News from February 2017
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service has announced that John Sherman, a law enforcement ranger at Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site, has been recognized for his efforts to save lives on our roadways through enforcement, education, engineering, and EMS Response.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Carlos Ernesto Ochoa-Rocafort, Correctional Officer at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Guaynabo, PR, was indicted and arrested for providing contraband in prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The FBI is in charge of the investigation in collaboration with the Department of Justice - Office of the Inspector General (DOJ-OIG) and ATF.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man was arrested today on federal sex trafficking charges for allegedly using Facebook to recruit minors to participate in sex acts with him and others.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation will increase flows below Iron Gate Dam to reduce the risk of disease for coho salmon in the Klamath River. Starting Feb. 10 through Feb. 13, flows below Iron Gate Dam will be elevated increasing from approximately 4,000 cubic feet per second to as much as 9,600 cfs. The public is urged to take all necessary precautions on or near the river while flows are high during this period.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Child Abuse and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a new report by the Washington Post that President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, secretly discussed...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Melissa Lynn Hartwell Found Guilty of 42 Drug-Related Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Kaiser Foundation Health System Inc. has paid $850,000 to settle allegations that a Kaiser Permanente pharmacy in Modesto violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) by improperly filling defective prescriptions and by failing to maintain accurate records, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By State Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the Committee will convene a hearing entitled “Iran on Notice " on Thursday, February 16 to examine the future of the U.S.’s Iran policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Joplin, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today to filing a false tax return as part of a scheme that resulted in at least $138,000 in refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Three men were indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic heroin and cocaine, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - An active duty Army soldier has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for smuggling two illegal aliens through a U.S. Border Patrol (BP) checkpoint, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Mark Dawson of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Joseph Edmond Cleveland, 25, of El Paso, pleaded guilty Nov. 29, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Three men were indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic heroin and cocaine, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher Whitford, 45, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Defendant was driving a Bentley that contained over 20 pounds of cocaine in the trunk.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - Residents of Indiana, New York and Georgia have been sentenced in federal court on their convictions of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: A 22-year-old member of the Suquamish Tribe was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to six years in prison and lifetime supervised release for receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. NICHOLAS M. ALEXANDER repeatedly pressured and threatened as many as seven...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that DUSTIN RAY BAILEY, age 36, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 262 months imprisonment, and 5 years of supervised release for POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN FURTHERANCE OF A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: The FAA has spent $7.5 billion in congressionally appropriated funds on the air traffic modernization program known as NextGen over the past seven years. That investment has resulted in $2.7 billion in benefits to passengers and the airlines to date, and is expected to yield more than $160 billion in benefits through 2030.
