News from June 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Ben Cardin, D-Md., wrote to Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson today to express concerns regarding a transaction involving Russian oil producer Rosneft that could allow it to take control of U.S. oil company Citgo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: SAN JOSE - Raul Guadalupe Monjardin-Iribe was sentenced today to 175 months (14 years, 7 months) in prison for his part in a conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Edward J. Davila, U.S. District Court Judge, following a guilty plea entered in December of last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Andre T. Dupree, 26, of Warren, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Providence to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Dupree was arrested by Newport Police in March 2017, after loaded semi-automatic firearm was seized from him during a routine motor vehicle traffic stop.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Jesse Dennis, 32, of Keene, New Hampshire was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for possession of materials to manufacture methamphetamine and attempting to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: Albuquerque, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has canceled the following public meetings on firewood collection in the Rio Puerco Field Office area:.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Dover, New Hampshire man was arrested over the weekend after being indicted on bank fraud charges by a federal grand jury in Wheeling on June 6, 2017, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: Pecos, NM: - Step back in time with Ron Fields this weekend, June 24th and 25th. Ron, who is the park archaeologist at Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, will demonstrate the techniques involved in manufacturing stone tools and the use of these tools in manufacturing Phragmites compound arrows...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: MOAB, Utah- Join a BLM paleontologist and explore the world of dinosaurs. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Moab Field Office is launching its summer series of “Jurassic Walks and Talks." Every weekend from now through Labor Day, a BLM paleontologist will lead free tours of dinosaur fossil and tracksites...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - After three days of extensive searching, the National Park Service (NPS) will reduce the scale of the search for missing hiker, 72 year old Raffat "Ralph" Nasser-Eddin of Los Angeles, CA and Lebanon. Nasser-Eddin was last seen near Hermit Camp on the Hermit Trail six days ago on Sunday, June 11, after having entered the canyon last Saturday, June 10.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Gilberto Gomez, 37, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 652 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a former Mohegan Sun Vice President for Player Development was sentenced June 16, 2017 in federal court in Wilkes-Barre by Senior Judge A. Richard Caputo, to serve 32 months in prison on the charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - On Friday, June 16, 2017, following a nine-day trial in federal court in Boston, a jury convicted Denzel Chisholm, a leader of the Nauti-Block gang in Hyannis, and Molly London of numerous federal drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Dover, New Hampshire man was arrested over the weekend after being indicted on bank fraud charges by a federal grand jury in Wheeling on June 6, 2017, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: Met Victims Over the Internet and Through Video Game Systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: Defendants Two of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: The third time was the charm for this year's National Park Radio concert at Steel Creek Campground on the beautiful Buffalo National River. The concert, originally scheduled to coincide with National Park Week and Earth Day in April, had been postponed twice due to flooding.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Judge William H. Steele sentenced Anthony O’Brien Barlow on June 15, 2017 to serve a term of imprisonment of 65 months. Barlow was convicted of illegally possessing firearms as a felon...
By State Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings and Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, sent a letter requesting documents relating to the work of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn regarding...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that United States District Judge Malachy Mannion sentenced Johnny Biggs, age 38, on June 15, 2017 to 57 months’ imprisonment for assault with a dangerous weapon. Biggs committed the assault while serving a term of 36 months for a violation of supervised release and drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2017
News Release: A durable medical equipment store owner who provided false documents to the United States Attorney’s Office during a civil False Claims Act investigation pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
