News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio, 32-year-old Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Organization (OMO) National Sergeant at Arms Justin Cole Forster faces up to life in federal prison after pleading guilty to federal racketeering, drug trafficking and extortion charges announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Western...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that as part of "National Community Policing Week" a "neighborhood walk" in the Midtown area of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, took place last night. One of the top priorities of the Department of Justice is ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: The next commercial-free day at Haleakalā National Park will occur on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 (start of Makahiki). As specified in the park's Commercial Services Plan, commercial-free days are opportunities for Kanaka Maoli to conduct traditional cultural practices in the park without commercial tours present.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that representatives from the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI, DEA, and ATF jointly held three events in Anchorage this week as part of National Community Policing Week.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: SAN ANTONIO, Texas - 32-year-old Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle (OMO) National Sergeant at Arms Justin Cole Forster faces up to life in federal prison after pleading guilty to federal racketeering, drug trafficking and extortion charges announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Western District...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Federal prosecutors have secured guilty pleas from seven defendants who participated in a large-scale international identity theft scheme that laundered more than $14 million in fraudulently obtained tax refunds by using bogus Republic of Armenia passports.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - Luis Cirilo, 45, of Springfield was charged in U.S. District Court in Springfield yesterday with failing to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Oscar Melsan, 31, most recently of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 240 months in federal prison, following his plea earlier this year to one count of conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney, Deborah Gilg, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the following information for the attention of the media.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: BOISE - The United States Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Marshal Service for the District of Idaho on Wednesday night presented 14 local law enforcement officers with its “Excellence in Community Policing Awards," as part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Community Policing Week. The awards recognize commitment and excelling in community policing, helping community members live lives of safety, opportunity and purpose.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Eduardo Li pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud, and wire fraud conspiracy in connection with his receipt of bribes in exchange for his awarding contracts for the media and marketing rights to FIFA World Cup qualifier matches and his authorization...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: Superintendent George Price announced that he and his staff will be opening a public comment period on the Service's withdrawal of its current rules today and proposal to reissue rules on kite surfing within the boundaries of Cape Cod National Seashore and reissue new rules for 2017. Kite surfing has...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management Uncompahgre Field Office invites the public to a recreation coordination meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3, at the Holiday Inn Express (1391 S. Townsend Ave.) in Montrose, Colorado.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo - The Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office is issuing an emergency closure for Cottonwood Creek (Fremont County Road 40) as a result of potential flooding concerns relating to the Hayden Pass Fire. The road closure begins as CR 40 enters BLM-managed public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Ernest Xavier Taylor, Jr., 31, and Tracie Laverne Mixon, 34, both of Hammond, Louisiana, were sentenced today to 51 and 45 months in prison, respectively, for charges relating to stealing the identities of four people to fraudulently obtain federal student loans from Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) and other schools.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: FBI New Orleans Violent Crime Task Force Arrests One New Orleans Alleged Heroin Dealer and Seizes Multiple Guns During the Searches.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: PAGE, Ariz. - The U.S. Department of the Interior today released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for a Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan (LTEMP) for Glen Canyon Dam operations. The LTEMP will provide a framework for adaptively managing Glen Canyon Dam over the next 20 years with...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez on Thursday sentenced Deangelia D. Quintana, 30, of Flint, Michigan, to six months in prison for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Gomez also sentenced Quintana to three years of supervised release, and ordered her to pay a special assessment of $100 and perform 200 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Thursday, October 6, 2016, Billy J. Williams, United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, Captain Kevin Modica from the Portland Police Bureau, and Reverend Dr. LeRoy Haynes Jr. from the Albina Ministerial Alliance attended the inaugural Distinguished Service in Community Policing Awards Ceremony at the Justice Department’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2016
News Release: Ordered to Pay $12,227,920 in Restitution to Victims.
