News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Matthew S. Norris, Hanover, PA, age 34, the owner and operator of Norris Enterprises, d/b/a Aerus Electrolux, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo to serve three years’ imprisonment and pay $148,852 in restitution on bank fraud and money laundering charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former employee of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security pleaded guilty today to defrauding the government of approximately $198,000 in funds paid under the Federal Employee’s Compensation Act (FECA), commonly referred to as workers’ compensation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man pleaded guilty today to felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Graduate students and early career professionals can gain hands-on field research experience in areas related to carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) by participating in the Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration (RECS) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - Federal authorities have arrested a west suburban musician for allegedly enticing underage girls to produce sexually explicit videos of themselves.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 43-year-old federal prison chaplain has been sentenced for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation is increasing flows in the upper Snake River below Palisades Dam due to widespread precipitation in the basin and continued spring runoff from snowmelt.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Shaquielle Correa, 21, of St. Croix, made his initial appearance today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after being charged by indictment with Hobbs Act robbery, conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, and brandishing a firearm during a federal crime of violence, Acting United...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 41-year-old man from Laredo, has been ordered to prison following his conviction of the conspiracy possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Esequiel Villarreal pleaded guilty Dec. 15, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and New York State Attorney General Eric. T. Schneiderman announced today that the University of Rochester (UR), which among other things operates a teaching hospital based in Rochester, New York, will pay $113,722.10 to resolve allegations...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - All 16 animals were adopted at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries saddle-trained wild horse adoption event this past weekend. The event was held on June 10 at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC) south of Carson City, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker announced the conviction of ELFRED WILLIAM PETRUK, 38, for methamphetamine trafficking-related offenses. After a four-day trial before U.S. District Judge Ann D. Montgomery in Duluth, Minn., the jury found PETRUK guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. A sentencing hearing has been set for Oct. 18, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: Morristown, NJ - Morristown National Historical Park debuts its first collaboration with Dream Rocket Project (DRP), a project of the International Fiber Collective, Inc (IFC), to collect thousands of artworks from kids around world and use those works to wrap a 385′ Space Launch System (SLS) rocket...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) sits outside Brunswick, Georgia, on 1,600 acres of a former Naval Air Station base. FLETC, a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), serves as the primary training site for more than 90 federal agencies.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan an additional decrease in flow from Lucky Peak Dam by 250 cubic feet per second (cfs) Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 10 am.
By State Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today delivered an opening statement at a Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa hearing entitled “Challenges and Opportunities for the U.S.-Saudi Relationship." Video of Chairman Royce’s remarks is available HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kelly James, 34, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a child abuse charge. Under the terms of the plea agreement, James will be sentenced to a term of probation to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Aesha Rivers, 41, made her initial appearance Monday before U.S. Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon after being indicted on 75 counts of wire fraud, theft of government money, and making a false statement to the government, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. Judge Cannon released Rivers on an unsecured bond.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 41-year-old man from Laredo, has been ordered to prison following his conviction of the conspiracy possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Esequiel Villarreal pleaded guilty Dec. 15, 2016.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - A Westminster man has been sentenced to over 8 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography following a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
