News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Diego Martinez, 28, pleaded guilty yesterday to making false statements to the FBI during a federal hate crime investigation arising from a June 19, 2015, bias-motivated assault of three black Somali men in Dodge City, Kansas. Martinez pleaded guilty in the District of Kansas to one count of making materially false statements to the FBI during an October 2015 voluntary interview.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Nahant man was arrested today and charged with extortion in connection with arranging and paying for a local business owner to be assaulted.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia Covington yesterday sentenced Quentin Cephus (30, Tampa) to three years and five months in federal prison for forcibly assaulting and inflicting bodily injury on a federal official, while that employee was carrying out his official duties. Cephus pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Maryland Man Arrested for Cyberstalking. A Maryland man was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with cyberstalking a Dallas, Texas resident, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney John Parker...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit a nearly $5.3 million advance fee fraud scheme targeting small business owners seeking grant funding, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
Release: The United States is the world’s premier producer and supplier of organic food and agriculture products and 24 U.S. companies recently had the opportunity to introduce more than 150 of their finest organic products to the international market at BIOFACH, the world’s largest organic trade event, held each year in Nuremberg, Germany.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Maryland man was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with cyberstalking a Dallas, Texas resident, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: On March 15, 2017, approximately 30 employees from every division in the park participated in Sparkle Day, the park’s annual employee litter pickup event. Inaugurated in 2013, Big South Fork sets aside a day each year that coincides with the start of spring, for employees to get together in an effort to remove trash, making Big South Fork “sparkle.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Mitchell Logan Reeves has been sentenced to eight years and eight months in federal prison for robbing the Homer, Georgia, branch of the Habersham Federal Credit Union on July 30, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 20-year-old Brownsville man has been ordered to prison following his conviction of possessing with the intent to distribute more than 44 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Steve Turrubiates pleaded guilty Dec. 29, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on March 16, 2017, United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Clyford Francois, age 38, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to 87 months’ imprisonment for possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine, and for possessing two firearms in furtherance of his narcotics trafficking activities.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Salem, Ore. - A portion of Bear Ridge Road (BLM Road 3-7-32.1) is impassable due to a landslide caused by winter storms. The slide occurred at milepost 1.5, just off the Nestucca Access Road.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: John Muir National Historic Site is seeking members for the 2017 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) summer program. YCC provides an outdoor work experience that is safe, educational, and meaningful to young adults of all backgrounds.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A West Covina man has been charged in federal court with possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine after authorities found over one-half kilogram of methamphetamine in his residence.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Partnerships are essential to the successful development and deployment of tribal energy projects and are a key strategic focus of the DOE Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs. How energy and environmental laws and regulations can and do impact tribal energy partnerships and development activities is the focus of this month’s tribal energy webinar, “Federal and State Policy: Advancing Strategic Energy Partnerships.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: A Maryland man was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with cyberstalking a Dallas, Texas resident, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Richard Lipke, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, was sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay $60,608.10 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment on Thursday against Terry Ford, 37, and Dawn Peters, 35, both of Clovis, charging them with distributing synthetic drugs, conspiracy, and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and DEA Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: During the next few weeks, fire crews will be conducting a series of prescribed fires within Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Prescribed fires, as defined in the approved Fire Management Plan, will be located within the boundaries of the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Bridgette Parker has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for her role in the operation of the massive pill mill run by Dr. Xiulu Ruan and Dr. John Patrick Couch.
