News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Mt. Vernon, Mo., woman was indicted by a federal grand jury today for carrying large amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine from California en route to Springfield, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: The five bodies found on Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico this week have been identified by relatives as Leticia George (adult), Vanessa George (adult), Zoe Becenti (child), Chloe Becenti (child), and Haleigh Toledo (child).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 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 10, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Antonio Cuevas-Baltazar, 21, of Massillon with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced Tuesday that United States District Court Judge D. Price Marshall Jr., sentenced James E. Franklin, Jr., 34, of Marianna, to prison for his role in a widespread scheme to steal money intended for feeding children in low income areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 39 months imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release for the charge of Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Former Maryland Delegate and Prince George’s County Councilman William Alberto Campos-Escobar, age 42, of Hyattsville, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to federal charges for taking bribes related to the performance of his official duties. The guilty plea was entered under seal on January 5, 2017, and unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: Former City of Opa Locka Commissioner Luis Santiago pled guilty today, before United States District Judge Kathleen M. Williams, for his participation in a two-year long bribery and extortion under color of official right conspiracy, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371, 666(a)(1)(B), and 1951(a). Santiago is scheduled to be sentenced on March 30, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. before Judge Williams.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a special 90-minute, two-mile walking tour of Chickamauga Battlefield on Saturday, January 21 at 2 pm. Participants will meet at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center and caravan to the Snodgrass Cabin (Tour Stop 8), where they will walk to various points along the bottom and top of Horseshoe Ridge.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Jasper Roofing Contractors Inc. and its owner/chief executive officer, Brian Wedding, for terminating their safety manager after he cooperated with a safety and health inspection by the department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- Reclamation's January forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn Basin is as follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: Two Businessmen Plead Guilty to Foreign Bribery Charges in Connection with Venezuela Bribery Schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daryl Vandermark, 45, of Amherst, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to import into the United States Alpha-PVP, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: BOISE- Chad Fisher has been selected as the National Park Service’s Wildland Fire Operations Program Leader for the Branch of Wildland Fire. In this position he will lead the team responsible for operations, safety, facilities, equipment, training, and wildland fire qualifications.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation prepared a Finding of No Significant Impact and Environmental Assessment on providing $576,000 from the Central Valley Project Conservation Program and the Central Valley Project Improvement Act Habitat Restoration Program to the Sierra Foothill Conservancy to purchase a conservation easement on the Todisco Ranch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: New York Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Attempting to Join Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland Heights woman was indicted on cocaine trafficking charges, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEJANDRO PROSPER, also known as “Pun," 36, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a scheme to distribute oxycodone that was obtained through fraudulent prescriptions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. B A Wichita man pleaded guilty Tuesday of brandishing or aiding and abetting another robber who brandished a firearm during a bank robbery, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Arlington, Texas, has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, on a charge of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
