News from July 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - In order to meet requirements set by legislation passed by Congress in December 2016, the price of the America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Senior Pass will increase from $10 to $80. The change will take effect Aug. 28, 2017. Pass holders are given lifetime...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Richard D’Arcy, Jr., 37, of Buffalo, NY, who pleaded guilty to theft of mail by a postal employee, was sentenced to one year probation by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND - Carrie Myles was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for transporting a 14-year-old girl from Oakland, Calif., to Las Vegas, Nev., for the purpose of making the girl available to engage in commercial sex acts, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Raymore, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for the armed robbery of United Missouri Bank in Raymore.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Professor Neomi Rao to be the director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - Three former employees of Evans Landscaping pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to charges related to defrauding the City of Cincinnati and other public entities including universities and numerous school districts through fraudulent small business and minority business contracts.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A West Texas man pleaded guilty Monday to his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of an indictment charging Tedderick Fields charging him with three counts of filing false claims with the Internal Revenue Service, one count of wire fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: Steve Butler, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, announced that Sam Wesley Conaway, 49, of Citronelle, was sentenced today to 210 months in prison for possession and transportation of child pornography. Conaway entered a guilty plea to both charges in March and was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Callie V.S. Granade.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gilbert Dutchover, 58, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws. The plea agreement recommends an 18-month prison sentence followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man today admitted robbing a bank in Fort Lee, New Jersey, in January 2017, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Today, Russell Tim Shen, 69, Andre Jorge Hernandez, 39, and Ernesto Esteve, 50, all from Miami, Florida, appeared before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater and pleaded guilty to their roles in a marihuana distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Antonio Soria-Arellano (Soria), 44, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to two years in prison for being an alien in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Beena M. McDonald (619) 546-9774.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Wakpala, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, was sentenced on July 6, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Scott J. Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Regional...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - In order to meet requirements set by legislation passed by Congress in December 2016, the price of the America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Senior Pass will increase from $10 to $80. The change will take effect Aug. 28, 2017. Pass holders are given lifetime...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A senior member of a large-scale drug trafficking organization today admitted distributing heroin in Ocean and Monmouth Counties and elsewhere in New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - Over the past few days, containment on the East Rim Fire has increased, although the number of acres has also increased. The fire, started from lightning on July 2, 2017, is currently 689 acres and 25 percent contained. The East Rim Fire is burning on both Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service managed lands.
