News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Monday, March 13, 2017, Greyson Scott Lindenfelser, 29, of Roseburg, Oregon, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Michael J. McShane to 20 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a stolen firearm and distributing more than 600 grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Josiah E. Hutton (60, Winter Haven) today pleaded guilty to concealment of assets from a bankruptcy estate. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. Sentencing has been set for June 5, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - District Court Judge Raymond L. Finch on March 14, 2017 sentenced Alejandro Marva-Romero, 33, of Venezuela, to 41 months in prison for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. Judge Finch also sentenced Marva-Romero to five years of supervised release and ordered him to pay a special assessment of $100.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: An Akron man was indicted on firearms and counterfeiting charges, said Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Kedly G. Newlin, 57, of Lawrenceville, IL, was recently sentenced to federal prison on methamphetamine related charges, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Three residents of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, and a resident of New Jersey, have been indicted separately by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of criminal contempt of court, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Guatemalan national was sentenced today to credit for time served for an immigration crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Obed Zabaleta, 23, previously pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States. He has been in federal custody since November 9, 2016, and was remanded to the Department of Homeland Security for deportation proceedings.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans held an oversight hearing on the creation and management of marine monuments and sanctuaries. The panel overwhelmingly objected to the lack of local input, transparency and scientific scrutiny in the marine monument designation process.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK) - - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the DEA, Darcel D. Clark, the Bronx County District Attorney, James O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: The 2017 Mesa Verde National Park Artists in Residence (AIR) have been selected. Each artist will offer a free public program in the park during their residency. Watch the park's 2017 Artists in Residence web page for details on date, time and place of public programs closer to the time of the residency noted below.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed H.R. 648 (Rep. Liz Cheney, WY-at large) by an unanimous bipartisan vote of 408-0. H.R. 648 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement with the State of Wyoming to modify the Fontenelle Dam and Reservoir as a way to increase storage capacity and mitigate erosion at no cost to the federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a man from New Iberia pleaded guilty to transporting obscene material.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - EM’s recent efforts to become a more field-centric organization are already reaping rewards, senior EM officials said here last week during a panel discussion at the 2017 Waste Management Symposium.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Two owners of sober homes and alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers pled guilty for their participation in a multi-million dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme that involved the filing of fraudulent insurance claim forms and defrauded health care benefit programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against Virginia Company and Employees to Prevent Distribution of Adulterated Milk Powder Products.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: An Akron man and two from California were indicted for a methamphetamine conspiracy, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA-Lake Chelan National Recreation Area recorded 45,514, North Cascades National Park 28,646 and Ross Lake National Recreation Area 905,418 visitors with a combined total of 979,578 visits in 2016, the National Park Service’s centennial year.
By State Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT[1]. Reykjavik, Iceland. 15 - 18 March 2017. Introduction. Delegations from Canada, the People’s Republic of China, the Kingdom of Denmark in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland, the European Union, Iceland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Kingdom of Norway, the Russian Federation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Brian Christoffels, 35, of Manchester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to one count of bank robbery.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A group of bipartisan Ways and Means Committee Members today introduced two pieces of legislation to help prevent identity theft by better protecting Social Security numbers (SSNs).
