News from September 2016
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Salt Lake City, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management Salt Lake Field Office (SLFO) announces a 30-day public comment period beginning Sept. 29, 2016, and ending on Oct. 30, 2016, for the Cedar Mountain Wild Horse Herd Management Area (HMA) Capture, Treat and Release (Fertility Control with Limited Removal) Plan and Determination of NEPA Adequacy (DNA). The BLM is currently soliciting public comments to be considered prior to the finalization of the DNA.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Salt Lake City-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Resource Advisory Council meeting scheduled for Oct. 17-18, 2016 in Green River, Utah, has been postponed.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Jacob Bowman, age 39, of Alma, Arkansas, was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment followed by five (5) years of supervised release on one count of Knowing Possession of Images of Child Pornography. The sentencing took place before the Honorable Chief Judge P.K. Holmes, III in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Patchogue, NY - On Sunday, October 16 Fire Island National Seashore and partners will host the first-ever Patchogue River Cleanup in honor of the 23rd Annual National Public Lands Day (NPLD). Volunteers of all ages are invited to help clean up the river at participating riverfront sites or by boat.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - - The 15-month investigation led to the arrests of eight members of a drug pipeline responsible for funneling heroin from Pennsylvania and New Jersey to Elmira, NY. Eight defendants were arrested and charged yesterday by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Ronnie Ortiz, 40, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years and a $1,000,000.00 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Matthew Muller, 39, of South Lake Tahoe, pleaded guilty today to one count of kidnapping, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa.- Calling all ghosts and goblins, witches and wizards, pirates and princesses! On Saturday, October 29 and Sunday, Oct. 30, Steamtown National Historic Site, downtown Scranton, will partner with the city's Lackawanna Historical Society to host "Spooky Spectacular" special Halloween events at the park!.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that John Hayward, aka Frizz, 33, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of RICO conspiracy and conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, was sentenced to 168 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Eduardo Tovar, 27, of Artesia, New Mexico, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Help ensure the future of the Hawaiian rainforest at the summit of Kīlauea volcano for the next 100 years and volunteer for "Stewardship at the Summit" programs in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, October through December 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Jeremy J. Bohlman, 37, of Plummer, Idaho, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Coeur d'Alene of aggravated sexual abuse and sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Bohlman was indicted on Dec. 12, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: UPDATE. The defendant in this case, Rebecca Gheiler, was acquitted of the charges alleged in the indictment described in the press release below. Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Rebecca Gheiler (49, Miami) with conspiracy to...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A group of bicameral Republican health care leaders are pointing to a new legal opinion issued on Obamacare’s controversial reinsurance program. The leaders urged the Comptroller General of the United States this spring to publish a legal opinion on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: In El Paso, a former El Paso Federal Credit Union (EPFCU) manager and an assistant manager have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a scheme to steal millions of dollars from the financial institution which lead to the credit union’s failure announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Douglas Lindquist, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Troy Malecki, 48, of Williamsville, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography depicting minors less than 12 years of age. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Keyton Wayne Lieber, 37, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced yesterday afternoon in federal court to 70 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a destructive device. Lieber will be on supervised release for two years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEFFREY PEARLMAN, 49, of Edgewood, N.J., was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint that charges him with engaging in a kickback scheme that defrauded federal healthcare programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a futures trader for allegedly causing $13 million in losses in a fraud scheme that led to the collapse of his trading firm.
