News from April 2017
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today announced a hearing for Thursday, April 27, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Outdoor Recreation: Vast Impact of the Great Outdoors."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A New York man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a fraudulent scheme to obtain and re-sell more than $330,000 worth of new cell phones and for resuming the scheme after being indicted and released pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Richard Boyle, 57, of Doylestown, PA was arrested today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. On April 19, 2017, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Boyle with 11 counts of bank robbery, 10 counts of using or carrying a firearm during the commission of those bank robberies...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Robert James Tyndall, 45, of Canada, was charged today by indictment with coercion and enticement of a minor, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. According to the indictment, from on or about Aug. 13, 2012, to on or about July 12, 2013, Tyndall, using the internet, knowingly persuaded, induced and enticed a minor under the age of 18 to engage in sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: REXBURG, ID - Although the snow is melting, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and partnering agencies want to remind the public that the popular shed-hunting area known as Egin-Hamer is still closed until sunrise on May 1, 2017. “We work diligently with our partners and local counties to tell people...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Christopher Dickerson (38) and David Heineman (62), both of Sanford, with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Dickerson is also charged with possession of a firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Vashawn Dawkins, age 24, of Troy, New York, was sentenced today to 60 months and one day in prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - A new National Park Service report shows that 7.2 million visitors to Lake Mead National Recreation Area in 2016 spent $312.6 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 4,172 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $369 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Thousands of Consumers Victimized in Largest Debt Collection Scheme Ever Charged.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Jeffrey Longtain was the COO and President of Northland Hearing Centers, Inc., a subsidiary of Starkey Laboratories.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Ernesto Perez Martinez-Macias, a/k/a “Ernesto Perez Macias," of Sunnyville, CA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about March 8, 2017, Martinez-Macias, an alien, and native and citizen of Mexico, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about Sept. 15, 2004, July 9, 2015, and Oct. 22, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: SHAWN ANDERSON, Acting United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant ANTONIA BAUTISTA (age 60) was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood to two years probation and a $100 special assessment fee, for Conspiracy to Commit Visa Fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will increase flows from Lucky Peak Dam Friday, April 21 due to a continued wet pattern forecasted for the Boise River drainage. An extremely large mountain snowpack and continued above-normal precipitation have resulted in...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A Lynwood man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for pocketing bribes in exchange for allowing food service workers to bypass sanitation certification training and testing mandated by the state of Illinois and city of Chicago.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Buffalo National River, Harrison, AR - Due to the threat of inclement conditions this weekend, the 2nd Annual Steel Creek Concert featuring National Park Radio has been postponed until Saturday, April 29, 2017, at 5:00 PM.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to request a briefing from EPA on the proposed draconian cuts to the Agency. The request comes after a report by the Washington Post about...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to request a briefing from EPA on the proposed draconian cuts to the Agency. The request comes after a report by the Washington Post about...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - On April 19, 2017, Emilio Chato Haddo, 27, of Camp Verde, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt to 46 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Haddo had previously pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Tim McCoy Barton, a 32-year-old Laredo man, was ordered today by visiting U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 15.7 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced DEA Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Porcupine, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Attempted Murder, two counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, and Discharge of a Firearm during the Commission of a Crime of Violence.
