News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - An Alabama state inmate and a northeast Alabama woman face federal charges for a scheme to defraud the Social Security Administration by working together to collect disability benefits that the inmate was not entitled to while in prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and Social Security Administration, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge Margaret Moore-Jackson, Atlanta Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was charged yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with robbing a branch of the Mansfield Bank in West Bridgewater on Nov. 22, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: FBI Media Update: Video Released of Albuquerque Bank Robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Fritch Fortress Amphitheater located within Lake Meredith National Recreation Area has seen a rash of vandalism over the last several weeks. Vandalism of this type hurts the local visiting community who utilize the park for recreation. Trash cans have been “bashed in" along with park signage that has been removed and totally destroyed.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Lillie Mae Govea, age 26, of Lancaster, South Carolina was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for straw purchasing a firearm. United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis of Columbia sentenced Govea to 10 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Sheldon Lamont Jackson (43, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony. Due to his status as an Armed Career Criminal, he faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) on Thursday, requesting their assistance in questioning all federal agencies within their jurisdiction about their plans to address the urgent public health threat of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Ely, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely District, Caliente Field Office is proposing to offer through a competitive sale 14 parcels totaling approximately 427 acres of public lands in Lincoln County, Nevada. All parcels are located within five miles of the following communities; four parcels...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Birmingham man for the Jan. 10 robbery of a credit union branch in Tuscaloosa, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Today, the administrator of a Miami-area home health agency was sentenced to a 126 month prison term for his role in a $2.5 million Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Senior U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced Alla Samchuk, 45, of Roseville, to nine and a half years in prison for a mortgage fraud scheme and obstruction of justice, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. offered the following statement in response to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai's announcement that he is seeking a stay on some of the FCC's broadband privacy protections...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 24, 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), and Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) praised the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to extend the comment period for the proposed rule titled: “Financial Responsibility Requirements Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) for Classes of Facilities in the Hardrock Mining Industry."
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Gerald Allen Freeman, 42, of Moatsville, West Virginia, was convicted for methamphetamine distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A Shreveport man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that COREY JERRICK, 30, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 94 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing heroin, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Alex Mgbolu, age 45, of Toronto, Canada, was sentenced Feb. 23, 2017 to 60 months’ imprisonment by Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for conspiring to defraud hundreds...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has reached a settlement with the Bangor Township School District in Bay City, Michigan, to resolve allegations that the school district violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to allow a student with disabilities to use his service dog in school, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order requiring every federal agency to establish a Regulatory Reform Task Force to enforce the administration’s regulatory reform agenda. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a man from Missouri was sentenced Thursday to 57 months in prison for possessing child pornography, including images of children under the age of 12.
