News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: Federal prosecution resulted from “Project Recoil".
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: Channel Islands National Park invites the public to celebrate Earth Day with a special beach cleanup on April 22, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, at Ventura Harbor.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man who was part of a group selling heroin in Huntington in 2015 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Corey Lebron Blevins, 24, entered his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: President Trump today signed a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act that blocks a flawed Obama administration regulation related to teacher preparation programs. Introduced in the House by Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), chairman of the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington woman who was caught with heroin in 2016 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Ashley Dawn Smith, 24, entered her guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: MOOSE, WY - The Teton Park Road between the Taggart Lake Trailhead and Signal Mountain Lodge has been cleared of snow and is now open to non-motorized recreational uses such as walking, bicycling, and rollerblading.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Scott Wellensiek, 43, of Dunbar, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court in Omaha for possessing child pornography. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, Chief Judge, sentenced Wellensiek to 10 years of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Wellensiek will begin a 15-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Dianna Woods, 60, of Citrus Heights, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb to three years in prison for four counts of making false statements on loan applications, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: During its multiyear voyage, the ship traveled nearly 130,000 miles as it conducted scientific research and serviced buoys that collect a wide variety of environmental data. Since departing Charleston on July 18, 2013, the ship has...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: Las Vegas, Nev. - One of the members involved in a penny stock fraud conspiracy that defrauded investors of over $35 million was sentenced today to 72 months in prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: President Trump today signed a resolution to rescind the Obama administration’s final regulation implementing accountability provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) - a victory for local school boards over a National School Board and an affirmation that Congress writes the law, not the Department of Education. After the president’s signature overturning the Obama-era regulation, House and Senate education committee leaders today released the following statements...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: Former Bosnian Army Prison Guard Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Fraudulently Procuring U.S. Citizenship.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Dianna Woods, 60, of Citrus Heights, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb to three years in prison for four counts of making false statements on loan applications, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Monday, March 27, 2017, Jamie Lee Jones, 45, a former resident of Nevada, was sentenced to twelve years in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Simon. Jones had previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Jones was living in Seaside, Oregon in early February 2016 during the time of the alleged offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: He and Co-Defendant Also Found Guilty in Insurance Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The last of 20 defendants in a gang-related racketeering and murder case received his sentence today in U.S. District Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today asked U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Director Walter Shaub to review comments made by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for potential ethics violations. Sen. Wyden’s letter to Director Shaub follows comments Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The last of 20 defendants in a gang-related racketeering and murder case received his sentence today in U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis man has pleaded guilty to obstructing the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"). Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty plea today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: These two storms ravaged the Caribbean so much last year their names have been retired by the World Meteorological Organization’s Region IV Hurricane Committee, of which NOAA's National Hurricane Center is a member.
