News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Following a four-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater, a federal jury has convicted Moises Jimenez, 39, on felony drug and firearm offenses, announced Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the DEA and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Kenneth A. Blanco, the Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, announced that MAHMOUD THIAM was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to seven years in prison by...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich today sentenced Clark D. East (59, Sugarland, TX) to 30 months in federal prison for embezzlement from a bankruptcy estate. He pleaded guilty on April 3, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - In Aug. 2016, a multi-agency investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) concluded with the filing of 59 federal indictments and a federal criminal complaint charging 103 Bernalillo County residents with federal firearms and narcotics trafficking offenses. To date, 74 of the 103 defendants charged as the result of this investigation have entered guilty pleas and 35 of them have been sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Texas Residents Indicted for Laundering and Structuring Proceeds from Sale of Second-Hand Prescription Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Raymond Donovan, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Special Operations Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that Muhammad Asif Hafeez, aka “Sultan," was provisionally...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS - Children and their families are encouraged to come enjoy the Read with a Ranger program at 10:00 am on Saturday, September 9, 2017, at the Parkway Visitor Center in Tupelo, MS. This month’s featured story is “My, Oh My - a Butterfly," a fun Dr. Seuss book that explores the stages of metamorphosis from an egg to a butterfly. Participants will learn fun facts about butterfly communities found not only along the Natchez Trace Parkway but also in their own backyards.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Kenneth A. Blanco, the Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, announced that MAHMOUD THIAM was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to seven years in prison by...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Defendant Encountered Victim on Street, Took Her to His Apartment Building.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: SOCORRO, N.M. - Beginning Aug. 28, 2017, the Bureau of Land Management will be conducting road maintenance activities on the Quebradas Backcountry Byway. This work is scheduled to take approximately one month, but may take longer. While the work is underway, please follow posted traffic control signs and observe the 20 mph speed limit to ensure you safely enjoy your time on the road. Use caution around blind curves and in work zones.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that an Auxvasse, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing 21 firearms and three firearm silencers.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: ELY, Nev. - Skyler Carter’s Eagle Scout Service Project is so big it requires dozens of volunteers, heavy equipment and help from a federal land management agency. The 14-year-old Lund, Nev., Boy Scout is spearheading cleanup of an illegal dumpsite south of town to help him earn his Eagle Scout Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Made $74,000 in Purchases Using Elderly Patients’ Credit.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Fayetteville, WV - Search and rescue personnel located the body of 28-year old Abdulrahman Binomran from Oak Park, Illinois around 6 pm on Friday night. National Park Service rangers, personnel from West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, and trained volunteer search and rescue divers from the Beaver Volunteer Fire Department’s Dive Team had been searching for Binomran since Thursday afternoon when he disappeared while swimming in New River Gorge National River.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO - Thomas Wayne Anderson, 57, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to accessing with intent to view child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Anderson was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pocatello on Feb. 28, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management is overseeing the construction and replacement of the Current Creek Bridge. The bridge is located near milepost 51 on Mud Flat Road, also known as the Owyhee Uplands Backcountry Byway, and is approximately 43 miles southwest of Grand View.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Audi N. Sumilat, 37, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for participating in a scheme to illegally buy guns that were then smuggled to Indonesia by members of the security detail of...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) today sent a letter with several colleagues to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke urging him to allow the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: FBI is Seeking Information About a Bank Robbery in Davie.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced a federal court convicted Deborah Joy Durand of False Statements to Obtain Federal Employees’ Compensation Benefits, Wire Fraud, False Claims Relating to Workers’ Compensation Benefits, and Theft of Government Property. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris presided over the 3-day trial.
