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: United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire will be joining the United States Department of Justice in recognizing National Heroin and Opioid Abuse Week from Sept. 19, through Sept. 23, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana - in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the University of Findlay - will be co-hosting a free training session entitled “Crisis Management for School-Based Incidents" on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. Topics include.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA - Four members of a violent street gang, who were convicted of federal racketeering charges in February, were sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Charlottesville for their roles in a RICO conspiracy that was responsible...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that that LISA LANDMAN, 48, of Redding, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of wire fraud stemming from an embezzlement scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - U.S. Attorney John Parker, of the Northern District of Texas, will participate in a Prescription Town Hall meeting tomorrow evening, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Keller, Texas, concerning prescription drug abuse. Entitled, “When the Prescription Becomes the Problem," the presentation will...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Alleged Gangster Disciple Leader Arrested at New Orleans, Louisiana.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - In partnership with Stay the Trail, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Delta Correctional Prison Crew, the Bureau of Land Management is installing new gates within the Dry Creek Travel Management Area west of Montrose to protect habitat for wintering big game animals. The gates notify motorized and mechanized trail users of seasonal closures from December 1 to April 15 between Highway 90 and Rim Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who helped lead a multistate drug ring pleaded guilty today to a federal crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Corey Bruce Toney, 27, entered his guilty plea to distribution of heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a legislative hearing on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 9:30 a.m. EDT in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Committee members will receive testimony on the following bills:
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The United States Attorney’s Office, in partnership with the Eastern Iowa Heroin Initiative, Mason City Police Department, Cerro Gordo Sheriff’s Office, Prairie Ridge Integrated Behavioral Healthcare, and Mason City Youth Task Force has scheduled a community event on September 21st...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. Georgetown Heritage and the Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park(C&O Canal NHP) are beginning a multi-year restoration of the first mile of the C&O Canal in Georgetown. The kickoff event will be held at noon on Wednesday, October 5 at Lock 4 (Thomas Jefferson Street),as Georgetown...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a bank fraud conspiracy in which he operated a flop house where he paid drug addicts for stolen identity information that was used to create counterfeit checks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: DALLAS - Adrian Sanchez, 40, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 262 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in March 2016 to an Information charging one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Physicist Deborah Jin, a world leader in exotic states of matter called ultracold quantum gases, passed away Sept. 15, 2016, from cancer. She was 47 years old.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that ASHLEY NOEL STEELE, age 30, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, pled guilty to DRUG CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1), and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: Public Safety and Health Partners Meet to Discuss Prescription Opioid and Heroin Challenges Facing Oregon Communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 54-year-old Mt. Enterprise, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for robbing a bank in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that STACY BORLEY BORTEY, age 26, of Houston, Texas, pled guilty to BANK FRAUD, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1344(2) and 2 and UNLAWFUL TRANSFER, POSSESSION OR USE OF A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1028(a)(7) and 2.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 19, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 191,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
