News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Espen Brungodt, 28, of Norway, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to making threatening interstate communications.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: Special guests Marcus Erkesen and Anna Cummins, co-founders of 5-Gyres will be available for questions after the film. 5-Gyres is an organization that has sailed throughout the world's waters identifying garbage patches, with the goal of "empowering action against the global health crisis of plastic...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with Intent to Commit Murder, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, last week held a legislative hearing to receive testimony on her bill to accelerate a land exchange between the Alaska Mental Health Trust (Trust) and the U.S. Forest Service. Legislation is needed to accelerate the exchange, which will protect important community viewsheds, local trails, and other conservation values while expediting much-needed timber for local operators.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Jack D. Messerschmidt, 36, of Laurel Hill, Florida, was arraigned today in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with the production and possession of child pornography. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - An alien smuggler has been sentenced for his involvement in a single vehicle accident that occurred in Kleberg County, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Mario Rodriguez-Gomez, 25, a Mexican National who was illegally residing in Houston, pleaded guilty June 14, 2016, to conspiracy to transport illegal aliens causing serious bodily injury.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: Cheyenne, Wyo. - Today, after thorough environmental analysis, the BLM issued its decision on the Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Development Project. The BLM will move forward with its preferred alternative to allow the CD-C project to infill the existing Continental Divide/Wamsutter II and Creston/Blue Gap natural gas fields with nearly 9,000 additional wells.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: Dear Administrator McCarthy: The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is examining the effects of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulations on farmers and ranchers. The EPA recently released a draft risk assessment that recommended increasing restrictions on atrazine,...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Espen Brungodt, 28, of Norway, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to making threatening interstate communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Mathis woman who was supposed to care for a young child but who instead recorded her sexual assault has been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Rosa Linda Ganceres, 54, entered a guilty plea June 8, 2016, to sexual exploitation of a child, otherwise known as production child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: Eliana Sarmiento Used Identities Stolen From A Medical Clinic In Puerto Rico To File False Tax Returns Using Victims’ Stolen Identities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - - Salvatore Commisso, 33, of Albany, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute the controlled substance oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy and wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Donny Deshawn Parker, 25, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced in federal court today to 27 months in prison for selling crack cocaine in Moundsville, West Virginia, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: CHALLIS, ID -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Challis Field Office is announcing seasonal travel restrictions that go into effect Oct. 1, 2016. “Seasonal restrictions have been in place in various areas of the field office since 2008 in part to offer hunters in Idaho non-motorized hunting options," said Challis Field Manager Todd Kuck.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: The following are remarks by Zachary T. Fardon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, as prepared for delivery to the City Club of Chicago on Sept. 26, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that an Anchorage woman has been taken into custody today on charges of two counts of Bank Fraud and two counts of Aggravated Identity Theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Veronica Rosales-Capitaine, 49, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to produce, transfer, possess, and sell false identification documents, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Alejandro Ramirez-Rojo, 31, of Mexico, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay $8,752 in restitution to the U.S. Forest Service for conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana in the Sierra National Forest, Acting United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Wall, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet, and Receipt of Child Pornography.
