News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Steven G. Dubin, 64, of Warminster, Pennsylvania, was charged in an Indictment[1] with three counts of wire fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Mattapan man was indicted today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with distributing cocaine and conspiring with others to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Deirdre M. Daly, Chief State’s Attorney Kevin T. Kane, Special Agent in Charge Patricia M. Ferrick of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Hartford Police Chief James C. Rovella, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging five men with the kidnapping and murder of Charles Teasley, 35, of West Hartford, in January 2009.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: On Saturday, April 29, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will be conducting artillery programs at the Brotherton Cabin (Tour Stop 4), in Chickamauga Battlefield, at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:30 pm, with each program lasting approximately 30 minutes. The Brotherton Cabin is located along LaFayette Road, at the intersection of Brotherton Road and Dyer Road. Please follow the “Special Event" signs to the parking area.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Colbert County man to more than eight years in prison for drug distribution that included an attempt to ship methamphetamine from Los Angeles to the Colbert County town of Leighton using the U.S. Mail, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and U.S. Postal Inspection Service Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will continue to increase flows from Lucky Peak Dam beginning Tuesday, April 11 due to an extremely large mountain snowpack and continued above-normal precipitation in the Boise River drainage. These conditions have resulted in significantly less flood control space in the Boise River reservoirs than is required.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: MOAB, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Moab Field Office is offering a summer internship opportunity for teachers who want to learn about paleontology and managing public resources. The BLM collaborated with University of Colorado (UC) Denver to develop field and online curriculum that will provide...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Indictment alleges failure to include $1 million in gross income from business involvement related to UTA Front Runner development in Draper.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - - Markell Reyes, age 19, of Jersey City, New Jersey, was indicted yesterday for possessing crack cocaine and heroin with the intent to distribute them.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes announced his recusal from the Committee’s investigation of President Trump and Russia...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - Curtis Kennedy Williams, 31, of Gainesville, has been sentenced to 43 years and 9 months in federal prison for kidnapping, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Williams was convicted on July 27, 2016, following a jury...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - Two tax return preparers were charged on Wednesday with conspiring to defraud the United States and preparing false federal income tax returns, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On April 6, 2017, Joey Edward Holmes, 39, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Judge, to serve 100 months in federal prison. Upon his release from prison, he will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for five years. Holmes was also ordered pay $200 special assessments.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: OTHELLO, Washington - The Bureau of Reclamation terminated flood control releases of approximately 100 cubic feet per second from Potholes Reservoir via the O’Sullivan Dam spillway into Lower Crab Creek April 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - The reputed leader of the Melendez Drug Trafficking Organization from South Laredo has been ordered to federal prison for life, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: A member of the Almighty Imperial Gangsters Nation was sentenced to 300 months in prison today in Southern District of Florida for conspiracy to conduct and participate in the affairs of the gang through a pattern of racketeering activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - MICHAEL LEE SAPP, 43, of City, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Judge Joe Heaton to serve 280 months in federal prison for downloading child pornography and for manufacturing child pornography depicting himself engaged in sex acts with a young girl, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - A Roanoke man faces up to 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty this morning in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke to federal drug and gun charges, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Mike Haudley, 65, of Logan, Utah, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 98 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Haudley had previously pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - In an appearance on CNN New Day Thursday, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, discussed Wednesday’s hearing with Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on how to better secure the Southwest border. Excerpts from the interview are below, and the full segment can be viewed here.
