News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Glenn Edgor Pryor, of St. Marys, West Virginia, pled guilty today to a methamphetamine distribution charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Laredo man has entered a guilty plea to a conspiracy charge for his role in the importation of methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Reclamation will be presenting methods used to develop the Yolo Bypass Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Fish Passage Project to the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Science Program at a two-day public workshop next week.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: The FBI Continues Campaign to Address Corruption at America’s Ports of Entry in Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A DeKalb, Illinois, man who was arrested transporting four kilograms of heroin to Indiana pleaded guilty today in Trenton federal court, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Celebrate the Fall Season at Whiskeytown’s 7th Harvest Festival.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Chi Meng Yang, 31, of Montague, and his sister Gaosheng Laitinen, 36, of Mt. Shasta Vista, were charged today for conspiring to commit bribery, bribery of a public official, conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, and manufacturing marijuana, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Camp Verde and Clarkdale, AZ - Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments will hold two public meetings in September to discuss a proposed fee increase to their park specific annual pass. The current park pass has been in place since 2015, but does not meet agency fee standards. The proposed fee...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Defendant Charged With Conspiring and Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS and Al-Nusrah Front.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Three Individuals Indicted in Nevada for Allegedly Stealing More Than $1 Million in Tax Refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Dallas this week charges three former executives of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (“FHLB-Dallas"), Terence C. Smith, Nancy B. Parker, and Michael J. Sims, with various charges related to defrauding FHLB-Dallas by seeking reimbursement for personal travel and gifts, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By State Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: At Taiwan’s Zuoying Naval Base, Chairman Royce and a bipartisan delegation visit U.S. frigates transferred to Taiwan.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MICHAEL TATE, age 30, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to misprision of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Devonnaire Coffey has been sentenced to ten years in federal prison. Coffey, often assisted by others he recruited, broke into 14 gun stores in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and stole 340 guns. Coffey then sold the stolen firearms out of motel rooms to willing buyers.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: GRASS VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has prepared for public review an Environmental Assessment for a project proposed by Nevada Irrigation District to construct and operate a hydroelectric generation station near its Loma Rica Water Treatment Plant, 3 miles east of Grass Valley in Nevada County.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"),, announced today the arrest of JAMIE FRIERSON in connection a robbery spree involving...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - One man was arrested and three others pleaded guilty today for their roles in an insider trading scheme that profited from yet-to-be public information concerning a pharmaceutical company that developed a drug to treat cancer, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the conviction of KEVIN JAMES PETROSKE, 36, of Hibbing, Minnesota, for producing, attempting to produce and possessing images and videos containing child pornography. Following a three-day trial before Judge Patrick J. Schiltz, the jury found PETROSKE guilty on all counts. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 18, 2018.
By State Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 31, 2017
News Release: On September 16 and 17, the National Park Service will sponsor its 21st annual World War II living history weekend at the Eisenhower National Historic Site. The public is invited to tour World War II encampments of over 700 living historians portraying Allied and German troops. The camps are authentically recreated by over 90 living history units and include original World War II vehicles.
