News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Rockville Centre Resident, Previously Convicted of Securities Fraud, Created Sham Investment Advising Business.
By State Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) delivered an opening statement at a Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing entitled “Human Rights of the Rohingya People.".
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), in cooperation with the BLM, will initiate a capture of Desert Bighorn Sheep within four wilderness areas managed by the Bureau of Land Management in San Bernardino County, the Trilobite, Clipper Mountain, Bristol Mountains...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for unlawfully possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Kevin R. Griffin, 44, of Alford, Florida, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison yesterday and ordered to pay $480,785.06 in restitution to First Federal Bank of Florida for committing bank fraud. The sentence was announced today by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - Two businessmen have been convicted on bank fraud charges for falsifying loan documents to prevent foreclosure on a nearly $2 million parcel of land in Aurora. The fraud left one couple out of $450,000, and an elderly couple out of $300,000.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Salem, Ore. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking spring and summer campground hosts. Duties typically include greeting guests, providing visitor information, and facility maintenance. Hosts typically live at the site in either a RV or tent. The season runs from April through September; length of service is negotiable. A daily allowance of $7.50 to $17.50 is provided depending on amenities offered at the site. Openings include:.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
Release: BUFFALO - An Erie County, New York, man was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped him from bringing a loaded semi-automatic handgun onto an airplane at Buffalo-Niagara International Airport yesterday (March 16).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Newton man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston to seven years in prison for extortion and conducting an illegal gambling business.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: The Department of Energy will hold a peer review of its Grid Modernization Initiative (GMI) projects on April 18-21, 2017 at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel in Arlington, VA. This event will be open to the public and will provide an opportunity to learn about the current state of technology and network...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Starting Tuesday, September 5, 2017 the Buffalo Point Campground flush restrooms and shower facilities will be closed for the remainder of the season. There will be “porta johns" installed for visitors to use in areas adjacent to the current restroom facilities. The existing water treatment system received...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Operation Sold Cocaine, Cocaine Base, and Heroin in District of Columbia and Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Edward Leon Samuel, Jr., age 50, of Baltimore, Maryland, on March 16, 2017, to 13 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, and for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Harminder Phagura, 37, of Yuba City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 18 months in prison for one count of federal programs bribery in connection with a drug trafficking scheme, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
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: A South Florida resident pled guilty in federal court yesterday for committing an armed robbery of a jewelry store in the Seybold Building in downtown Miami.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 216 months imprisonment, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, on his conviction of production material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By State Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement after meeting with Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed al Khalifa...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker announced an indictment charging JEFFREY MARCUS LUCAS, 62, with one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession of a stolen firearm, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. On March 17, 2017, LUCAS made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 17, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has convicted Matthew Nix, 37, of Rochester, NY, and Earl McCoy, 35, of Brooklyn, NY, of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery; attempted Hobbs Act robbery; Hobbs Act robbery; carrying and brandishing firearms ...
