News from March 2017
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: TWIN FALLS, ID - The Bureau of Land Management Twin Falls District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet Wednesday, March 15 at the Shoshone Field Office, 400 West F Street, Shoshone, from 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A public comment period will be held at 10:15 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Christy Goldsmith Romero, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A federal jury today delivered its verdicts against four defendants charged with conspiracy, possession of firearms on federal property, and depredation of government property during the 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: DENVER - Acting United States Attorney Bob Troyer, IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge Steven Osborne, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Denver Field Division Special Agent in Charge Debora Livingston announced that today a jury found Richard Wyatt, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Steven Tutt, 46, of Gorham, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 12 months and 1 day in prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography. He was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine. The defendant pled guilty on Nov. 29, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Volkswagen AG (VW) pleaded guilty in federal court in Detroit today to three felony counts charging: (1) conspiracy to defraud the United States, engage in wire fraud, and violate the Clean Air Act; (2) obstruction of justice; and (3) importation of merchandise by means of false statements. As part of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Presiliano Gonzalez Berruete, 53, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to being an alien who was found in the United States after having been removed and deported from the United States. Gonzalez Berruete was indicted for that crime in February 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Salem, Ore. - Visitors will have limited access to several popular recreation sites in the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Northwest Oregon District this spring while weakened trees are removed for public safety. No access will be available at Wildwood Recreation Area near Welches, OR on March 8-9, 2017 and at Fishermen's Bend Recreation Area near Mill City, OR on March 12-14. These dates are subject to change.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced her resignation, effective immediately.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Thomas E. Matassa, 23, of Gulf Breeze, made a first appearance today in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with receipt and possession of child pornography. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, Denis Nikolla was sentenced before Judge Eric N. Vitaliano in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York to 18 years’ imprisonment, to be followed by five years’ supervised release, for two counts of Hobbs Act extortion conspiracy, one count of threatening physical violence in furtherance...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Jerryan Burrell, a/k/a Rhino, age 31, of Baltimore, today to 20 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, powder and crack cocaine, marijuana, and ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: (ENNIS, Mont.) - Even as winter snows still cover much of the landscape and ice coats many of the area’s lakes, now is the time to start thinking of summer and autumn getaways to the Bureau of Land Management’s cabin perched on a hill above Axolotl Lake.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: At the beginning of the 16th century, Estevan was born in North Africa and sold into slavery as a young man. This began a life’s journey that took him from the heart of the “Old World" into that of the “New World." Join Mr. Edward Wallace as he relates the incredible story of Estevan, a Moor and a slave...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. -A New York man was charged today with robbing a bank in Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Herzel Meiri is Charged with Advertising Help to Those Seeking to Avoid Foreclosure in Order to Deceive Homeowners into Selling Their Homes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Stephanie A. Finley, United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, announced today that she is retiring after 25 years of federal service.
By State Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming committee event...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Wyatt starred in a reality TV show from 2011 to 2012 on the Discovery Channel.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Republican Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted in favor of a bill that would significantly harm middle-class workers, impair the effectiveness and efficiency of federal agencies, and fundamentally damage the interests of American taxpayers as part of a broader Republican campaign to eliminate unions from the federal workplace.
