News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Yolanda Brown, AKA Yo-Yo, was sentenced today to 130 months in prison, and ordered to pay $19,285.00 in restitution, for five robberies of Bay Area banks and credit unions, the unlawful possession of a firearm, and distribution of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Brian...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY, Utah- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office concluded the gathering and removing of excess wild horses from within and outside the Cedar Mountain Wild Horse Herd Management Area (HMA) in western Utah on Feb. 21st.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher C. Cozad, of Mount Clare, West Virginia, has been indicted for distributing heroin and illegal possession of a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, H.R. 699, the “Mount Hood Cooper Spur Land Exchange Clarification Act," sponsored by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) passed on suspension by a vote of 415-1. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jacob Ebel, age 29, of Niverville, New York, was arraigned today on charges that he distributed heroin and fentanyl that caused two overdose deaths in Columbia County in July 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months in prison and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
Release: Agency demonstrates winning formula as catalyst for energy innovation
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake today announced that Phillip Thompson, age 67, of Augusta, Georgia, pled guilty to his role in a conspiracy involving theft of government funds. Thompson admitted that he and another man conspired to defraud the government by creating fraudulent...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: PENISULA, Ohio - The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (CVSR) today announces the appointment of Joe Mazur as its president and chief executive officer, effective March 21.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Wilbur Ross as Secretary of the Department of Commerce.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking the agency to review the harms to consumers of eliminating rules that protect consumers’ privacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Tyree Skipper, 44, of Euclid, Ohio, was convicted for aggravated identity theft, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man pleaded guilty today to a drug-related gun charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Thomas Lee Nelson, 48, entered his guilty plea to possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: 22 Defendants Scheduled to Enter Guilty Pleas in Traveler Racketeering Case.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Jennifer Lyons Martin, age 34, of Ehrhardt, pled guilty in federal court in Columbia to Theft by a Bank Employee, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 656. United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs of Columbia accepted the guilty plea and will sentence her at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Sean David Burt, 33, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months incarceration for distributing heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRANDON PAUL QUAINTON, 23, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a smash-and-grab robbery of a Stamford jewelry store in November 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - This morning, U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor sentenced three defendants, with ties to the Polywood Crips street gang in Fort Worth, Texas, for their respective roles in a child sex trafficking conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - There will be a limited number of opportunities this spring to visit Scotty’s Castle. This is a unique opportunity to witness the damage caused by a large flash flood and to learn about the National Park Service’s ongoing work to restore the historic district.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2017
News Release: Takata Corporation Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to Pay $1 Billion in Criminal Penalties for Airbag Scheme.
