News from March 2017
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - Fire managers from the Northwest Colorado Fire Management Unit are planning to conduct prescribed fires on Bureau of Land Management lands in the coming weeks when conditions warrant.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jolene Edwards, age 38, of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury with bank fraud, embezzlement by a bank employee, and interstate transportation of stolen property.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ERIC BROWN, age 38, from Kentwood, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Quantity of Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that LARRY GREEN, a/k/a “Mafia," a/k/a “Maf," was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 22 years in prison, in connection with the 2006 drug-related murder of Shawn Williams, a/k/a “Showtime" (“Williams") in Paterson, New Jersey. Sentenced was imposed by U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on March 23, 2017, United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Alan Ostrander, 45 years old of Omaha, Nebraska, to five years’ probation following his guilty pleas to criminal charges of wire fraud and willful failure to file tax...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Contact Person: Jamie L. Schoen (864) 282-2100.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury sitting in Houston has found two Houston men guilty for the attempted robbery and robbery of the Shared Resources Credit Union and for using and carrying a firearm during commission of the crimes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. The federal jury deliberated for less than five hours before convicting Raynard Gray, 33, and Sonny Pervis, 27, both of Houston, on all counts as charged following a three-day-trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Boylston Street gang member was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with attempting to hire a hit man to murder another gang member.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the revised Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (Draft EA/FONSI) for six San Luis Unit, Central Valley Project interim renewal contracts for the Westlands Water District (Westlands).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Jonathan Schofield, Special Agent in Charge of the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Agency for International Development (“USAID-OIG"), announced today the settlement of a civil fraud lawsuit against AMERICAN...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Portsmouth man with sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Following a four-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey, a federal jury has convicted Gilberto Gomez, 37, on felony drug offenses, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A California man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a large-scale marijuana distribution and money laundering ring operating between California and the East Coast.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Brendan T. Cullinane, who is handling the case, stated that in March of 2015, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) executed a search warrant at an apartment where illegal narcotics were sold. At that time, agents recovered an internal video surveillance system that recorded Sanchez holding and describing a bag of cocaine he intended to sell to customers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, on March 22, 2017, Michael Prescott, 52, of Fairfax, Vermont, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison after his guilty plea to charges that he distributed heroin. U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford also ordered that Prescott serve three years of supervised release after his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jonathan Haas, age 45, of Easton, Pennsylvania, the owner/operator of a former Utz Quality Foods, Inc. supplier, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Yvette Kane to 36 month’s imprisonment for his participation in a false invoice, kickback scheme that defrauded Utz Quality Foods, Inc. (Utz) out of approximately $1.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: During times relevant to the conspiracy, Jerabeck, Tyler, and Guck failed to disclose to the investors that they were independent contractors of 5LINX and that they were covertly receiving millions of dollars in additional compensation without the investors’ knowledge or permission. This resulted in...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
Release: For one Sri Lankan entrepreneur, participation in the Foreign Agricultural Service’s (FAS) Cochran Fellowship Program provided the training and inspiration that led him to develop the first-ever retail promotion of American food in his home country.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the statement following the release of an updated score from the Congressional Budget Office...
By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the nomination of William F. (Bill) Hagerty to serve as U.S. ambassador to Japan.
