News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former federal correctional officer who worked at the United States Penitentiary in Victorville was sentenced today to six months in federal prison and six months of home detention for taking a $1,000 bribe to smuggle contraband to a prisoner inside the facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: A Barrio Azteca (BA) gang lieutenant was sentenced on July 20, to life in prison today for his participation in a racketeering and drug trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Oscar David Zuniga-Chavez, A/K/A Oscar David Chavez-Zuniga age 37, of Tolleson, Arizona, was sentenced today to 121 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) has released a Final Development Concept Plan for Buzzard Point Park, which includes ideas from the public on how to create an enjoyable and unique community waterfront park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Member of International Child Exploitation Conspiracy Sentenced to 210 Months in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND - Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Hammond has returned a 2-count indictment against Charles Stroud, age 73, of Hammond, Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Baltimore Police Department detectives Evodio Calles Hendrix, age 32, of Randallstown, Maryland, and Maurice Kilpatrick Ward, age 36, of Middle River, Maryland, pled guilty today in federal court to charges of racketeering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting a Federal Officer was sentenced on July 17, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Ivan Velasquez-Caballero, aka Talivan or 50, has been sentenced to federal prison for 30 years following his convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - This morning, U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater sentenced Alejandro Farrera Cendejas, 33, of Dallas, to 240 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in October 2016 to one count of possession with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, announced Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the DEA, and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Defendant Amer Alhaggagi Was Arrested in November 2016 on Identity Theft Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A South Texas woman and a former Rockport man have appeared in federal court following their arrests for sex trafficking of a nine-year-old girl, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: MARINA, Calif. - Because of extreme fire danger, the Bureau of Land Management is limiting target shooting on public lands in three counties managed by the Central Coast Field Office. Beginning Saturday, July 22, target shooting on public lands in San Benito, Fresno and Monterey counties is allowed only from 30 minutes before sunrise until 12 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On July 20, 2017, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against four defendants charged with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, brandishing firearms during and in relation to a crime of violence, and conspiracy to possess with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert Stuart announced that Cody R. Childers, 21, of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, was sentenced Friday in federal court in Omaha for Producing Child Pornography. The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., sentenced Childers to twenty years imprisonment. There is no parole in the...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Media Contacts: Leni Fortson, 215-861-5102, uddyback-fortson.lenore@dol.gov. Joanna Hawkins, 215-861-5101, hawkins.joanna@dol.gov. Release Number: 17-971-NEW (osha 17-108). -------------------------------. U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Brandon Maestas, 32, of Nambe, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by using and carrying firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Acosta: We write today regarding the Request for Information (“RFI") published by the Department of Labor (the “Department" or “DOL") in connection with its examination of the final rule defining who is a “fiduciary" under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: CALIENTE, Nev.--When it came to selecting his Eagle Scout project, Troop 516 Boy Scout Chance Christensen turned to the Bureau of Land Management’s Caliente Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
