News from May 2017
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a proposal to offer 28 parcels totaling about 27,280 acres of federal minerals in northwestern Colorado in the December 2017 competitive oil and gas lease sale.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith (R-NE) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Opportunities for Youth and Young Adults to Break the Cycle of Poverty" on Wednesday, May 17, at 10:00 AM in room 2020 of the Rayburn House...
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: MOOSE, WY - Several construction projects will be underway this summer in Grand Teton National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On May 10, 2017heather Jean Reekr, Rodney Lee Crosby, Jr., a 35 year-old resident of Pisgah, Iowa, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 27 months in prison following his conviction on one count of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that WALTER C. LITTLE, a/k/a “Chet," a former partner at an international...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for producing child pornography of a 2-year-old victim.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A Shreveport man was sentenced Tuesday to 240 months in prison for distributing more than 15 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Shreveport area, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Brad L. Byerley and Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Miguel Torres Pineda, 27, of San Jose, California, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on May 10, 2017, for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Pineda was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received 120 months of imprisonment, to be followed...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Defendant is Among Four to Plead Guilty to Federal Charges For Series of Robberies of Stores in Late 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Honduran national was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally reentering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 22-year-old Zwolle, LA man has been sentenced to federal prison for his part in a kidnapping conspiracy scheme targeting individuals in the Eastern District of Texas and surrounding area, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Scheme Targeted Hundreds of Investors in More Than 30 Countries, Including United States.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) highlighted Bob Lighthizer’s experience in trade policy and urged colleagues to support his nomination to be the next United States Trade Representative (USTR)...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Thursday to 293 months in federal prison for human trafficking, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Idaho Resident Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Returns.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Seward, AK- The remaining 1.5 miles of the road to Exit Glacier will open this Friday, May 12 at 7:00 a.m. Water is currently not available on site. Vault toilets are available for use. The Exit Glacier Nature Center is projected to open on Saturday, May 20, 2017. Ranger-led programs will not be offered...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Dupree, South Dakota, woman convicted of two counts of Distribution of a Controlled Substance was sentenced on April 24, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On May 10, 2017, Rodney Lee Koehrsenheather Jean Reekr, a 33 year-old resident of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge James E. Gritzner to 73 months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for his conviction on one...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Two defendants sentenced for their participation in the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr., today announced the grand jury indictment of two Louisville convicted felons - one charged with threatening to kill a Louisville Metro Police Officer while engaged in the performance of his official duties - and both defendants were charged ...
