News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON, Texas - A 30-year-old man who was residing in Spring has been taken into federal custody on charges of production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Andrew Craig Sustaita was previously a Harris County deputy sheriff, but is no longer employed there.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Tatiana Farook, who is the sister-in-law of the male shooter in the San Bernardino attack, pleaded guilty today to federal immigration fraud charges related to a sham marriage discovered during the investigation into the Dec. 2, 2015 shooting spree that took the lives of 14 people.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: SHASTA LAKE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation plans to incrementally
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Today, Donald Macarthur, 39, of Lehi, Utah, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Raner C. Collins to 20 years in prison. Macarthur had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of production of child pornography in two separate cases. Macarthur’s term of imprisonment will be followed by lifetime supervised release, with stringent sex offender conditions, including the condition that he register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jose Villa, 35, of Lake Arthur, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 60 months in prison for his conviction on methamphetamine trafficking charges. Villa will be on supervised release for four years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Kevin Heiting, age 28, of Aspen Hill, Maryland, pleaded guilty on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, to distribution of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is incrementally increasing releases below Nimbus Dam from 40,000 cubic feet per second to 80,000 cfs by 2 p.m. Feb. 9. The increased releases are necessary to meet flood space regulatory requirements within Folsom Reservoir. Conditions are monitored real time and operational adjustments will be made as necessary and may occur on short notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Seventeen individuals have been charged in a 17-count indictment with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and various substantive bank fraud offenses, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1349 and 1344.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Swain J. Clarke, age 30, of Owings Mills, Maryland, today to 20 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a series of commercial robberies.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Mountain Laurel Hikes - Park Ranger Ron Harvey will lead a hike in search of the best patches of Mountain Laurel at Catoctin Mountain Park at 10:00 a.m., May 6 and May 20. Meet at the Thurmont Vista Parking Lot. Discover where Mountain Laurel likes to grow and why it is one of America’s most loved native shrubs. This program is free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas, Texas, woman, Glenda Faye Hendrix, 50, was sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to 60 months in federal prison, following her guilty plea in March 2016 to one count of bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- Reclamation's January forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn Basin is as follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - GWENDOLYN VAN HORN, 44, of Mustang, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty this week for submitting a falsified document to The Bank of Union, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
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: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a California man pleaded guilty in federal court today to a nearly $460,000 bank fraud scheme that involved stolen checks and false identities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: David Beckford Sentenced to 123-Month Prison Term for Operating Counterfeit Xanax Pill Operation.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - A Dominican national wanted for murder charges was removed Tuesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation today released a Finding of No Significant Impact for the final Environmental Assessment for the Toquerville Secondary Water System Smart Meter Installation Project. The EA details Reclamation’s grant of funds to the Washington County Water Conservancy District...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is delaying for 60 days the effective date of a rule that will require online filing of permits for oil and gas drilling. The delay responds to a White House memorandum issued on Jan. 20, 2017, instructing Federal agencies to temporarily postpone for...
