News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Nathan Brewer, 35, of Presque Isle, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 73 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute bath salts. The defendant pled guilty on Jan. 23, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: Defendant Beat and Robbed Woman, Tried to Get Another Woman to Provide False Alibi.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Tapera Albert Chiwocha, Sr., Callista Suzena Chiwocha, and Human Services Associates, LLC pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to conspiring to defraud the government by filing false tax returns, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge. Tapera and Callista Chiwocha...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: Washington - Tomorrow, the Subcommittee on Aviation will hold its third in a series of hearings as part of its preparations for developing a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reform and reauthorization bill later this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: North Carolina Teen Wins FBI Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Lisa R. Holmes, age 42 of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on March 6, 2017, by Chief Judge Laurie Smith Camp. On December 5, 2016, Ms. Holmes entered a plea of guilty to tax fraud. Ms. Holmes was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by a one-year term of supervised release, a $100 special assessment and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $48,833.00.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service and the Boy Scouts of America today celebrated the renewal of their longstanding partnership during a ceremony at the Boy Scout Commemorative Tribute Memorial in Washington, DC.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Visitors from around the world complain about off-road vehicle tracks marring the beauty of Death Valley National Park. Illegal off-road driving is a problem in multiple areas of the park, including the Racetrack, Ibex Dunes and Badwater. The National Park Service seeks public support for a grant application that would help fund restoration of these damaged areas.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Council will meet Mar. 9 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the BLM Royal Gorge Field Office, 3028 E. Main St, Cañon City, CO 81212.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: Defendants Convicted based on OCDETF Operation Targeting Methamphetamine Traffickers in Northwestern New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Carol Sosik, age 55, of Shavertown, Pennsylvania, was charged in a one-count criminal information with misappropriation of postal funds from the U.S. Post Office in Dallas, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Florida resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal robbery laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: Plea Agreement Requires Imposition of Ten Year Prison Sentence Followed by Lifetime of Supervised Release: Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - Transportation Security Administration officers prevented a passenger from bringing two loaded handguns onboard a plane at Raleigh-Durham International Airport this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Sidman, Pa. was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: ‘ObamaCare is collapsing," President Trump said during his address to Congress last week, “and we must act decisively to protect all Americans." House Republicans have heard the president’s message loud and clear. On Monday night the congressional committees we lead released the American Health Care Act, which will rescue those hurt by ObamaCare’s failures and lay the groundwork for a patient-centered health-care system.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Sid Ahmed Ould Denane Ould Sid Ahmed, age 43, formerly of New York, New York, was sentenced today to time served (70 days in jail) for illegally re-entering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Theodore Hines, 32, of Lackawanna, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, crack cocaine, before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jarod Perdichizzi, 30, of Lodi, pleaded guilty today to distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) offered the following statement in response to the introduction of a resolution of disapproval by Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) that would roll back Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broadband privacy protections and prevent the commission from instituting similar protections in the future...
