News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who participated in a multistate drug ring was sentenced today to a year and a day in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Parker Wyatt Mays, 27, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Columbus man caught with heroin in Huntington in 2015 was sentenced today to eight months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Tyshawn Desmeon Davis, 28, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today welcomed U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) to serve on the Senate Finance Committee in the 115th Congress.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Transportation Security Administration officers prevented a Virginia man from bringing a loaded handgun onboard a plane at the Norfolk International Airport checkpoint this morning, Jan. 3.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today named Christopher J. McAlear, a career public servant, to lead its National Conservation Lands and Community Partnerships Directorate, which manages some of America’s most spectacular landscapes. McAlear officially takes the helm of this important national program after serving as its Deputy Director for the past four years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Mercer County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for distributing images of child sexual abuse from his home computer, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Artists Drive, one of Death Valley National Park’s top attractions, will be closed through March for repair work.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee which oversees trade policy, issued the following statement after President-elect Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Robert Lighthizer to serve as the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and head its office...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Felony Child Abuse and Neglect.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Amanda Elaine Wright, 31, of East Liverpool, Ohio was sentenced to 30 months incarceration today for distributing heroin, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: LaShane Hayes, 44, of La Vergne, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and wire fraud after being charged with defrauding the United States Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) through her sponsor agency, All About Giving, Inc., announced David Rivera, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of attempting to obtain contraband in prison, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Michael Ray Enzor (34, Jacksonville) to 19 years and 6 months in federal prison for transporting, and aiding and abetting the transportation of, child pornography. He also was ordered to serve a supervised release term of 15 years, register as a sex offender, and pay restitution to a victim of his offense. Enzor pleaded guilty on October 4, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of New Waterford, Ohio, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of willfully injuring or committing depredation against any property of the United States, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent a notice to Democratic leadership today highlighting a significant change the Republican Conference has proposed to House rules. The new provision would help House Republicans pursue their long-stated goal of giving away National Parks...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of being an accessory after the fact, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - Park Ranger Lynette Webber of Keweenaw National Historical Park is the recipient of the 2016 Freeman Tilden Award. She received the National Park Service’s most prestigious interpretive honor for the multi-faceted Missing in the Copper Country program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: A Boardman man was charged in federal court with defrauding investors out of nearly $1.2 million and related tax violations, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI and Troy Stemen, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the IRS’s Cincinnati Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
