News from June 2017
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: RAWLINS, Wyo. - If you love birds like Warblers, Vireos, Kinglets and Flycatchers and you want to learn how to identify them, the Bureau of Land Management Rawlins Field Office is inviting the public to a free identification class.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Three defendants in two separate cases were sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater for various methamphetamine distribution offenses. U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -- An Information charging Dereck James Harrison with one count of carjacking and one count of kidnapping was filed late Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Defendant is currently serving a 210-month sentence for distribution and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - James Kenny Crawley, 60, of Amarillo, Texas, was sentenced today before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 97 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in February 2017 to one count of possession of prepubescent child pornography, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Chief Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Jay Kimberly Ponder on June 2, 2017 to serve a term of imprisonment of 120 months followed by 5 years of supervised release for the conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Bertha Alicia Garcia, 50, of Channelview, Texas, who pleaded guilty to her role in a pill mill operation that operated during parts of 2013-2015, has been sentenced, announced Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Drug Enforcement Administration division office and United States Attorney John R. Parker.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Calvin Starks, 23, of Nashville, Tenn., pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court, to a series of federal crimes including using a firearm to commit a crime of violence resulting in death; conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and extortion; and conspiracy to tamper with a witness, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jack Smith of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Small edible plants called microgreens aren't just tasty toppings for soups, salads and sandwiches. They're also healthful. According to results of an Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-led study, eating red cabbage microgreens helped mice moderate their weight and cholesterol levels despite a high-fat diet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Mississippi correctional officers Romander Nelson and Deonte Pate were sentenced today for their roles in the beating of an inmate and subsequent cover-up at the state’s Parchman Prison, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Lesage, West Virginia man is facing a federal tax charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Students from the Environmental and Spatial Technologies (EAST) programs across Harrison School District partnered with Buffalo National River for several exciting and interactive community projects this academic year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 29-year-old Dallas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug conspiracy charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., the Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Drug Enforcement Administration and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Bertha Alicia Garcia, 50, of Channelview, Texas, who pleaded guilty to her role in a pill mill operation that operated during parts of 2013-2015, has been sentenced, announced United States Attorney John R. Parker.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Mark Reice Anderson, 62, of Sachse, Texas, was sentenced last week by Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn to 96 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in November 2016 to one count of transportation and shipping child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) to analyze whether or not to issue a special use permit (SUP) to North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Ferry Division. The SUP would authorize NCDOT to construct facilities and provide long-term maintenance of a new passenger ferry system within Seashore boundaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: A six-count second superseding indictment was unsealed today, charging three people with conspiring to distribute oxycodone in the Philadelphia area, and charging two of those defendants with committing murder with firearms during the course of that drug conspiracy. Mitesh Patel 36, Anthony Vetri, 31...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Carlos Piedra-Murillo (Piedra), 30, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to two years and one month in prison for conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana in connection with a large-scale cultivation operation that impacted a prehistoric...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), the Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), the Ranking Democrat on the House Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MCVA) Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following joint...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - - A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging medical doctor Martin Tesher, 81, of Manhattan, New York, with writing thousands of illegal prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances, particularly opioids such as oxycodone, without a legitimate medical purpose. Tesher was arrested earlier today in Manhattan, and his initial appearance is scheduled for this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom.
