News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: SEATTLE - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced that its National Response Team (NRT) has joined the investigation into the Lynnwood, Wash., three-alarm structure fire that occurred at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, in the 19800 block of Scriber Lake Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Deputy United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney, Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that STEVEN SIMMONS and JOSEPH MELI were arrested this morning...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: SHASTA LAKE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - David Thomas, a/k/a “David Thompson", 23, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Gerald A. McHugh to 192 months in prison for his role orchestrating and executing four bank robberies over a two-month period from May through July 2015. The Court further ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher L. Wright, 37, of Glen Easton, West Virginia, was convicted for unlawful possession of a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joshua Castro, 31, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $1,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a prior sex offender in Lebanon, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Deangelo A. Rome, 26, of Pensacola, was sentenced today to 17.5 years in prison, after pleading guilty on May 3, 2016, to unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon on multiple dates. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Scott Rolin, 56, of Franklin, Tenn., and former insurance agent, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr., to 18 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for stealing over $100,000 from his elderly client, announced United States Attorney David Rivera.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: CEDARVILLE, Calif. - Members of the Modoc-Washoe Experimental Stewardship Steering Committee will discuss rangeland resource conservation topics when they meet Thursday, Feb. 9,, from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., at the Bureau of Land Management Surprise Field Station, 602 Cressler St., Cedarville. The meeting is open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Scott Rolin, 56, of Franklin, Tenn., and former insurance agent, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr., to 18 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for stealing over $100,000 from his elderly client, announced United States Attorney David Rivera.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington woman found with heroin after police responded to a shooting call at her residence in 2015 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Amanda Mae Smith, 33, entered her guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- A young female mountain lion was recently struck and killed by a vehicle on State Route 118, marking the third time a mountain lion was hit by a vehicle on the same stretch of freeway since December.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: On Jan. 24, 2017, and Jan. 26, 2017, Blake R. Gordon, 35, of Marion, was sentenced to a total of 216 months’ in federal prison for methamphetamine violations, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that the United States Attorney’s Office is working to uphold the commitments in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office hosted a meeting that included the Department of Justice Community...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Deangelo A. Rome, 26, of Pensacola, was sentenced today to 17.5 years in prison, after pleading guilty on May 3, 2016, to unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon on multiple dates. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Stephen Ferrante, 61, of East Greenwich, was ordered detained in federal custody following an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Providence on Thursday before Magistrate Judge Lincoln D. Almond on a federal criminal complaint charging him with attempting to persuade, induce, entice or coerce an individual who has not attained the age of 18 years to engage in sexual activity.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today introduced the bipartisan Eliminating Government-Funded Oil-Painting (EGO) Act with Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, and Deb Fischer of Nebraska.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced the expansion of TSA Pre✓® to 11 new airlines, bringing the total number of airlines participating in TSA Pre✓® to 30. The expansion includes both foreign and domestic airlines operating within the United States. Effective...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Today, the Honorable Thelton E. Henderson imposed a sentence on Pacific Gas and Electric Company, following its six felony convictions last August. As part of that sentence, Judge Henderson ordered PG&E to be supervised by a Compliance and Ethics Monitor. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern...
