News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - Emmanuel Velasco Gurrola, 30, was sentenced to life in federal prison for his role in a murder-for-hire plot. The sentencing was announced by Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Homeland Security (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez, and Federal Bureau of (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) today introduced the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act , which is the product of months of bicameral, bipartisan discussions led by Chairman Goodlatte, Ranking Member Conyers, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Senate Judiciary Committee Member Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC -In 2016 Cape Lookout National Seashore had 458,000 visits, up by 57,587 visits (6.95%) from 2015. The increase in visitation highlights a celebratory year for Cape Lookout, which recognized the National Park Service Centennial on August 25th and the seashore’s 50th Anniversary on March 10th.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Richard Ryan Jones, age 39, of Gaffney, South Carolina was sentenced today in federal court in Greenville, South Carolina, for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Five Hundred Grams or More of a Mixture or...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury in Dallas returned an indictment yesterday, charging a Richardson, Texas, man with six counts of making false statements to federal agents, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas and Eric Jackson, Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Office of the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Oscar Javier Rosas, 23, of Wendell, Idaho and Michael Ray Stone, 25, of Twin Falls, Idaho, were sentenced this week in United States District Court for their roles in separate drug trafficking conspiracies, Acting United States Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced Rosas to 33 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and Stone to 51 months for distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that YOETNIS VAZQUEZ PEDROSA, age 32, a Cuban national residing in Florida, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud and two counts of access device fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: GLENNALLEN, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Glennallen Field Office today announced that it has opened a 30-day public review and comment period to inform the BLM analysis for Valdez Creek Mining Company, LLC’s (VCM) proposed amended plan of operations to add two additional federal mining claims to its existing operating plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: MAR 23 - BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, announced that Michael Prescott, 52, of Fairfax, Vermont, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will continue to increase flows from Lucky Peak Dam beginning Thursday due to above-normal winter precipitation in the Boise River drainage.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah received bonus bids totaling $110,263.00 for 4 parcels covering 4,174.46 acres at the quarterly oil and gas lease sale conducted today utilizing the EnergyNet internet-based auction system.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Owners Of Massachusetts Temp Agency Indicted For Failing to Pay Over Employment Taxes And Obstructing IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced a federal indictment charging TIMOTHY WAYNE GUTHMAN, 43, a licensed chiropractor, with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of mail fraud. GUTHMAN made his initial appearance last week in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury in Dallas returned an indictment yesterday, charging a Richardson, Texas, man with six counts of making false statements to federal agents, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas and Eric Jackson, Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Office of the FBI.
By State Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY) today introduced H.R. 1698, The Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act. The bill, also co-sponsored by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), targets those involved in Iran’s missile development - including foreign companies and banks.
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: FORT WORTH, Texas - Following a two-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, a federal jury has convicted two Fort Worth men on felony drug offenses, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Anthony Devon Myrick, age 25, of Greenville, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, a violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g). United States District Court Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the sentencing of STERLING KYLE ANDERSEN, 24, to 30 years in prison for second degree murder. ANDERSON, who was indicted on Feb. 1, 2016, pleaded guilty on November 9, 2016, before U.S. District Judge Ann D. Montgomery in Minneapolis, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2017
News Release: Elsie Reyes, a/k/a “Elsie Yera", 59, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Information with one count of theft of government funds, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. According to the Information[1], the defendant concealed her July 1994 marriage from the Social Security...
