News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two drug dealers pleaded guilty today to federal heroin crimes, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Romeo Devon Marbury, 29, of Detroit, entered his guilty plea to distribution of heroin. In a separate prosecution, Miana Miller, 20, of Huntington, entered her guilty plea to distribution of heroin.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: The Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management will hold its first hearing of the 115th Congress Thursday to assess the development, successes, and challenges of the National Preparedness System and to examine national preparedness capabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Maynard Shirley, 38, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Kirtland, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 42 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction arising out of the March 21, 2015 death of a Navajo man.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Stephon Davis, age 20, who resided in Maine at the time of his arrest, was sentenced Thursday to five years’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion in Scranton, for his role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy that stretched from Stroudsburg to New York to Maine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (“DEA") and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Thomas Cox, 49, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school or playground. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, the national park that stretches from the city of Los Angeles west into Ventura County, recorded 906,606 visits in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CHHAY LIM, age 45, a citizen of Cambodia, pled guilty today, on the day of trial, to a two-count Indictment charging him with violations of the Federal Gun Control Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-As requested by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, United States Attorney Christopher R. Thyer, 47, of Jonesboro, announced his resignation effective March 10, 2017. Mr. Thyer, who has made serving the needs of the poor and crime-affected citizens of eastern Arkansas a priority during his tenure, has been the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas since Dec. 31, 2010.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Yuma, Ariz - The Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma Area Office (YAO) is conducting a "Shelter in Place" emergency readiness exercise on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at the Yuma Desalting Plant, located at 7301 Calle Agua Salada. The exercise will test the plant’s emergency readiness, evacuation and safety procedures...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara A. Stingley (619)546-8403 and Brandon J. Kimura (619) 546-9614.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brandi Kern, 22, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was convicted of heroin distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent-in-Charge Gary Tuggle of the DEA Philadelphia Field Division announced today that DEA will train members of the Hermitage Police Department in Mercer County on the use of Naloxone that was purchased for them through funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol (DDAP).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney’s Office announced today another conviction in connection with a Middle District of Louisiana Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation of a significant multi-state heroin conspiracy involving the distribution and sale of heroin disguised as oxycodone.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Golden Gate National Recreation Area was the most-visited national park in 2016, a year that saw record-breaking visitation nationwide during the National Park Service centennial.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: During the National Park Service Centennial in 2016, visitation to national parks increased by nearly eight percent, including an overall 13 percent increase at Channel Islands National Park.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today the House Committee on Homeland Security Democrats announced the Democratic membership of the Committee’s Task Force on Denying Terrorists Entry into the United States. This temporary panel will begin work in March and will complete its work in September. Full Committee Vice Ranking...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Philip Brown, 24 of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of RICO conspiracy, was sentenced to 240 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: A Toledo man with a history of armed robberies was indicted in federal court for using a firearm to rob a store last month, Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja, FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony and Toledo Police Chief George Kral said.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Central Ore. - Beginning Thursday, fuels specialists with the Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are planning to ignite 253 acres of slash piles near Tumalo.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2017
News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Nathan Piturachsatit, age 38, of Grand Coulee, Washington, was sentenced today, after having previously pleaded guilty on Nov. 29, 2016 to Receipt of Child Pornography. United States...
