News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Rosemary Ofume and Donatus Iriele, the husband and wife owners of Medicine Center Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, have been convicted after a three-week jury trial on federal drug and money laundering charges for illegally dispensing controlled narcotics to customers of the “pill mill" pain clinic...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeking Information on a Bank Robbery in Miami.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Republicans voted to kill H. Res. 184 , a resolution of inquiry introduced by Reps. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Ted Lieu (D-CA), that would have required the White House and Department of Justice to release information about contacts between Russian officials and Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that William Klingensmith, 47, of Sanford was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., to one month in prison to be followed by two years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing firearms. Klingensmith pleaded guilty on August 4, 2016.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed nine measures, including the Combating European Anti-Semitism Act of 2017 (H.R. 672). The bipartisan legislation makes clear that combating anti-Semitism is in the U.S. national interest. The bill also...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway has sentenced Freddrick Dorr (46, Oviedo), James Dellafield, Jr. (24, Sanford), Beth Farber (30, Orlando), and George Materazzi (46, Orlando) to federal prison for drug trafficking. The Court also ordered each to forfeit firearms and U.S. currency...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Battle Mountain, NV - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking input regarding issues to be analyzed in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposal by Barrick Cortez Inc. to expand its existing open pit and underground gold mine operations in the Cortez Gold Mines (CGM) Operations Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - Two Memphis women who used to work for the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS) have been found guilty and sentenced for unlawfully accessing confidential information on the Department’s computers. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentences today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - A woman visiting an inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Lee County, Virginia has pled guilty to providing that inmate with a prohibited object, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: “Thank you Mr. Chairman and welcome, today’s witnesses, to the Agriculture Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that an Opelousas mail carrier pleaded guilty to stealing cell phones from mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 31-year-old Laredo resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Anthony Tays pleaded guilty June 7, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: PRINEVILLE, Ore. - In early April, the Bureau of Reclamation will begin drilling to collect soil samples at Ochoco Dam. Drill crews will be working near the toe of the dam’s downstream face. Soil samples will be collected from the embankment and foundation at six drill sites to refine existing Ochoco Dam studies for seismic stability.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Wei Xiang, who handled the sentencing, stated that the defendants were members of a gang known as the Loiza Boys which has been distributing heroin and cocaine on Buffalo’s West Side since at least 2006.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that JEANA MARIE MARTINEZ, age 33, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 60 months of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $52,530.13 for EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT FROM INDIAN TRIBAL ORGANIZATION, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1163 and 2.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Royal George Field Office is seeking public comment on its draft Environmental Assessment to lease the Salida East Recreation Site to Colorado Parks and Wildlife under the Recreation & Public Purposes Act.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: West Orange, NJ - As the National Park Service embarks on its second century of service, Thomas Edison National Historical Park is celebrating the significant accomplishments of its centennial celebration and engagement with the Find Your Park / Encuentra Tu parque initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland man pleaded guilty to making illegal straw purchases of 24 firearms over two days at a gun show, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio and Trevor Velinor, ATF Special Agent in Charge for the Columbus Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Contact Person: William K. Witherspoon (803) 929-3000.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2017
News Release: Las Vegas - The 13-mile Scenic Drive at Red Rock Canyon will be open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. starting April 1. This change happens yearly as days become longer and sunset is later in the day. The Visitors’ Center will continue to be open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. More information on Red Rock Canyon is available at.
