News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Patrick Slavin, 55, formerly of Truckee, was arraigned today in federal court on a 21-count indictment charging him with mail and wire fraud for an investment scheme that he ran from 2008 through 2016, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: As far as outdoor summer jobs go, this one could take the cake. Twenty two high school and college-bound students are working with the National Park Service in the L.A. area this summer as part of a program called SAMO Youth. After weeks of trail and restoration work in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and Channel Islands National Park, their upcoming work includes outdoor projects in neighborhoods.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney, Robert C. Stuart, announced that Jose Luis Sandoval, 47, was sentenced on July 24, 2017, to 147 months in prison by the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, United States District Judge. Sandoval had previously pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service invites the public to enjoy the services of the Charles Hall Ferry, which is operating daily again through Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The ferry provides vehicle and pedestrian traffic services across Lake Powell, between Bullfrog and Halls Crossing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three Jersey City police officers today admitted participating in a conspiracy to defraud Jersey City by obtaining compensation for off-duty work that they did not perform, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Jerrison Begay, 33, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to 96 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Begay had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon. In January, Begay’s co-defendant, Shelton Six, 28...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that four residents of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute heroin during a period beginning in 2013 and ending in October 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: On Wednesday, July 26, 2017, the House Judiciary Committee will consider Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and David Cicilline’s (RI-01) resolution of inquiry requesting the Trump administration to release any and all information pertaining to Attorney General Sessions’ involvement in the firing of FBI Director James Comey in violation of his recusal and related matters. The full text of the Resolution of Inquiry can be found here.pdf).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Thurlo Eugene Clark, 72, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, was sentenced today in federal court in Coeur d’Alene to 60 months in prison for possession of sexually explicit images of minors, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered a ten-year term of supervised release following Clark’s release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A North Caldwell, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 39 months in prison for fraudulently using more than $550,000 in investment funds that he solicited to purchase and sell consumer products in bulk, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the sentencing of two defendants convicted of gang-related offenses in February of 2017 following the six-week long 39ers racketeering and murder trial.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: On July 24, 2017, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe held a dedication ceremony in honor of its newly commissioned and fully operational Oxford Solar Project on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in Ignacio, Colorado. The 1.3-megawatt (MW), ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) system is located on a nearly...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Anthony Burns, 24, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to nine years in prison for a series of armed robberies targeting commercial businesses, announced U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Andrew Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, today released a bipartisan letter from seven members of the Senate Finance Committee calling for a clean quota agreement to address unfairly traded softwood lumber from Canada, one that provides real relief for U.S. mills and wood product companies.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park is trying to increase the number of people carrying bear spray and Jeff Bridges wants to help. The actor and part-time Montana resident joins the “A Bear Doesn’t Care" campaign, which began in 2016, by appearing in a new poster stressing the importance of safety in bear country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Crips Gang Member Sentenced to 20 Years for Racketeering Conspiracy in Nebraska.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Natalee Christine Crumley was sentenced to 38 months in prison, $425,939.80 in restitution, $427,816.17 in forfeiture, and a $100 special assessment. The sentencing occurred on July 25, 2017, before U.S. District Judge Brian Morris, in Great Falls, Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced Derek Coleman Corker (27, Orlando) to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina -------- United States Attorney Beth Drake, announced today that Sahier Lavon Richardson, age 18, of Charlotte pled guilty to charges stemming from his involvement in the pre-dawn break-in and theft of firearms from The Gun Shop in Simpsonville in October of 2016. Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks, of Charleston, accepted the plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the pre-sentence report prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Two Springfield men were charged today in federal court in Springfield with federal drug and firearms offenses.
