News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Honeywell today sentenced Paul Dale Pollitt, III (40) to 20 years in federal prison for production of child pornography. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the cellphone he had used to commit the offense. Pollitt pleaded guilty on Nov. 15, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO - Kasey Ray Converse, 32, of Pocatello, Idaho, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Converse to serve three years of supervised release and forfeit a firearm and as well as all drug proceeds.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Kalāheo, Hawaii, Feb. 3, 2017-Alan W. Meerow, a research geneticist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture 's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), has been awarded the 2017 David Fairchild Medal for Plant Exploration by the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG).
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rescinded a number of orders that the FCC adopted at the end of Chairman Wheeler’s term.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be sending organizers of last year’s Burning Man event a check for $33,831-- refunding the difference between what they estimated costs would be for operations associated with the 2016 event and what it actually did cost the agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Freddy Geovainni Mero Ancentales (36, Ecuador, South America) to 14 years in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - James Jeffrey Schroeder, 50, of Arlington, a former teacher’s assistant in Texas, was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for receiving and downloading child pornography. Schroeder was also sentenced to 20 years of supervised release and ordered to pay $182,000 in restitution to victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Anthony Randolph Faces Minimum 20 Year Sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio, 46-year-old professional photographer Christopher Alexander Reilly, doing business as Chris Reilly Photography, is charged with one count of receipt of child pornography announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a 60-minute program on Saturday, Feb. 18, beginning at 2pm at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center. Participants will car caravan, then take a short hike to Union General William S. Rosecrans’ headquarters in south Dyer Field.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today commented on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) announcement regarding 2017 enrollment of Obamacare.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - Richard Winston West II, aka Richie West, former manager of the Jones-West Ford dealership in Reno, Nev., pleaded guilty today to prescription drug conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute oxycodone, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada, Special Agent...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Janie M. Byrd, 53, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a misdemeanor theft of government funds charge. After entering her guilty plea, Byrd was sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay $949.13 in restitution and a $200 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: FBI, Southaven Police Seeking Information About August 2016 Bank Robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: RIRIE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation will discharge flows from Ririe Reservoir into Willow Creek beginning Feb. 6, 2017, to meet required flood control obligations and requirements identified in the 2015 Final Environmental Assessment: Ririe Winter Storage Study. Ririe Dam is located about 15 miles northeast of Idaho Falls and about 4 miles south of Ririe.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ritchie Juarbe, 26, who was convicted of Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy, was sentenced to 210 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Pilots flying in the airspace around Houston, TX, between Feb. 2-6 will want to familiarize themselves with the FAA’s air traffic procedures NOTAM for the area on those dates. The FAA has released the guidance in conjunction with Super Bowl LI, which takes place on Sunday, Feb. 5 at NRG Stadium in Houston, TX. Game time will be at 5: 0 p.m. CST.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today commented on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) announcement regarding 2017 enrollment of Obamacare.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: Barry Connell Allegedly Made Misrepresentations to the Bank and Stole at Least $5 Million of his Clients’ Funds.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2017
News Release: TUCSON, AZ - The National Park Service’s Western Archeological and Conservation Center (WACC) is featuring five unique lectures and tours for the public during Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month.
