News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Marc Wren, 49, of Odessa, Texas, pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Wren entered the guilty plea under a plea agreement that recommends a sentence of 70 to 87 months of imprisonment followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: (BOSTON - Thirty individuals have been charged with federal drug, gun and immigration charges and two others have been charged with state drug and gun charges for their role in the distribution of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine in and around the Lawrence, Massachusetts area.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Socorro Field Office, in cooperation with the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department Abandoned Mine Land Program (AML) and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement will hold a public meeting regarding the Hansonburg Mining District...
By USDA Newswire | May 30, 2017
Release: For U.S. exporters to compete in the global marketplace, it takes buyers; and those are just what U.S. businesses found at Gulfood 2017. Between the sales generated at the USA Pavilion and during one-on-one business meetings, this year’s exhibitors reported an astounding $85.5 million in on-site sales and an additional $722 million in projected 12-month sales.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: FBI Releases Details of a Bank Robbery in Jupiter on April 21.
By DOL Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: SAIPAN - Three contractors in Saipan face $193,750 in proposed penalties after investigators from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that the companies exposed workers to numerous workplace hazards at the Imperial Pacific Resort Casino under development in Garapan.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: James Nathaniel Watts, 32, of Cairo, Illinois, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Benton to life in prison without the possibility of release plus a 10 year consecutive term of imprisonment announced Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. Watts...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Bernards Township, New Jersey, has agreed to settle a federal civil lawsuit to resolve allegations that the township violated federal law when it denied zoning approval to allow the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge (ISBR) to build a mosque on property where zoning permitted houses of worship, U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick and Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Fairmont, West Virginia woman pled guilty today to mail fraud, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOE Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s announcement that Steve Wackowski will be his Senior Advisor for Alaskan Affairs. Zinke, who is visiting Alaska this week, made the announcement earlier today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney and Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division announced today that Jesse Denver Hanes, who allegedly shot and killed Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez on Aug. 12, 2016, has entered a guilty plea to federal firearms and carjacking...
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: Tuzigoot National Monument will begin offering monthly demonstrations by Zack Curcija of Echoes from the Past School of Ancient Technology in June. Demonstrations will be from 10am-12pm on the third Saturday of each month through the end of the year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: James Nathaniel Watts, 32, of Cairo, Illinois, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Benton to life in prison without the possibility of release plus a 10 year consecutive term of imprisonment announced Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. Watts...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: Columbus man sentenced to over 13 years; Huntington man sentenced to nearly six years.
By Homeland Newswire | May 30, 2017
Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Transportation Security Administration officers prevented a Florida man from bringing a loaded handgun on board a plane at a Charlotte Douglas International Airport checkpoint yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - David Delgado, 35, of Dallas, appeared in federal court this morning and pleaded guilty, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez, to one count of use of interstate facility to commit travel act. U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas made today’s announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Cincinnati, Ohio man was sentenced today to 120 months incarceration for heroin and cocaine distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - Derrick Kennedy Crumpton, the Assistant Governor of the Gangster Disciples for the State of Tennessee, has pleaded guilty to both RICO and drug conspiracy charges. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Crowley man was sentenced Friday to 180 months in prison for using his cell phone to produce videos of sex acts with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Richard Hoagland (63, Zephyrhills), formerly of Indiana, to two years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft. In addition, he was ordered to forfeit $42,500, which represents the proceeds of the misrepresentations that he made in connection with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 8 housing program.
