News from August 2017
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: The Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce and Explore Oak Ridge will be hosting the “Race to Space," photography exhibition focusing on Manhattan Project scientists who went on to join the United States space program. The month-long exhibit will open Tuesday, Aug. 15, with a reception from 8 to 9 a.m. (ET).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A manager of two Boston-area restaurants was charged today in federal court in Boston with tax fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury today found Juan Escudero (36, Weslaco, Texas) guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 500 grams or more of cocaine; and distributing...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Benjamin F. Chavez, 55, of Cubero, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Chavez’s plea agreement recommends a sentence of up to 87 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release. Chavez will also be required to forfeit five firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that yesterday, a federal jury convicted ANTONIO NEVEAUX, age 44, a Metairie resident, for his role in distributing cocaine base (“crack") in the New Orleans area. Following a two-day trial, the jury found NEVEAUX guilty of possession with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Rohit Saksena, 42, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced yesterday to serve three years of probation and pay a $40,000 fine for filing false visa applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Preston Anthony King, 23, of Burleson, Texas, appeared today in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey L. Cureton and pleaded guilty to one count of enticement of a minor, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former accountant for an investment advising company was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a fraud scheme in which he stole more than $3.5 million from his employer.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking nominations to fill vacancies expiring in 2017 on the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee (FVIAC).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: 18 Pittsburgh Police SWAT Operators Taken to Hospital following Possible Fentanyl Exposure.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Twenty-one people were indicted in federal court for their roles trafficking heroin and other drugs in the Youngstown and Ravenna areas, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Wyatt Erb, age 47, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was indicted on August 8, 2017, by a federal grand jury for bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: SAN ANTONIO, Texas - DEA Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Steven Whipple, Comal County District Attorney Jennifer Tharp, Comal County Sheriff Mark Reynolds and New Braunfels Chief of Police Tom Wibert announced that a combined special task force executed search and arrest warrants culminating in the arrests of 39 individuals as part of Operation: Crystal Lake in Comal County, Texas. These individuals are now in custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Michael Fijal, 64, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit arson, was sentenced to 12 months home detention by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $119,312.05.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Gunnison, CO: The National Park Service will be providing opportunities to view the solar eclipse on Monday, August 21. Join rangers at the Elk Creek Campground Amphitheater from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm as the moon passes over 85% of the sun's face. Bring eclipse glasses if you have them; rangers will have some to share among the viewers. Parking is limited. Please carpool if you can.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - The DEA announced today the sentencing of Gustavo Nunez to 38.25 years in prison for performing illegal cosmetic surgeries on seven victims, three of whom were hospitalized, one with life-threatening injuries. In April 2017, Nunez pleaded guilty to 28 felony charges after performing illegal liposuction procedures.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: The Olympic Hot Springs Road in the Elwha Valley re-opened today above the Glines Canyon Overlook to the Boulder Creek Trailhead. Olympic National Park road and trail crews completed the demolition and removal of the Crystal Creek bridge on Boulder Creek Trail and installed an alternate route and foot log at that location to restore pedestrian access. Stock access on Boulder Creek Trail will be restored later this fall after additional rock work is completed.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a former Leawood, Kan., business owner has been indicted by a federal grand jury for tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced William Merriweather Jr. to life in prison for robbing a Bessemer Bank in 2007 and intentionally shooting four tellers, killing two and seriously wounding the others, during the crime, announced acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday morning charging Jeremy Van Duren, age 43, of West Jordan, with robberies of two Salt Lake County credit unions in July.
