News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Kelly Schneider, 23, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to violently assaulting Steven Nelson because he was a gay man, resulting in Mr. Nelson’s death, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson for the District of Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that David Dewald, age 40, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of attempted production of child pornography, and three counts of enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Joseph Leroy Miles, Sr., age 63, of Westernport, Maryland, to nine years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Corona woman who embezzled more than $500,000 from her employer, an Irvine-based property management company, has been sentenced to serve 27 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Beckley man substantially involved in a California-to-West Virginia drug conspiracy was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Velarian Sylvester Carter, 37, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that David Dewald, age 40, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of attempted production of child pornography, and three counts of enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - The former supervisor at the Laguna Pueblo Superette, pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to embezzling funds from the Pueblo of Laguna.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today introduced resolutions in their respective chambers to honor Denali National Park and Preserve’s upcoming centennial. The resolution designates Feb. 26, 2017, the park’s 100th anniversary, as “Denali National ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Duane William Millar, age 60, of East Lansing, Michigan, was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge. Millar, a former teacher with the Howell Public School District, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX, - On February 6, 2017, Al Shonnie Ben, 40, of Tuba City, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 30 years’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release. Ben had previously pleaded guilty kidnapping.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management is seeking nominations for the 2017 Reclamation and Sustainable Mineral Development Awards. These awards recognize those programs created to foster sustainable development, which encourages environmental health, social responsibility, and economic security.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Nicholas Baca, 31, a members of a Taos County-based heroin and money-laundering ring has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a heroin trafficking charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Baca faces up to 33 months in federal prison followed by a term of ...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a markup examining two commonsense bills to strengthen Medicaid and prioritize the most vulnerable.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Crimes Took Place Over Three-Year Period.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Tinita Joyner, 52, of Rockville, Md., was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for embezzling nearly $290,000 from three companies where she worked as an office manager or as an executive assistant, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Andrew Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Lamar Cox, 73, of Franklin, Tenn., former Chief Operating Officer and Board of Directors member of now defunct Tennessee Commerce Bank (TCB), was charged yesterday by felony Information for causing the bank to make a false statement to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, announced Jack Smith, Acting U.S. Attorney for the administration of this case. TCB was closed by federal regulators on Jan. 27, 2012, due to its failing financial condition.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A member of a highly sophisticated, global child exploitation enterprise dedicated to the sexual exploitation of children was sentenced to prison today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A recent report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to rely on inaccurate, incomplete, and untimely Medicaid data. Released yesterday, the report outlines how such issues limit the agency’s ability to ensure that federal payments to states are proper and that Medicaid beneficiaries have access to services.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: Idaho Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on the Army Corps of Engineers' (Army Corp) intention to grant an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline project.
