News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey D. Hill (619) 546-7924 or Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Pilchak (619) 546-9709.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Marcos Osorio Villalba, age 38, of Mexico, was sentenced on April 12, 2017, by United States District Judge Matthew W. Brann, to time served of nine months for illegal re-entry into the United States. Osorio Villalba now faces deportation.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph J.M. Orabona (619)546-7951 or Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael G. Wheat (619) 546-8437.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney G. F. “Pete" Peterman, III, announces that the final two of the four defendants who broke into the Macon Bass Pro Shops in 2013 have been sentenced. On April 12, 2017, Kenneth Atwater, 35, of McDonough, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 45 months in prison and Jabari Walters, 24...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Richland Operations Office and contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company designed and engineered a portable water-treatment system to help solve a one-of-a-kind problem at the Plutonium Finishing Plant: draining contaminated water that once filled walls to shield workers...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: El Paso Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Federal Prison.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park (ADIP) programs with the public throughout 2017. In addition, the community is invited to lend a hand to save native rainforest through the park’s Stewardship at the Summit volunteer program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that DMITRY SAZONOV was charged with attempted theft of trade...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Sharif Layton, age 38, and Jamal Cooper, age 29, both of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were indicted on April 12, 2017, by a federal grand jury for conspiracy, bank robbery, unlawful possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: LizMarie Rivera-Torres, 24, and Anthony Ferris, 34, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were charged today by Indictment with conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors, and sex trafficking of minors, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: Colorado Businessman Indicted for Tax Evasion.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Colorado District is seeking public nominations for six open positions on its Resource Advisory Council.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: Contact Person: Lance Crick (864) 282-2105.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Cruces District announces that it is seeking public nominations for one position on its Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the BLM on public land issues within the Las Cruces District. As advertised in the Federal Register, the BLM will consider nominations until May 30, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: Nine Dominican nationals face deportation proceedings, including three previously deported brothers alleged to have run the drug trafficking operation.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The Reduction-Oxidation Plant, or REDOX, was shut down more than 40 years ago after it was used for processing irradiated fuel rods, and recovering plutonium for weapons and uranium to make more fuel rods. The repairs keep rain and snow from entering the building and spreading contamination. Watch a video about the project here.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: PRICE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management’s Price Field Office (BLM) is seeking comments on an Environmental Assessment (EA) that analyzes a joint plan by the BLM and U.S. Forest Service (USFS). The proposal includes designating and improving two campsites, designating trails and parking areas, and restoring areas impacted by visitor activities in Joe’s Valley, west of Castle Dale in Emery County, Utah.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal grand jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., has filed an indictment charging Kirby Cleveland, 32, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation from Prewitt, N.M., with charges arising out of the murder of Houston James Largo, a tribal police officer of the Navajo Nation Division of Public...

By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: IDAHO FALLS-- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District announced this week that it is seeking public nominations for five open positions on its Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the BLM on public land issues. As published in a notice in the Federal Register, the BLM will consider nominations for 45 days. The nomination period will close May 26, 2017.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2017
News Release: FBI Announces Reward for Information About a Child Pornography Fugitive.