News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND - A Union City man and the corporation he owns were charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, smuggling, and multiple violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch; Environmental Protection Agency...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that two Rapid City men convicted of illegally possessing and selling a firearm were sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Salt Lake Field Office is seeking volunteers to help conduct the annual Raptor Inventory Nest Survey (RINS). The survey offers volunteers a unique opportunity to learn about Utah’s eagles, hawks, falcons, and owls. Volunteers will collect invaluable...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A 31-year-old Dallas, Texas, man, Rafael Almeida Zapata, who pleaded guilty in August 2016 to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 188 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Yankton, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Bank Robbery.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: The Energy and Commcerce Committee kicked the week off with a strategic planning session to present ideas and policy goals across all six subcommittees. As the week progressed, the committee held hearings on a range of topics including the benefits of self-driving cars, how to modernize our nation’s energy infrastructure, and the need to revamp outdated environmental laws. Scroll down to view our best photos and videos of the week.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: SEATTLE - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced that its National Response Team (NRT) has joined the investigation into the apartment complex fire at 3811 Minnesota Drive in Anchorage, Alaska, that killed two people and injured at least 16 others Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Haris Qamar, 26, of Burke, was sentenced today to 8 1/2 years in prison for attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Qamar was also sentenced to 20 years of supervised release to be completed after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Two individuals charged with the Nov. 26, 2016, robbery at Plaza Frontenac have entered guilty pleas to interstate transportation of stolen property. They appeared in federal court today in St. Louis.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida- U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Jerry Hall (49, Palm Bay) to 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography. The Court also ordered him to forfeit electronic equipment that had been used during the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Yankton, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Bank Robbery.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Moments before the Senate voted to confirm Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to serve as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, spoke on the Senate floor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An Everett man was charged today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a scheme to defraud the Department of Unemployment Assistance of more than $1.8 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Dave Montonio Sturgis, Jr., has been sentenced to 32 years in federal prison for robbing three drug stores in Cobb County, Georgia, in June 2015. Sturgis’ co-defendant and robbery partner Lloyd Nathaniel Joyner, a/k/a Zulu, a/k/a Zu, was sentenced on Jan. 12, 2017, to 40 years in prison for the three robberies he committed with Sturgis and three other robberies he committed in May and early June 2015 in Atlanta and Cobb County.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jacob Anthony Mora, 33, of Roseville, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 21 years and 10 months in prison and lifetime supervision upon release, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A 31-year-old Dallas, Texas, man, Rafael Almeida Zapata, who pleaded guilty in August 2016 to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 188 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Cruces District announced today that it signed the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Decision Record for the proposed Southern Road Improvement Project (Project), a 23.6-mile section of county roads in Doña Ana and Sierra Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SEAN STEWART, a former managing director at an investment advisory firm headquartered in Manhattan, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain for tipping his father...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Brandon Lee Walker, 22, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Sanders, Ariz., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 30 months in prison for his assault conviction. Walker will be on supervised release for two years after completing his prison sentence.
