News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that BUDDY LYNN VISSER, age 56, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 72 months imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Spanish native residing in Quincy was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for using counterfeit cashier’s checks to defraud victims, including charities and law firms, of nearly $1 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that LATISHA DAWN ARNOLD, age 37, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 46 months imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release for DRUG CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 846, 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A).
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A citizen of Mexico living in Braddock, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal immigration laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Communications Veteran Joins Indianapolis FBI Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Julian King, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Vanderwagon, N.M., was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 24 months in prison for his conviction on a federal child abuse charge. King will be on supervised release for a year after completing his prison sentence.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to keep discharge from Lucky Peak steady as runoff into the reservoir system increases with above normal temperatures. Boise River reservoirs are at approximately 85 percent of capacity. Flow through town is expected to...
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Brady. Secretary Mnuchin, it’s a pleasure to see you again and thank you for joining us today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that JARED JAMES MOCK, age 36, of Ada, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 36 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for POSSESSION OF UNREGISTERED FIREARM (SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN), in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Sections 5861(d), 5841, 5845(a) and 5871.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ukiah Field Office is seeking public comment and will host a scoping meeting to discuss recreation and commercial filming opportunities available through a special recreation permits for the Point Arena-Stornetta Unit of the California Coastal National Monument. Events or opportunities for consideration may include competitive trail runs, botanical hikes, group gatherings, events, professional filming or video.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Martin Saquic-Larios, age 24, of Guatemala, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, to Illegal Re-Entry, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a)(2) and (b). United States District Chief Judge Terry L. Wooten, of Columbia, accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) encourages the public to take advantage of the Lassen Rural Bus service for the Bizz Johnson National Recreational Trail. The service offers bike shuttles for large groups, which helps eliminate the need to arrange vehicle shuttles.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is planning to continue prescribed burn activities within the 54-acre Buck Project Area beginning on May 26th, 2017. The total size of this prescribed burn unit is 757 acres and is made up of a mixture of pine, oak woodland, and shrub species. It is located along...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged Samuel Whitt, 41, of Cincinnati, with criminal interference with the right to fair housing and attempted arson.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Mark Isaac Yetter, 34, of Garland, Texas, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn to serve a total of 13 years in federal prison, following his guilty plea in June 2016 to one count of transporting and shipping of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By State Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the Committee will meet TOMORROW, Thursday, May 25 at 9:30 a.m. to consider...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a former University of Alabama music professor with receiving and possessing child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and ICE Homeland Security Investigations Assistant Special Agent in Charge Sherry Douglas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Kenton Buckner, Chief of Little Rock Police Department (LRPD), and Mike Davis, Chief...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Felony Child Abuse and Neglect was sentenced on May 18, 2017, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Julian King, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Vanderwagon, N.M., was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 24 months in prison for his conviction on a federal child abuse charge. King will be on supervised release for a year after completing his prison sentence.
