News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Owner of New York Tax Preparation Firm Pleads Guilty to Preparing Fraudulent Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Northeast Los Angeles gang member who was one of the top figures in a conspiracy that united three rival gangs under the authority of a Mexican Mafia member pleaded guilty today to federal charges and admitted being an active narcotics trafficker who worked to further the goals of the criminal enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Nine more individuals have been sentenced to federal prison for their role in a multi-state methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, including seven from Middle Tennessee and two from California, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on the renewal of thirteen grazing permits in the Battle Creek, East Castle Creek, and Owens grazing allotments. The project seeks to maintain or improve land health and address resource impacts through the renewal of grazing permits and potential development of the Purjue Canyon area to promote education and recreation on lands south of Grand View.
By State Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Taylor was a young man with big dreams and loads of potential. That’s what brought him to Israel last year - to learn firsthand about Israel’s thriving culture of innovation and entrepreneurship - where he was tragically murdered in Jaffa by a Palestinian terrorist.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a proposal to offer approximately 22,175 acres of federal oil and gas leases in eastern Colorado in the upcoming September 2018 competitive oil and gas lease sale.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: HOUGHTON, MI - Applications for Isle Royale National Park's 2018 Artist-in-Residence Program will be accepted between January 2 and Feb. 16, 2018. This program provides artists the opportunity to become part of a long-established tradition of interpreting national parks through art.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Emily Oberst, age 25, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to 60 years in prison for her sexual exploitation of children, announced Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Special Agent in Charge Vadim D. Thomas of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Albany Field Office. Oberst...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WAYNE ALEXANDER, also known as “Uncle Easy" and “Bones," 52, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 64 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine and heroin.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A South Texas man pleaded guilty Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Diana Song Quiroga for his role in a conspiracy to smuggle illegal aliens.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Charles Town, West Virginia man was sentenced today to 12 months and one day incarceration for unlawful possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: On Wednesday, December 6 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions will hold a hearing on "Workplace Leave Policies: Opportunities and Challenges for Employers and Working Families." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: (Billings, Mont.) - Personal use Christmas tree permits are available from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Permits can be purchased at the Dillon, Butte, Missoula and Lewistown field offices. Cost of the BLM permit is $5 per tree (limit of 3 trees per family) and includes a map of approved tree...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Brennan Lee Sumatzkuku, 23, of Tuba City, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 36 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Sumatzkuku had previously pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter.
By State Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: CHARTER OF THE CUBA INTERNET TASK FORCE.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 54-year-old Kingwood man has entered a guilty plea to failing to appear in federal court for his conviction related to a Houston-area mortgage fraud scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. - This month, Everglades National Park celebrates its 70th anniversary.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the arrest and filing of a criminal complaint charging Bernandino Gawala Bolatete (69, Jacksonville) with knowingly receiving and possessing a silencer not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Nov. 30, 2017, William Fischer, age 45, of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information with 14 bank robberies, and with brandishing firearms during the course of those bank robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - JoAnn Bell, 37, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to drug trafficking and theft of mail charges under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office that recommends a five year term of imprisonment.
