News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Rodney Cossari, of Reading and Shamokin, Pennsylvania, was charged by Indictment with two counts of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jolene M. Edwards, age 38, of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, was charged on Feb. 21, 2017, in a criminal information with interstate transportation of stolen property.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking problem solvers to develop new or improved analytical methods for estimating the water storage capacity and/or sedimentation volume of reservoirs managed by Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The best solution that meets the technical requirements for this prize competition will receive $50,000. Up to an additional $25,000 may be awarded for meeting additional, but not essential, criteria.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Defendant is One of 34 Individuals Charged as Part of Investigation into Methamphetamine Trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Texas Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Returns.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: A missing skier has been rescued after spending two nights in the backcountry of Grand Teton National Park after exiting a backcountry gate leaving the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Jackson, Wyoming.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Donna Byrd Talley, 54, of Yorktown, was sentenced today to five years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after being convicted at trial on charges of acquiring or obtaining a controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Jason Lee Burgess, 44, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today to 84 months imprisonment, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. After his release from prison, Burgess will be placed on supervised release for three years. Burgess was originally indicted on December 8, 2015, and entered his guilty plea to a superseding information on Nov. 16, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Contact Person: Andy Moorman (864) 282-2140.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation and PacifiCorp are
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRYAN WHITE, 39, of New London, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to attempting to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Three Individuals Plead Guilty to Conspiracy and Trafficking of Counterfeit Electronic Goods into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Armando Sotelo, 24, was sentenced to two years of supervised release today for a hate crime offense arising from his assault of a black Somali man on June 19, 2015, in Dodge City, Kansas. Omar Cantero Martinez, 32, was sentenced to 26 months imprisonment and two years of supervised release today for committing perjury during a hate crimes prosecution arising from the same assault. Martinez also pleaded guilty today to an illegal reentry charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Francesco Leggio, age 26, of Plains, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Feb. 21, 2017, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Isiah Heyward, 24, of Sicklerville, NJ., was charged today by indictment with assault on a federal officer, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about Dec. 10, 2016, Heyward forcibly assaulted, resisted, opposed, impeded, intimidated and interfered with a Correctional Officer of the Federal Bureau of Prisons while the officer was engaged in his official duties.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Multi-agency “North Charleston Violent Crime Community Impact Investigation" launched in October of 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 10-count indictment charging John Nelson, 41, and Lawrence Russell, 39, both of Buffalo, NY, with conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - The United States has filed a lawsuit to stop Philadelphia retail store J & B Poultry Market, Inc., and its president Johnny Wong, from selling chickens that are improperly labeled, and stored under insanitary conditions whereby they may have been rendered injurious to health. Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen today announced the filing of the civil Complaint in federal district court.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2017
News Release: Thomas Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
