News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeking Information About a Bank Robbery in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: A Lauderhill, Florida, resident was sentenced to 48 months in prison for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting United States Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg of the Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: Dillon Fire burned 318 acres in 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - United States Park Rangers of Cape Cod National Seashore and Special Agents with the National Park Service (NPS) Investigative Services Branch are seeking the public’s help with identifying those responsible for recent fires that destroyed two park residential structures-the Brennan House and the Porter Cottage.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two women are set to appear in federal court on allegations they transported four unaccompanied minors in the country, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - Kyle Jordan, 31, of Franklin, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 72 months in prison for one count of sexual abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - Jason Alexander Bigler, 46, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 252 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for knowingly distributing child pornography of children under the age of 12. Bigler is a registered sex offender because of a prior federal conviction of possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: A Lima man was sentenced to life in prison and another was sentenced to 30 years in prison for their role in a conspiracy in which girls, then 14 and 16 years old, were forced into commercial sex acts, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman, FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony and Lima Police Chief Kevin Martin.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: Public Scoping Opens for Comments on Fire Management Plan Update.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Explore the wonders of the night with Tonto National Monument at the "Park After Dark" 2018 Event Series. Night sky events will include star gazing, interpretive astronomy programs, telescope viewing with astronomers from the Phoenix Astronomical Society, and Junior Ranger Night Explorer activities for kids. Night hike events will include a guided interpretive hike to the Lower Cliff Dwelling after dark.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that John Carl Berryhill, age 53, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 168 months imprisonment, and life supervised release for Possession Of Certain Material Involving The Sexual Exploitation Of Minors, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(4)(B) and 2252(b)(2).
By Interior Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: Thousands of visitors have descended on Joshua Tree National Park this holiday season breaking daily visitation records. Park officials are asking visitors to plan ahead, consider arriving earlier and to carpool to alleviate entry backups and parking shortages.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: A Lima man was sentenced to life in prison and another was sentenced to 30 years in prison for their role in a conspiracy in which girls, then 14 and 16 years old, were forced into commercial sex acts, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman, FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony and Lima Police Chief Kevin Martin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Acting Special Agent in Charge Kirk Howard and Saint Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell today announced a federal indictment charging six members of a Saint Paul criminal street gang known as the HAM Crazy for conspiring to illegally possess firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., man who tried to sell firearms to a local pawn shop was charged in federal court today with illegally possessing firearms after law enforcement officers confiscated 50 weapons from him, including several stolen guns.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of President Trump’s goal to reduce the burden of federal regulations that hinder economic growth and energy development, the Bureau of Land Management today announced in the Federal Register a final rule to rescind the 2015 final rule on hydraulic fracturing, a rule that was never in effect due to pending litigation. The BLM published a proposed rule to rescind the 2015 final rule in the Federal Register on July 25, 2017. (82 FR 34464).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: As our nation prepares to ring in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau projects the U.S. population will be 326,971,407 on Jan. 1, 2018. This represents an increase of 2,314,238, or 0.71 percent, from New Year’s Day 2017. Since Census Day (April 1) 2010, the population has grown by 18,225,587, or 5.90 percent.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today the Department of the Interior granted a right-of-way authorizing construction of the $3.5 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline that will cross 3.6 miles of federal lands in West Virginia and Virginia. When complete, the 305-mile long, 42-inch diameter underground pipeline will transport...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the conviction of ADAM JOHN BURKE, 33, ABDIRAHIN KHALIF IBRAHIM, 26, and DANA ENOCH KIDD, 36, for their roles in a multi-million dollar insurance fraud conspiracy. BURKE, IBRAHIM, and KIDD were initially indicted on Dec. 20, 2016, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 28, 2017
News Release: Vincent Asaro, Bonanno Soldier Who Committed Murder and Lufthansa Robbery, Sentenced For Ordering Innocent Motorist’s Car Torched Over Road Rage Incident.
