News from March 2017
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Salt Lake City-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah State Office has posted the proposed list of parcels for the upcoming internet-based quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale, tentatively scheduled for June 12, 2017. The BLM plans to offer for lease 20 parcels covering 23,733 acres in the Richfield Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Defendants Convicted based on OCDETF Operation Targeting Methamphetamine Traffickers in Northwestern New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Cederic Sharnard Bruce, age 31, of Florence, SC, was sentenced in federal court in Florence for possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine and a quantity of cocaine base in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1). United States District Judge Bruce H. Hendricks of Charleston sentenced Bruce to 140 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Justin Martin Jackson, age 29, of Darlington, South Carolina, pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Florence to drug conspiracy and firearms charges. Specifically, Jackson pled guilty to three counts: conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Bernandino Mercado, Jr., 50, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Bipartisan Measure Would Close Decades-Old Loophole Allowing Conflict of Interest Washington, DC - Congressional Committees moved Thursday to close a decades-old loophole that critics say has caused significant financial losses for many Puerto Rican investors and retirees. The House Financial Services...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Zaylik Harrison, 21, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of a minor, before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life and a $250,000 fine. The defendant will also have to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Contact Person: Lance Crick (864) 282-2105.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A total of 10 individuals and associates of the Hermandad de Pistoleros Latinos (HPL) gang are in custody following a coordinated round-up in multiple jurisdictions, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas (SDTX) and U.S. Attorney Richard L. Durbin Jr. of the Western District of Texas (WDTX).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management, Royal Gorge Field Office, is accepting comments through May 5, 2017, on the newly released Preliminary Alternatives Report and Draft Basis for Analysis for the Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan. The Preliminary Alternatives Report was started...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Kyle Eugene Goddard, 28, of Plummer, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 15 months in prison followed by three years supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Goddard to pay $900 in restitution. Goddard pleaded guilty to theft of firearms and possession of stolen firearms on Nov. 16, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: An Indictment[1] was returned today charging Larry Joseph Wolfe, 48, of Silver Spring, Maryland with one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Defendant Admits Defrauding Arizona-Based Medicaid Funded Health Benefit Care Program of Almost $2 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Late yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Republicans filed a Committee report to the House, officially blocking Democrats’ efforts to demand transparency from the Trump administration about the President’s wide ranging conflicts and ties to Russia. A copy of the Republicans’ full report is here and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Defendant admits illegally taking over $10,000 from the United Way of Central West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Mark Anthony Avery, 53, of Buffalo Gap, Texas, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on March 9, 2017, for conspiracy to distribute less than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Avery received 71 months and 21 days of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment and $400.00 in restitution. This case was investigated by the Cheyenne Police Department.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore is pleased to announce that Volunteer-In-Parks (VIP), Natalie Chazal, 17, of Morehead City, NC, won a prestigious Park Scholarship to North Carolina State University. Named for the late Roy H. Park, an NC State Alumnus, the award recognizes exceptional...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: Norman Ross, 68, of Philadelphia, PA was charged today by Indictment with access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - More than 65 defendants are facing federal or state narcotics charges for their alleged roles in distributing heroin, cocaine and fentanyl on Chicago’s West Side.
