News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Former Jail Administrator Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Violation for Depriving Inmate of Medical Care.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Nicolae Sarbu, of Romania, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The bank fraud charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A federal correctional officer who worked at the United States Penitentiary in Victorville has agreed to plead guilty to a federal bribery charge for taking a $1,000 bribe to smuggle contraband to a prisoner inside the facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Brandishing of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Harold Giberson, 63, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on February 7, 2017, for theft of labor union funds. Giberson was the long time president of the Utility Workers Union of America Local 127. From 2011 through January 2015, he embezzled...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Holly Hopkins, 35, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was convicted of racketeering, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Today, the Senate will consider the nomination of Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) to be the next Secretary of the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mobridge, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Josiah Yeasley, 28, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for accessing with intent to view child pornography, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Yeasley was charged in an information.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: This morning, authorities arrested six Cuban nationals for their roles in an alleged credit card skimming device scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glen Hegar and Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9721.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - Two men were sentenced to federal prison today for gun crimes, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Paul Martin, 31, of South Charleston, was sentenced to two years and three months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony. In a separate prosecution, Denver Clifton Julious, 67, of Hilltop in Fayette County, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On February 8, 2017, United States Magistrate Judge Bruce McGiverin authorized a criminal complaint charging Waldemar Martínez-Ortiz with carjacking with serious bodily injury, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The FBI is in charge of the investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a hearing for Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Modernizing Environmental Laws: Challenges and Opportunities for Expanding Infrastructure and Promoting Development and Manufacturing."
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo.--The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on offering thirteen parcels totaling about 2,089 acres of federal minerals within the Royal Gorge Field Office in eastern Colorado in the September 2017 competitive oil and gas lease sale. The proposal includes parcels located in Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Morgan, Weld and Yuma counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND - Kenneth Michael Ellis was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for bank robberies covering much of Northern California, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - George Begay, 47, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Fruitland, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a year and a day in prison for his conviction on a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Begay will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be observing President's Day Saturday, February 18 2017, by authorizing free backcountry permits and one night of free camping at Alum Ford Campground. Take this opportunity to experience the unique serenity of camping during the winter as well as behold the magnificent landscapes of our parks while the foliage is absent.
By State Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 9, 2017
News Release: A Palm Beach resident was sentenced to 74 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for his participation in a stolen identity tax fraud scheme.
