News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - William David Harden, 65, formerly of Tye, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 135 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in May 2016 to one count of enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A 50-year-old man residing in Houston has been arrested on charges that he attempted to transport explosives for the purpose of injury or destruction of property, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner of the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Richard Lee Derrick, Jr., 52, of Honolulu, pled guilty today in federal court to one count of aggravated identity theft. Derrick will face a mandatory term of imprisonment of two years, a fine of up to $250,000, and restitution when he is sentenced on Jan. 10, 2017, by United States District Judge Derrick K. Watson.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Eastern States Office will be the first BLM office to hold an online oil and gas lease sale under new authority provided by Congress.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Luray, VA: Monarch butterflies and milkweed seeds will be the focus for the 23rd National Public Lands Day volunteer event in Shenandoah National Park. National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands. This event will be held Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at Byrd Visitor Center, mile 51 on Skyline Drive. The event begins at9:00 a.m.and is open to the public. Park entrance fees are waived on this special day.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced that STEVE COLLINS TURNER, SR., age 73, of Port Sulphur, was charged Friday with mail fraud in connection with a false claim of $300,000 related to the BP Oil Spill.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy and wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: KEY WEST, FLORIDA: Dry Tortugas National Park and the National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF) are pleased to announce this year's resident artists in their ongoing partnership to establish a joint Artist in Residence (AIR) Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced today the start of the National Heroin and Opioid Awareness Week, which will reinforce the Department of Justice’s three-fold approach to the nationwide opioid and heroin epidemic: 1) prevention and...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced Ann Marie Williams, 52, of Saco, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to embezzling funds from the City of Westbrook.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: BOISE, ID - The Boise District BLM, in cooperation with the Idaho Mustang Club, will host a trail ride on Sept. 24 at 11:00 a.m. through the Black Mountain Herd Management Area (HMA) - one of Idaho’s six HMAs where wild horses roaming Idaho’s rangelands may be found. In the spirit of celebrating America’s Mustang, the ride is open to all equines and equestrians.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Matthew Yazzie, 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 78 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on assault charges.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: LAKEWOOD-Andrew Archuleta, currently the BLM Colorado San Luis Valley Field Manager, has been chosen to lead the BLM Colorado Northwest District. He will assume his new post as Northwest District Manager on October 31. Archuleta will replace current manager, Joe Meyer, who will become the BLM Colorado Southwest District Manager on Oct. 2, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Two Fresno residents pleaded guilty today to a scheme that involved the manufacture and sale of fraudulent identification documents, including fraudulent alien registration receipt cards and social security cards, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Watertown, New York food and restaurant entrepreneur and franchisor pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud and one count of tax evasion announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian for the Northern District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: A criminal information was filed charging Aaron M. Contreras, 34, of Fostoria, with embezzlement of union funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ The executive director of the La Joya Housing Authority has been indicted along with another individual for wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTE/RALEIGH/GREENSBORO - The United States Attorney’s Offices for the Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of North Carolina, in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announce the formation of the Federal Opioid Reduction Alliance for North...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Daniel Mathis, Shantai Shelton, Mersadies Shelton, Kweli Uhuru to each Serve Four Life Sentences.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California -.
