News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Christian Gonzalez, age 23, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Jan. 17, 2017, by a federal grand jury for two bank robberies.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Taos Field Office invites you to participate in an engaging conversation on a travel and transportation evaluation process to assess public access needs within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument (Monument), also known as the Taos Plateau Travel Management Area. The Area is approximately 10 miles northwest of Taos near highway 285, extending to the Colorado border, and including all routes within the Monument.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that NATASHA DAWN POAFPYBITTY, age 30, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 57 months imprisonment for POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A)(viii).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: DENVER - Cameron E. Korth, age 20, was arrested by the FBI on Jan. 17, 2017, for Maliciously Conveying False Information after a note was found on a United flight from San Diego, California to Denver, Colorado, Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and FBI Special Agent in Charge Calvin Shivers announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to reduce carbon pollution, create jobs, and move our economy toward clean energy, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced the approval of the first 500 wind turbines for the Chokecherry Sierra Madre (CCSM) Wind Energy Project. The U.S. Fish...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: NASHVILLE Tenn., Jan. 18, 2017 - Reco Allen Jones a/k/a Bon Jovi, 29, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced yesterday to 16 years in prison, to be followed by three years supervised release, for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Jones pleaded guilty to these charges on Sept. 27, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Darren Lockett, 37, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty to burglary of a pharmacy before by 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 18, 2017
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Amy Lynn Galloway, 45, of Cumberland, pleaded guilty today to charges related to running a bookkeeping fraud scheme that caused a loss of approximately $1.5 million over eight years from a Richmond residential development and construction company.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jeffrey Lynn Mattox, age 32, and Clayton John Shinn, age 26, inmates at the United States Penitentiary, Canaan, in Waymart, Pennsylvania, were indicted on Jan. 17, 2017, by a federal grand jury for assault.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: EMINENCE, MO: "Whooo is out there?" Owls have fascinated mankind for centuries, from the wise owl of the Greek goddess Athena to Winnie the Pooh’s friend. To learn more about these creatures of the night, join rangers from Ozark National Scenic Riverways on an Owl Prowl at 5:30 PM on Friday, Feb. 10, beginning at the Alley Spring General Store.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Santa Cruz Fresh Produce Inc., Salinas, Calif., for failure to pay for produce.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: An Akron man will likely be sentenced to 20 years in prison after he admitted selling fentanyl obtained from China that resulted in a fatal overdose, law enforcement officials said.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: ARPA-E has announced up to $30 million in funding for a new program to accelerate the development and deployment of innovative electric power converters that would save energy and give the United States a critical technological advantage in an increasingly electrified economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that that ALVIN LOPES, 40, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 27 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Three Orange County residents pleaded guilty today to willfully failing to report their foreign bank accounts in Switzerland and Israel, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - Jose Diego Gonzales, 30, of Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Conner to 240 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in September 2016 to one count of receipt of child pornography and aiding and abetting, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield for selling crack cocaine and marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Nathan Hoffman, 56, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty today to manufacturing marijuana as part of a larger conspiracy to distribute marijuana throughout California, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jerrod Curtis, age 33, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Jan. 17, 2017, by a federal grand jury on a drug trafficking charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that CHRISTOPHER STEVENS, 25, of East Lyme, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven...
