News from February 2017
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Pinedale Field Office will host two open houses for the public to participate in the public scoping process for the Boulder Travel Management Plan (TMP). The plan intends to designate travel routes for BLM-managed lands southeast of the Boulder, Wyoming area. The first open...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Mario L. Gordon, age 37, of Chicago, Illinois was sentenced to 6 months’ imprisonment on Feb. 23, 2017 for possession of a controlled substance inside the federal prison at Greenville, Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christian Herrera, 20, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court to aiding and abetting the armed robbery of an Albuquerque-area bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: FBI Continues Efforts to Identify Sandy Springs, GA Armed Bank Robber.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: In 1976, a forward thinking group of law enforcement executives mobilized.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: FEB 24 - HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Corey Jerrick, 30, of East Hartford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Feb. 22, 2017, Anthony Maurice Walls, 41, of Burlington, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 120 months in prison on the charge of felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Walls was...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced event plans for the Great American Total Eclipse occurring on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. The park is offering an opportunity to experience the total eclipse through a special, ticketed event at Clingmans Dome as well as informal eclipse viewing sites...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Irma Matamoros-Santillan, a 30-year-old woman from Harlingen has been ordered to prison following her conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Matamoros-Santillan pled guilty Oct. 19, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: NEWNAN, Ga. - Andrea R. Williams has been sentenced to six years and seven months in federal prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for using stolen identities to file dozens of fraudulent federal student aid applications.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
Release: AVOCA, Pa. - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) is now participating in the TSA Pre✓® program, which allows travelers in the program to leave on their shoes, light outerwear and belt, keep their laptop in its case and their 3-1-1 compliant liquids/gels bag in a carry-on.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: One Defendant Also Entered Guilty Plea to Robbing Albuquerque-Area Convenience Store, and Methamphetamine Trafficking and Firearms Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Eleven Individuals and One Company Charged in Florida With Exporting Prohibited Articles to Syria.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice today announced that.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that work is underway in the Elkmont Historic District to preserve four structures and to remove 29 others as specified in the 2009 Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) among the National Park Service, Tennessee State Historic Office, and Advisory Council...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - An indictment was unsealed today charging DANIEL TIMOTHY JOHNSON, 33, of Bethany, Oklahoma, and BENJAMIN LEE JOHNSON, 31, of Oklahoma City, with conspiracy to counterfeit United States currency and drug charges, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released the following statements after a report of a draft Republican health care proposal...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: Gettysburg Foundation and Gettysburg National Military Park are pleased to announce the debut of an exciting new exhibit March 2 dedicated to one-of-a-kind artifacts from the world-class collection of the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - John Francis Aragon, 50, of Virginia Beach, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, followed by 30 years of supervised release, for charges of coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ A McAllen federal jury has convicted the owner of an area durable medical equipment (DME) company owner on all counts for her scheme to defraud Texas Medicaid through fraudulent billings, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury deliberated for six hours following a seven-day trial before convicting Maria Garza, 41, of McAllen, on all 18 counts as charged.
