News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - The former purchasing agent for the Jicarilla Apache Nation was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to three years of probation and ordered to pay $5,000 in restitution for embezzling funds from the Jicarilla Apache Nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: A Cedar Rapids man who distributed heroin and fentanyl that resulted in a young woman being hospitalized pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: One can experience wonderfully dark night skies in northern Michigan, especially at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore). But the quality of those night skies is unfortunately increasingly affected by light pollution. When you hear the word “pollution," you likely think about dirty air, dirty water, or dirty soil. So how can light be dirty?
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - A man allegedly responsible for distributing a large amount of heroin that resulted in the fatal overdose of at least one person has been indicted. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the indictment today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On October 6, 2016, Andrea G. Baker, 50, of Eklhart, Iowa, appeared before the Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger and was sentenced to 27 months of imprisonment for mail fraud, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Baker was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following her term of imprisonment and was ordered to pay $1,656,583.11 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that yesterday, FRANKY LOUIS HOSTON, 26, was found guilty in a jury trial of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, and maintaining a dwelling for the purpose of distributing, manufacturing and using methamphetamine and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Today, at a ceremony in Washington, DC, Attorney General Loretta Lynch presented Detective Greg Felton of the Glenn County Sheriff's Office the U.S. Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Community Policing for field operations, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Ranking...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: NEW STATUE OF LIBERTY MUSEUM DESIGN UNVEILED.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is asking the public to help identify potential issues associated with a proposed high-voltage, overhead, power transmission line in Santa Fe and Rio Arriba counties. The BLM is responding to a right-of-way (ROW) application by Verde Transmission, LLC to construct...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Second Degree Murder was sentenced on October 4, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Paul J. Monteiro, a/k/a “Peezy," 31, of Providence, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to sex trafficking of a minor, admitting to the court that he transported a 14-year-old girl from Rhode Island to New Jersey for the purpose of engaging in commercial sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Brenda Delgado Extradited from Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced the selection of Kyle Sullivan as the new Mojave Trails National Monument Manager and Ashley Adams as the new Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Manager.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Hussain Abdullah, age 39 of Forestville, Maryland; Shazad Khan, age 56, of Maryland; Patricia Lynn Hiter, age 50, of Lawrenceville, Georgia: and James Edward Foster, age 60, of Woodbridge, Virginia, on charges related to a scheme to use victims’...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Ninety Six National Historic Site to Cancel Autumn Candlelight Tour.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today on Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler’s consumer privacy proposal for internet service providers...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: Robbery of Wells Fargo Bank Robbery in Dekalb County.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 6, 2016
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A Syracuse roofing contractor with a history of safety violations has again exposed its employees to potentially fatal fall hazards at one of its worksites, this time in Camillus.
