News from January 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSON COUNTY & DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN - Effective immediately, officials have.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: ADAMS COUNTY, MS THROUGH WEBSTER COUNTY, MS - As a result of winter weather conditions along the Natchez Trace Parkway, a travel advisory is in effect for the southern terminus (milepost 0) at Liberty Road inNatchez, MS to Highway 82 (milepost 204), near Mathiston, MS. The bridges in these areas are experiencing icing conditions and considered hazardous. Travelers are advised to exercise caution when driving on the Parkway in this area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: A Lisbon man was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for defrauding people out of more than $1 million and using the money to pay for luxury cars and expensive vacations, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Late yesterday, U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Adrian Donte McFadden, age 23, of Baltimore, Maryland, to eight years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute heroin and for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today sharply criticized the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Regional Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS) for the Eastern Interior Planning Area of Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - John K. Cabrera, 35, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. to over 7 years in prison for distribution of child pornography, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - One skier was caught in an avalanche in Glacier National Park on the afternoon of January 5. He and a companion were skiing on the south face of Mt. Stanton, and were approximately 500 feet from the summit. A third skiing companion had previously gone back to the trailhead.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva today expressed his “profound disappointment" in the Obama administration’s decision not to protect the Grand Canyon area by establishing Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument. The effort to create the monument - strongly backed by Native American...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza today re-sentenced Ane Plate (60, DeLand) to 27 months in federal prison for theft by a bank employee. As part of her sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $176, 079.70, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Derek Lecompte, 26, agreed to plead guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield to three counts of sexual exploitation of a child. U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni scheduled sentencing for March 30, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Luis Sandoval (34, Los Angeles, CA) and Miguel Sandoval (35, Inglewood, CA) to six years and three months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin. Miguel Sandoval pleaded guilty on Aug. 22, 2016, and Luis Sandoval pleaded guilty on Sept. 19, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Defendant Has Nine Prior Theft-Related Convictions.
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 USDA Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking membership nominations for six seats on the National Mango Board. Applications for the seats are due Feb. 22, 2017. Selected members will serve three-year terms of office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Geniece Pancake, 36, of Belington, West Virginia, was convicted of methamphetamine distribution today, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Theodore Allen Leleaux, 34, of Orangevale, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 15 years in prison for distribution of child pornography with a prior conviction relating to the sexual abuse of a minor, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
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 Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: In anticipation of a winter storm event, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (excluding Ocracoke) will close all visitor services, including visitor centers and off-road vehicle permit offices, 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: In San Antonio this afternoon, a federal judge sentenced 25-year-old Christopher B. Evans to eight months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for pointing a laser in the flight path of a helicopter 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: Scott M. Wroten, 53, of Brunswick, was charged with receiving and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, said Carole S. Rendon, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
