News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: SAN JOSE - Jose Lemus was sentenced today to serve 54 months in prison for his role in an armed bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence, handed down today by the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, District Judge, follows a guilty plea in which Lemus admitted robbing the Castroville, Calif., branch of a federally-insured bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: Shire PLC Subsidiaries to Pay $350 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: Winnemucca, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca District, Humboldt River Field Office is seeking public review and comment on the Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA) for the Blue Wing Complex Gather Plan until Feb. 10, 2017. This PEA specifically considers the methods to be used to manage wild horses and burros in order to achieve and maintain Appropriate Management Level within the Blue Wing Complex (Complex).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: Carson City, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will meet with the Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council (RAC) on Thursday, Jan. 26, in Carson City, Nevada. The meeting will be held at the Carson City BLM District office at 5665 Morgan Mill Road, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is introducing a new, web-based financing navigator to help private and public sector organizations discover financing solutions for energy efficiency projects that meet their unique needs. Limited financing options are often cited as a major barrier to investing in...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the 27 Democratic Members of the Committee for the 115th Congress. Twenty-one of the Members served on the Committee in the previous Congress. The Democrats welcome five Members new to the Committee and one returning member, who represent districts in California, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, and Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced the sentencing of EDUARDO PENALOZA-ROMERO, 27, to 196 months in prison after pleading guilty last year to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana. PENALOZA-ROMERO was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on charges of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges related to child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: Initiative is only the fourth program in the nation to implement innovative strategy, first to attempt it countywide.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEVEN MCCLATCHEY, a director at an investment bank in Manhattan (the “Investment Bank"), was sentenced today to five months in prison on securities fraud and wire fraud charges in connection with his provision...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Indiana man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that BRADER YELVERTON, age 24, of Thibodaux, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty as charged to a one-count Bill of Information charging him with unauthorized access of a protected computer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: Special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Seattle Field Division and ATF Special Response Team executed a search warrant in unincorporated Snohomish County, Wash., Wednesday evening, Jan. 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: On Jan. 11, 2017, Russell D. Morris, a/k/a "Dickie Donald," 37, of Herrin, was sentenced to federal prison for a firearm offense, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 5, the “Regulatory Accountability Act."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that that JORGE MORALES, also known as “Capone," 30, of Shelton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin. Judge Bolden also ordered MORALES to serve the first six months of supervised release in home confinement.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be burning slash piles in two different locations near the Wild Horse Subdivision, which is located about 40 miles south of Grants, New Mexico, and 30 miles north of Pie Town. The Wild Horse Slash Pit and Tank Canyon South projects total approximately 240 acres. The burns will happen anytime during favorable weather conditions between mid-January through the end of February 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2017
News Release: Hetch Hetchy Road has also reopened.
