News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On May 31, 2017, Ryan Babcock, 35, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Ann Aiken to 135 months in federal prison for distribution of child pornography. Upon his release from prison, Babcock will have a lifetime of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Phoenix, Ariz. (May 31, 2017) - Effective Thursday, June 1, the Bureau of Land Management Phoenix District, the Prescott National Forest, and the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management will implement campfire and smoking restrictions in central and western Arizona. In coordination, Yavapai...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - For the second year in a row, the Bureau of Land Management’s Eastern Interior Field Office issued a Fire Prevention Order yesterday prohibiting campfires, explosives and fireworks on BLM-managed public lands in a fire-prone area of black spruce off Gilmore Trail north of Fairbanks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston woman and a California man have been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to defraud Medicare through so-called diagnostic testing labs in the Houston area, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Zaven “George" Sarkisian, 55, of Fresno, California, and Konna Hanks, 48, of Houston, pleaded guilty Dec. 9 and 2, 2015, respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Rarzell White, Jr. (30, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to distributing and possessing with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, up to 40 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of an indictment charging Luis Bernardo Gonzalez-Martinez (29, Mexico) with the illegal reentry after deportation. Since his deportation was subsequent to his conviction for an aggravated felony, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), and Patrick Carroll, the Commissioner of the New Rochelle Police Department (“NRPD"), announced the arrest of and unsealing of an indictment...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: June is Great Outdoors Month and we are inviting visitors to help us celebrate National Trails Day on Saturday. Join our remarkable trail crew for a great opportunity to learn how trails are built and maintained in a sub-arctic environment while enjoying the natural beauty of Denali National Park and Preserve.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Benjamin Guerrero-Lantz, 21, of Destin, was sentenced yesterday to 65 months in prison. In March, he pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, as well as conspiracy to commit money laundering. Co-defendant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Maurice Phillip Mitchell (32, Jacksonville) to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony. A federal jury found him guilty on February 7, 2017. During his sentencing hearing, Mitchell was identified as the founder of the violent gang “Cut Throat Committee," which operates throughout Florida’s prison system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Spokane, WA - Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Scott Johnson, age 43, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced, after having previously pled guilty on Nov. 24, 2015, to Conspiracy to Defraud the Government and Conspiracy to Commit...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty today to a federal gun crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Tyrese Antonio McMillon, 32, entered his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - Effective immediately the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is temporarily closing public land access in and near Whitewater Canyon in Riverside County, due to potentially hazardous fire conditions. Approximately 4,000 acres of BLM-managed public lands are affected by this closure.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: A former Detroit Public Schools principal was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison and was ordered to pay restitution to the Detroit Public Schools in the amount of $45,775, as a result of having been convicted by a federal jury in an illegal bribery and kickback scheme, announced Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida- Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury has found Danny Anthony Collado Nieves (25, St. Cloud) guilty of attempting to possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Sept. 15, 2017; he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after President Trump announced his intention to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accords.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: A nationally-touring art quilt exhibit “Piecing Together a Changing Planet" is now open for its last stop at the Sequim Civic Center and the only stop of the tour in the Pacific Northwest. The juried show features twenty-six art quilts interpreting climate change and highlighting a few of the many ways that America’s 417 national parks are being impacted by water pollution, air pollution and other human-caused phenomena.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, May 31st, United States Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the appointment of Dr. Thomas Zacharia as the new Director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He was unanimously selected by the UT-Battelle Board of Governors to succeed Dr. Thom Mason as ORNL’s Director. Dr. Zacharia has accepted this position and will transition to Laboratory Director at ORNL effective July 1, 2017.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Democratic leaders sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today urging him to schedule a series of hearings with federal agency officials under the Committee’s jurisdiction to discuss President Trump’s proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget. Historically, agency officials are invited to provide testimony and input following the release of a President’s proposed budget.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Invented Injuries from Rocket Attack to Falsely Claim Medals, Disability Payments and Other Benefits.
