News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: CONCORD - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Casey Jones, 41, formerly of Rochester, New Hampshire, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Capitol Reef National Park is joining national parks across the county in waiving entrance fees four days in 2018 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and learn from the natural world. The National Park Service will offer the following fee-free days in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Defendants among the 103 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: An eight-time felon who possessed a loaded firearm, and then assaulted and injured a Mount Vernon police officer during a traffic stop on Highway 30 in February 2017, was sentenced today to more than 20 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a Birmingham man to 10 years in prison on separate counts of being a convicted felon in possession of firearms, including a 2016 incident in which police recovered 31 firearms after he barricaded himself and three other people inside a house to avoid arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Matthew Jaskula, 27, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of willfully depriving another of their constitutional rights under color of law resulting in bodily injury, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Mission Viejo man who allegedly bilked his employer out of nearly $1 million by using his consulting company to submit bills for internet marketing services that were not performed has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Andrew Reiner, 30, of Cheektowaga, NY, was sentenced to 108 months in prison for attempting to possess child pornography before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore today sentenced Michael O. Johnson (28, Tampa) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He pleaded guilty on Aug. 10, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Billy Leon Dyer (78, Melbourne) to 24 years in federal prison for producing child pornography. The Court also ordered him to forfeit his residence located at 7664 Candlewick Drive and a vehicle that he used during the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kevin Theil, 54, of Corning, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and 10 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: A woman who used her position as the city clerk for the City of Delhi to steal more than $100,000 in public funds was sentenced yesterday to more than a year in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LUIS ALBERTO TEJEDA-QUIROZ, age 32, a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty today to a 4-count Superseding Bill of Information charging him with to illegal use of a social security number, false claim to United States citizenship, illegal reentry of a removed alien and identity theft.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - In the aftermath of recent terrorist incidents, U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) today introduced bipartisan legislation authorizing the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Counterterrorism Advisory Board, whose mission is to bring together the intelligence, operational, and policy-making elements from across DHS to devise joint strategies to deter and disrupt potential terrorist attacks.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Luray, Virginia: The National Park Service announced that the public will be invited to experience all national parks, including Shenandoah National Park, without entrance fees, on four days in 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today issued the following statement about reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt expressing concerns over EPA’s list of 21 sites recently selected for prioritized cleanup under the Superfund program.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: FOSTORIA, OH - Nox US LLC, an Ohio manufacturer of luxury vinyl tile, faces $514,236 in proposed penalties after inspectors from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited the company for machine safety violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ZULEYMA CRUZ, 29, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for her role in a heroin trafficking operation.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: CHELAN COUNTY, WA - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) are seeking additional comments on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed removal and replacement of the existing Upper Snow Lake tunnel water release control valve with a new valve. The water control structure is located on land owned by the Service surrounded by the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area in Chelan County, Washington.
