News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Dennison, Ohio woman admitted to an illegal firearm charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Phillip L.B. Halpern (619) 546-6964.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: HEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Steubenville, Ohio men pled guilty today in federal court for their roles in manipulating business development programs facilitated by the United States Small Business Administration and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to derive unlawful profits of approximately twenty-four million dollars, Criminal Chief Assistant United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Law Enforcement Search for Serial Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: In Midland today, a federal jury convicted a former bookkeeper on federal charges in connection with a scheme to steal over $2 Million from a local businessman announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Jr., El Paso Division; and, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge William Cotter.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Brian Author Thomas (27, Port Charlotte) to 30 years in federal prison for production of child pornography. The Court also ordered him to forfeit his laptop computer and cellphone, which were used to commit the offense.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A New Mexico man was sentenced Thursday to 37 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction for methamphetamine trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Solar eclipse fever has hit Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore as the region will experience an 89% eclipse of the sun! Please join National Park Service staff, astronomy experts, and volunteers as we host an informal viewing party from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm on Monday, August 21 at the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk pavilion. The eclipse will take place from 11:55 am to 2:44 pm, peaking at 1:21 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Charge Arises out of DEA Seizure of More than Four Pounds of Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on August 9, 2017, Steven D. Blosser, 40, Columbia, IL, pled guilty to an Indictment charging him with Receipt of Child Pornography which carries a penalty of a term of imprisonment of not less than five (5) years but not more than twenty (20) years, a fine up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release of not less than five (5) years to life.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Second Degree Burglary was sentenced on August 9, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: FBI Offering Reward for Information on the Five O'clock Bandits.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that the former owner of a fixed base operation at the Lebanon, Mo., airport has been indicted by a federal grand jury for a $707,000 investment fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Rome, NY - On Saturday, August 19 and Sunday, Aug. 20, Fort Stanwix National Monument will host the annual American Revolution War Weekend. This year marks the 240th anniversary of the British siege of the fort, and visitors will have the opportunity to interact with living historians portraying the...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - As part of its commitment to keeping public landscapes healthy and productive, the Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office is requesting public input on a proposed bentonite mining project in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury indicted Chukwuemeka Ekwonna, age 28, of Glenn Dale, Maryland, on charges related to sex trafficking of minors and use of interstate commerce facilities to entice minors to engage in prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the guilty plea of MICKIAH LATRELL JACKSON, 32, for the January 2017 violent attempted armed robbery of a Super America gas station and convenience store in St. Paul, Minn. In May 2017, a grand jury returned a two-count Indictment, charging ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Tonopah, Nev. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Battle Mountain District, Tonopah Field Office has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) to address the potential effects of replacing an essential radio repeater on Piper Peak, and is accepting comments on the EA until August 24.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of strengthening America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 45 parcels totaling 72,843.75 acres in the High Desert District at its December quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online via www.energynet.com.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: A former employee of Miami-Dade County Public Schools has been charged with accepting bribery payments.
