News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Christopher Buchholz, 31, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on May 25, 2017, for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and for use of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 30 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Wendy Ann Payne, 51, of Emmett, Idaho pleaded guilty on May 23, 2017, to theft of government money, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - A Wise man, who illegally removed Ginseng plants from the National Forest, was sentenced today in the United States District Court, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Joseph Bassler (61, St. Petersburg) has pleaded guilty to mail fraud and money laundering. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on the mail fraud count and up to 10 years in federal prison for the money laundering offense.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Charlottesville, VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury in Charlottesville returned an indictment yesterday against a former detective with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, who was previously assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force [ICAC], charging him with nine counts related to the sexual exploitation of minors, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ramone Westbrook, 27, Rico Freeman, 33, Corey Bradberry, 34, all of Niagara Falls, NY, and Darius Dix, aka Darius Jenkins, 27, of Lockport, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: SHASTA LAKE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will start the summer tour schedule at Shasta Dam on Saturday, May 27. The Shasta Dam Visitor Center is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors are encouraged to arrive 30 minutes before the tour time and are required to check in at the Visitor...
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - As the busy summer season approaches, the Bureau of Land Management High Desert District encourages visitors to enjoy their public lands and remember some simple camping guidelines.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Hanson man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for sending sexually explicit messages to two pre-teen girls.
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today requesting information on the administration’s censoring of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) press release put out after three USGS scientists and three outside colleagues published new climate...
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is pleased to announce the winners of the BLM’s 2017 “Making a Difference" National Volunteer Awards for exceptional volunteer service on BLM-managed lands. This year’s winners were honored at a special awards ceremony that was held live via video teleconference on Wednesday, May 24th.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Jimmy Brown, Jr., age 39, of Greenville, South Carolina, entered a guilty plea before United States District Court Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks, this week, in Greenville, SC. Mr. Brown pled to counts for Felon in Possession...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that four inmates at the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Allenwood) were indicted separately by a federal grand jury for possessing contraband within a federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Shelby County woman on multiple fraud charges for falsely claiming she had terminal cancer in order to get money from family and friends and to solicit donations through an online fund-raising site, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert Posey, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger Stanton and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.
By Homeland Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK - An investigation into a large-scale drug trafficking organization in Hockley and Cochran (Texas) counties resulted in federal drug distribution conspiracy charges against seven defendants who are charged in two federal indictments that were returned last week by a grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH - Following a three-day jury trial before U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, a federal jury has convicted Marquis Konrad Streaty, 32, of Arlington, Texas, of the attempted enticement of an individual Streaty believed to be a 13-year-old female, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal Prosecutors have filed nine civil complaints that seek the forfeiture of nine real properties across Southern California that were allegedly purchased with proceeds generated by a fraudulent scheme that collected more than $50 million from foreign investors seeking “Green Cards" through the EB-5 visa program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Timothy Gallagher, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Newark Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced charges against four defendants for their participation in a brutal kidnapping...
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: RAPID CITY, S.D. -- The Bureau of Reclamation reminds the public of Off Road Vehicle Use (ORV) and Camping rules at Belle Fourche Reservoir.
