News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Algernon Tamasoa, 28, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to eight years in prison for his participation in a methamphetamine trafficking organization and for selling dangerous assault rifles, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Mineral County Parcels, October 2017 Geothermal Lease Sale. The EA will be available for public review and comment through June 30, 2017. The BLM is also seeking public...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Watrous, NM: Fort Union National Monument announces its annual Fort Union Days Event to be held on June 17 and 18, 2017. The event weekend is FREE to the public and runs from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm on Saturday, and 8:00 am to 4:30 pm on Sunday. The event will include guest speakers emphasizing the African American experience in the West.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: On June 6, 2017, a security guard at a local grocery store had his initial appearance on a federal indictment in Miami that charges him with making threatening communications to The Islamic Center of Greater Miami-Masjid Miami Gardens.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two key operatives of the Florencia 13 street gang were sentenced this week to life without parole in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Crystal Candiece Cooper, 35, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to executing a bank fraud scheme with contents of stolen U.S. Mail, aggravated identity theft, and possession of stolen U.S. Mail, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. today released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he will nominate Christopher A. Wray, the former Assistant Attorney General, to be the next Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Oscar Ceballos, age 31, of Rogers, was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release and was ordered to pay a $2,400 fine on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Add your voice to shape the future of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal NHP) in Georgetown! The National Park Service (NPS) and Georgetown Heritage invite you to a hands-on workshop on Wednesday, June 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Canal Overlook room at Georgetown Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Shelby County woman pleading guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - As the result of a national FBI investigation, Andrew Demma, 38, of Dayton, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The ex-wife of a man who was a fugitive for 20 years until his arrest in April 2017, has been charged with lying about the whereabouts of her former spouse prior to his arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - The head of a marijuana trafficking cell, Mexican National Armando Javier Picazo Jimenez, 42, has pled guilty for his role in a conspiracy to traffic drugs from Laredo to the Dallas area via the use of tractor trailers, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: A two-count indictment was filed charging a Cuyahoga Falls financial advisor with defrauding people out of nearly $1.3 million related to a fraudulent hotel project in Florida, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: 27 year-old man used 14-year-old girl for commercial sex acts.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing to consider a number of pending Department of Treasury and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) nominations...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Canadian man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for concealing $3-$4 million in his bankruptcy filings.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where Senator Claire McCaskill serves as the top-ranking Democrat, held a confirmation hearing for Brock Long, President Trump’s nominee to become the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which leads the federal government’s emergency management and prevention efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Another defendant sentenced to prison as the result of large-scale drug trafficking investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Joshua Deunte Caldwell, 26, of Houston, Texas was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to serve a total of 108 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in July 2016 to his role in the conspiracy to rob Tilak Jewelers in Irving, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
