News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that today Elijah Davila, aka “Montana," pled guilty to committing the murder of Pablo Beard, participating in racketeering and narcotics conspiracies, and committing a firearms offense, ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) West Desert District is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing the BLM’s proposal to offer nine parcels covering 14,943 acres for oil and gas leasing in Juab County, Utah. The parcels would be offered in a lease sale set for September 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: March 30, 2017 - This provides national summary data on the revenues, expenditures and composition of assets of the largest defined-benefit public-employee pension systems for state and local governments. This report produces three tables: Tables 1 and 3 include data on cash and security holdings; and Table 2 provides data on earnings on investments, contributions and payments. Internet address: .
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a solider of the Sex Money Murder set of the Bloods street gang today admitted his role in a racketeering conspiracy that involved attempted murder and conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: A 30-year-old Detroit man pleaded guilty today to charges of unregistered possession of destructive devices, Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK - Carlos Ochoa, age 31, of Puerto Rico, was arraigned today on charges that he accepted a bribe from an inmate while he was a corrections officer at Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Ray Brook.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A father and son were sentenced today to a combined 27 years in prison for their roles in a synthetic cannabinoid trafficking operation. The duo was also ordered to forfeit over $1.9 million from their Spice sales.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joann Palmatier, age 54, of Great Bend, Pennsylvania, was charged by felony criminal information with mail fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAQUONE JOHNSON, 24, of Bridgeport, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of distribution of heroin. This matter stems from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or serious injury to users.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Shreveport woman was sentenced Monday to 46 months in prison for her role in a cocaine and methamphetamine distribution operation in Caddo, Bossier, DeSoto and Red River parishes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that two previously deported aliens were indicted separately on March 29, 2017, by a federal grand jury on illegal re-entry charges.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS - EM officials recently discussed business opportunities for Native American-owned companies within EM's cleanup program at the 2017 National Reservation Economic Summit hosted by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development. They met one-on-one with representatives from 15 companies and talked with dozens of summit attendees at EM’s booth at the trade show.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two Trenton, New Jersey, men admitted their roles in a drug trafficking organization that allegedly distributed hundreds of grams of heroin in Trenton and the surrounding areas, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. -A federal judge has sentenced a Knott County man to four consecutive life sentences for sexually abusing young children whose parents were part of his drug trafficking operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Two Men Indicted in Maine for Illegally Trafficking American Eels.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Jesse B. Ingram, Jr. (34, Apopka) yesterday pleaded guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm; two counts of attempting to possess with the intent to distribute and attempting to distribute heroin; ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), Digital Commerce...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), Digital Commerce...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Herman Keese, 57, of San Francisco, was sentenced on Thursday to 13 years and eight months in prison by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today. Keese pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering charges on Aug. 25, 2016.
