News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On Aug. 23, 2017, Jeffrey W. Porterheather Jean Reekr, 41, and Gregory T. McCoy, 62, both from Council Bluffs, Iowa, were sentenced individually by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Defendant defrauded victims of more than $7 million by lying about the existence of a sick heiress in need of medical care.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that DANIEL GUILLEN, 28, of Wallingford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 41 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing heroin...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ERIC MUNOZ, 21, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 31 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Principal And Provider Agree To 9-Year Exclusion From Federal Health Care Programs As Part Of Settlement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Joseph J. Erves, MARTA’s former Senior Director of Operations, has been charged with conducting a false invoice scheme that resulted in MARTA paying more than $500,000 for maintenance work that was never performed and for funneling most of the money back into his personal bank accounts.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a North Carolina man from bringing a loaded handgun on board a plane at a Charlotte Douglas International Airport checkpoint.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the availability of a $50 million funding opportunity through the Office of Fossil Energy to design, construct, and operate two large-scale pilots for transformational coal technologies that improve coal-powered systems’ performance, efficiency, emission reduction, and cost of electricity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND-Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announced that John Buncich, age 71, of Crown Point, Indiana was convicted of all 6 counts of the superseding indictment, after a 14-day jury trial before District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Felipe T. Castillo, 38, of Hobbs, N.M., pled guilty yesterday afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to assaulting a federal law enforcement officer under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jack Mootz, 63, of Sacramento, formerly of Fresno, was sentenced on Wednesday to nine years in prison for receipt and distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Portions of Thurston Lava Tube (Nāhuku) and its rainforest loop trail will be closed starting Sept. 5 for approximately two weeks while park maintenance workers replace the electrical conduit and lighting system.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Twenty-seven southwestern Pennsylvania residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of narcotics trafficking and other controlled substances offenses, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today. The indictments were returned on Tuesday, Aug. 22, and unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: A jury found Juan Garcia, also known as "Shorty," guilty of Drug Conspiracy, announced Loretta F. Radford, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The jury determined that Garcia conspired with others to distribute methamphetamine in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and elsewhere. The jury also found the scope of the conspiracy involved at least 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: MANHATTAN, Kan. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today addressed nearly 400 Kansans at the Kansas Governor’s Summit on Agricultural Growth.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: THURMONT, Md. - Due to increased security measures, portions of Catoctin Mountain Park will be closed effective 1:00 PM, Friday, August 25. Closures are scheduled to continue through Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017 at approximately 5:00 PM.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man who was involved in a shooting at a local gas station was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina-------United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that a hearing for Brandon Michael Council, age 32, of Wilson, North Carolina, has been set for Thursday afternoon, Aug. 24, 2017, at 2:00 P.M. in the federal courthouse in Greenville, North Carolina, 216 S. Evans St.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND-Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announced that John Buncich, age 71, of Crown Point, Indiana was convicted of all 6 counts of the superseding indictment, after a 14-day jury trial before District Court Senior Judge James T. Moody.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2017
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project, a Federal Law Enforcement Initiative to Combat Corruption, Fraud, and Abuse in South Dakota.
