to rid their homes of unused medications, including controlled prescription (CPDs) such as painkillers, tranquilizers, and stimulants.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a Harrisburg Police Officer was charged by way of a criminal complaint with theft of money that belonged to a federal agency and removing property to prevent its seizure.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Cincinnati man will serve 25 years in federal prison, after admitting in federal court that he distributed fentanyl to an individual in northern Kentucky, who overdosed, but survived after receiving medical treatment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CARLTON P. CABOT, the former owner and chief executive officer of Cabot Investment Properties LLC (“CIP"), was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 10 years in prison for defrauding hundreds of elderly...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - U.S. District Judge Sheri Poster Chappell has sentenced Norris Williams (45, Fort Myers) to 30 years in federal prison for three counts of possession with intent to distribute heroin, and one count of attempting to possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. Williams was found guilty by a federal jury on April 8, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: Lymon Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal jury convicted Patrick Emanuel Sutherland, 48, of Charlotte, of filing false tax returns and obstructing a federal grand jury investigation charges, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Justin Donald Myers, 37, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced to twelve months and one day in prison for distributing heroin near West Virginia University, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Jeffrey C. Leathersich, 51, of Lima, NY, who was convicted of dispensing a controlled substance outside the scope of professional practice was sentenced to three years probation to include six months of home detention and 100 hours of community service by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: Concord, New Hampshire-United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice today announced that a federal grand jury in Concord returned a three-count indictment charging MICHAEL MUNROE, a/k/a Michael Monroe, 33, previously of Raymond, New Hampshire, with one count of carjacking and two counts of bank robbery. The indictment was returned on Oct. 19, 2016, and MUNROE was arraigned today in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Lynch, where he entered a plea of not guilty.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: MOAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Moab Field Office is seeking comments on a proposed supplementary rule that would make permanent restrictions on certain roped activities at Corona Arch (31 acres) and Gemini Bridges (6.3 acres). The rules are intended to reduce resource impacts and to...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: PARKER, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Lake Havasu Field Office plans to conduct prescribed burning on the Parker Strip from Nov. 1, 2016, through April 1, 2017, as weather and fuel conditions allow. The burn area is located 7 miles northeast of Parker, AZ and 0.5 miles west of Parker...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education (“the Department") announced its final rule creating strong protections for student loan...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: A 34-year-old former Las Vegas man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 198 months in prison and ten years of supervised release for sex trafficking involving juveniles and adults, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. ROBERT RYAN POWELL was convicted of two counts of transportation...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: Incoming Storm Expected to Drop a Significant Amount of Snow in the Park’s Higher Elevations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Marlonn Hicks, 30, of Crown Point, Indiana, pleaded guilty to distributing information regarding the manufacture and use of explosives, with the intent that the information be used for and in furtherance of a crime of violence before a U.S. Magistrate Judge. The Magistrate Judge is recommending that the district court accept the tendered guilty plea. Parties have 14 days in which to object to the magistrate judge’s recommendation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. -United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announces the establishment of an Election Day hotline in coordination with the U.S. Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day program for the general election on November 8, 2016. The hotline number is (603) 230-2503.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2016
News Release: Concord, New Hampshire-United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice today announced that a federal grand jury in Concord returned a three-count indictment charging MICHAEL MUNROE, a/k/a Michael Monroe, 33, previously of Raymond, New Hampshire, with one count of carjacking and two counts of bank robbery. The indictment was returned on Oct. 19, 2016, and MUNROE was arraigned today in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Lynch, where he entered a plea of not guilty.
