News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M - Shannon Lamont Jackson, 38, of Clovis, New Mexico, was sentenced yesterday to 77 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his heroin trafficking conviction.
By State Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the detention of Kosovo’s former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Justin G. Liverman, 24, of Morehead City, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today for his role in a harassment scheme that targeted senior U.S. government officials. Liverman’s plea admits guilt to a conspiracy to commit unauthorized computer intrusions, identity theft, and telephone harassment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Institutional Pharmacy Solutions, LLC (IPS), headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama, has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle civil penalty claims involving controlled substances being dispensed by IPS’s Virginia Beach Retail Pharmacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, 28-year-old William Brandon Cate was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for defrauded approximately 15 investors out of more than $280,000 announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher B. Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that KALVIN KYLE MCCOWN, age 43, of Longview, Texas, and TRAVIS LEE HILL, age 27, of Ore City, Texas, pled guilty to KIDNAPPING, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1201(a)(1), punishable by any term of years up to life imprisonment, and up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for high winds and heavy rains from Friday evening through Sunday evening. Another storm is poised to impact the region Tuesday or Wednesday. This series of systems will move through this region and include the following areas of concern.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- Gary Kwong Yiu Chen, Anthony John Lai, and Xiu Ying Ling “Elaine" Liang pleaded guilty to money laundering charges; Tong Zao Zhang pleaded guilty to dealing in contraband cigarettes; and Bryan Tilton pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport stolen goods in interstate commerce announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Adolphus P. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Kelly...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: In anticipation of a winter storm event, Wright Brothers National Memorial will close at 5:00 pm today and will remain closed through Saturday, January 7. The National Park Service will reassess conditions tomorrow and reopen visitor services as soon as conditions allow. Reopening of visitor services will be announced on the park website and social media.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Acker, 34, of Cheektowaga, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Shannon Lamont Jackson Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative and HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO - Demetrius Gomez, 29, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Pocatello of second degree murder, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Gomez was charged by indictment on May 24, 2016.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) for cleanup of Area IV and the Northern Buffer Zone of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) in Ventura County, Calif. The Draft EIS examines a range of approaches to clean up contamination at a portion of SSFL that includes the former Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Corinne Delphine Kinzhuma, 31, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her conviction on federal assault charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Westbrook, Maine, man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield for failing to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Beginning at noon Friday, January 6 (today), a temporary area closure around the Stephens Creek administrative area will go into effect.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed 13 members to the National Watermelon Promotion Board. Twelve members will serve three-year terms, which began on Jan. 1, 2017, and will end on Dec. 31, 2019. The new member for District 6 will complete a two-year term beginning immediately.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kelly Wachter, 34, formerly of Bloomington, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to three years of probation and ordered to pay $85,424.51 in restitution for fraudulent conversion and sale of crops owned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (USDA FSA). Wachter pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 3, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Two Canton men with prior homicide convictions were indicted on firearms and drug trafficking charges, law enforcement officials said.
