News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: Owner Of Florida Telecommunications Company and His Co-Conspirator Sentenced to Prison for Involvement in International Cellphone Fraud Scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: In an ongoing effort to dismantle bedrock environmental laws, House Republicans are holding a hearing at 10 a.m. tomorrow to attack the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and wrongfully blame the Act for delaying development projects. Ranking Member Grijalva and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Jacob L. Smith, 19, Kansas City, Kan., was sentenced Monday to 300 months in federal prison for a bank robbery in which he shot at law enforcement officers during a high-speed chase, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. Co-defendant Danille Morris, 27, Kansas City, Kan., whose 19-month child was with her in the getaway car, was sentenced to 200 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: Defendant Forged Signatures of New York State Judges as Part of Unlawful Scheme to Eavesdrop on Phone Conversations and Read Text Messages.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Damion Colabatistto, 40, of Rochester, NY, having been convicted following a jury trial of murder, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine, and heroin, and the use of firearms in furtherance of a drug conspiracy, was sentenced to life in prison plus five years by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. Jr.
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 DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Rockland County, New York, man today admitted participating in a December 2015 robbery of a North Jersey bar and the violent carjacking and kidnapping that took place shortly afterwards, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Kay F. Gow (66, Naples), Robert T. Gow (75, Naples), and John G. Williams, Jr. (65, Virginia Beach, VA) with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, wire fraud, and illegal...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: DENVER - Caroline Zarate Boyle, age 59, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, was indicted last week for using a forged writing to defraud the United States, Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General Special Agent in Charge (USPS OIG) Scott Pierce announced. Boyle was...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: Repeatedly Claimed Cell Phone Orders Were Replaced with Boxes of Tile or Stone.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former Southbridge Middle School teacher was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with attempting to purchase live video sex shows involving Filipino children and to possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Rockland County, New York, man today admitted participating in a December 2015 robbery of a North Jersey bar and the violent carjacking and kidnapping that took place shortly afterwards, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: “We depend on the perspectives of the people who rely on NOAA maritime products, especially for safety at sea or commercial efficiency, as we plan for improvements of our navigation data, services, and products," said Russell Callender, Ph.D., assistant NOAA administrator for the National Ocean Service. “This panel is a vital part of our information gathering process to determine future priorities."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERTO VASQUEZ, 53, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing a stolen gun and silencer.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: ATTALA COUNTY, MS - On March 25, 2017, at approximately 12:32 p.m., the Natchez Trace Parkway Communications Center received notification of a single motor vehicle collision near Kosciusko, MS (milepost 152). U.S. Park Rangers, Attala and Leake County Sheriff’s Deputies, Thomas Town Volunteer Fire Department, and the Attala County Medical Examiner responded to the scene.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: ANCHORAGE - The Bureau of Land Management Alaska is debuting the release of a new map series designed specifically for mobile devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Francisco Javier Gutierrez-Alvarez, 33, Octavio Cabrera-Mayorquin, 28, and Guillermo Urenda-Bustos, 31 were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater following their guilty pleas in December 2016 to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2017
News Release: The 2017 Juried Art Competition is part of an annual event series at Fort Monroe to commemorate the “Contraband Decision," which took place at the fort during the early days of the American Civil War and had far-reaching legal, social, and political influence on the unraveling of slavery in the United States. Submitted works must reflect the theme of: “The ‘Contraband Decision’ and Its Impact.".
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2017
News Release: PRICE, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Price Field Office welcomes visitors to the Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry which is now open. The Quarry will be open this spring season on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There is a $5 per adult fee for admission to the site to...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: A former resident of Nevada and Montana was sentenced to 36 months in prison yesterday for interfering with the internal revenue laws, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson for the District of Montana.
