News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Saul Cerros, 36, of Northglenn, Colo., pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges. The guilty plea was entered under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: Today a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a state senator with conspiracy and theft crimes, announced Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - Two Dallas men have been sentenced to federal prison for burglarizing a bank in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: Grandview, WV - The National Park Service (NPS) has received funds to install accessible walkways and playground equipment at two locations at the Grandview area of New River Gorge National River (NR). Improvements will be made to both the main playground area and the playground between Shelters # 3 and # 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Jarvis Cook, 45, of Mishongnovi Village, Second Mesa, Ariz., was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to 46 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Cook, an enrolled member of the Hopi Tribe, had previously pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management-Utah (BLM) and American Conservation Experience (ACE) have partnered to develop an electronic citizen science monitoring program for Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) in Utah. The new iOS application, called WildSNAP, is now available for download through Apple’s App Store. The BLM and ACE invite the public to help monitor WSAs and enjoy this new opportunity to participate in the care of public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that today in Federal court, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced BOBBY DESHAWN BAILEY, 22, of Fayetteville, North Carolina to 144 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Also sentenced was ERICKA ANDREA MONIQUE JOHNSON, 22, of Shannon, North Carolina to 14 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Archie Ray Arbogast, of Dunmore, West Virginia, was convicted for illegally possessing a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man admitted today that he conspired to defraud 76 victims of more than $4 million and evaded paying more than $273,000 in taxes, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: BISMARCK, N.D. -- Reclamation would like to notify the public they will be performing test drilling and installation of several new observation wells on the downstream face of Heart Butte Dam located 17 miles south of Glen Ullin, ND, beginning the week of May 1, 2017.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: The Energy Department today announced the 12 collegiate teams selected to participate in the third Collegiate Wind Competition. This competition, led by the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, challenges undergraduate students to design and build a model wind turbine based on market...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - A Rocky Mount man, who contacted at least two local teenagers via social media and exchanged explicit sexual messages with them and attempted to coerce them into meeting with him to engage in sex acts, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: The National Park Service has closed two beach areas at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore due to the spill of a potentially hazardous chemical into the Burns Waterway. West Beach and the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk sites in the national lakeshore were closed this...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: Defendant ordered to pay over $5.4 million in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of western Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of filing false income tax returns, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - Federal authorities have seized more than 190 kilograms of heroin as part of an investigation that disrupted a Mexico-to-Chicago narcotics pipeline and resulted in drug charges against 19 defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On April 10, 2017, Jennifer Wierson, age 43, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 21 months in prison for theft from a government agency receiving federal program funds, announced United States Attorney Kevin VanderSchel.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Belinda Gail Sheppard-Lewis, 59, of Gainesville, was arraigned today in the U.S. District Court in Gainesville after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging her with filing a false tax return (four counts), wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - A Petersburg, West Virginia man was convicted today of a firearm violation, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Bonnie Lynn Recinos, 56, of Mesa, Arizona, was sentenced Monday by United States District Judge Dale A. Drozd to four years and seven months in prison and was ordered to pay over $1.5 million in restitution for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with an investment fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
