News from December 2017
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office is publishing a Notice of Realty Action that opens a 45-day public comment period on a proposal to sell 5.93 acres near Santa Maria, California, to Arc Vineyards LLC, for fair market value.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joseph Jakubowski, 33, Janesville, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 14 years in federal prison. Jakubowski was convicted following a two-day trial in U.S. District Court in Madison in September of stealing firearms and silencers from a firearms dealer and with being a felon in possession of those firearms and silencers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that STEPHEN CONDON PETERS, 44, of Raleigh, North Carolina, has been charged by a federal grand jury in a sixteen-count Indictment. The Indictment includes one count of Investment Advisor Fraud; one count of Fraud in the Sale of Unregistered...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Royal Gorge Field Office will begin implementing supplementary rules for public lands at Guffey Gorge Jan. 19.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today released the following statements after the House and Senate passed H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, securing a major victory for Alaskans and all Americans. In addition to reforming the tax code, the bill opens the non-wilderness 1002 Area in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to responsible energy development.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney, Richard W. Moore, announces that Germaine Williams, a 41 year old, resident of Bay Minette, Alabama was sentenced today to 46 months incarceration followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Efrain Troche-Rivera, age 35, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Dec. 19, 2017, to 10 years’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo for conspiracy to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for a contract to provide a variety of services at the Hanford Site, called the Hanford Occupational Medical Services Contract (OccMed). The total estimated value of the contract is up to approximately $120...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Frank Vennes was a co-conspirator in the multi-billion dollar Petters Ponzi scheme.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today announced Robert Rosado will join the Committee as senior professional staff responsible for nutrition, specialty crops, and organics.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Cassandra Chandler, 25, of Franconia, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley of the announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney William C. Lamar and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze announced today that a jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi has convicted two individuals of Transporting a Victim from Georgia to Mississippi to engage in prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Five people were indicted for firearms offenses, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and ATF Special Agent in Charge Trevor Velinor.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Drug Maker United Therapeutics Agrees to Pay $210 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability for Paying Kickbacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAYMOND J. GORDON, also known as “X-RAY," 30, of Stratford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing heroin involved in an overdose death last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Juan Ramon Delgadillo-Meza, a 41 year-old resident of Ephrata, Washington, was sentenced to 151 months in prison, 5 years of supervised release, and a $200 special assessment. The sentence also includes a $1.3 million dollar money judgment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A professional racecar driver who lives in Leawood was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of failing to report millions in income from payday lending business he owned, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. The defendant’s accountant was indicted, too.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Olvin Humberto Matute-Lopez, a/k/a “Humberto Lopez-Barralaga," a/k/a “Fernando Dolero-Juarez," a/k/a “Juan Carlos Matute," a/k/a “Juan Lopez," a/k/a “Humberto Lopez," age 36, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Parsons woman pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling $5 million from a credit union where she worked, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Giovani Hornea, 21, of Romania, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, was sentenced to 38 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay $156,266.30 in restitution.
