News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Zargham Bukhari, 22, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 10 years in prison for sex trafficking a minor, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Please join the National Park Service and the United States Coast Guard on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, in a ceremony and convocation honoring the U.S. Life-Saving Service personnel who risked and sometimes sacrificed their lives serving this nation along the shores of Point Reyes. The annual Memorial...
By Homeland Newswire | May 19, 2017
Release: EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - The Transportation Security Administration announced the deployment of the latest checkpoint screening technology to Chippewa Valley Regional Airport (EAU).
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney, Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in El Paso, Texas, and Chief Gorden E. Eden, Jr., of the Albuquerque Police Department announced the indictment of three residents of Albuquerque, N.M., on commercial sex trafficking offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Washington - Today, Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) applauded Senate Finance Committee passage of a comprehensive chronic care package that included a two-year extension and expansion of the Independence At Home (IAH) Program, an innovative home-based primary care program that...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that an Anchorage man was found guilty yesterday of attempting to pass a counterfeit $100 bill at the Anchorage International Airport. Abdikhaliq Hussein, 28, of Anchorage, was convicted by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess after a two-day bench trial. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 8, 2017. The maximum potential penalty is 20 years imprisonment and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida- Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Xavier Williams (48, Tampa) today pleaded guilty to receipt of stolen government property and aggravated identity theft. He faces a maximum penalty of 12 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Economic Espionage and Theft of a Trade Secret From U.S. Company.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: VERNAL, Utah- The Bureau of Land Management invites the public to participate in the development of the Book Cliffs Travel Management Area Plan and Environmental Assessment (TMP/EA). BLM will host two public meetings to provide information and hear public comments and concerns. There will be opportunities...
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: On the morning of May 14th, a wildland fire was spotted in the Juniper Canyon area of Big Bend National Park. Lightning from the previous evening is the presumed cause of ignition.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: The National Park Service will temporarily close Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore’s Tremont Picnic Area during the repaving of its parking lot. The work is scheduled sometime for the week of May 22 - 26, 2017. During the work, there will be no public access to the Tremont Picnic Area. Eight other picnic areas located in the national lakeshore will be open to the public during the time that the Tremont site is temporarily closed.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Robert Rosploch, 34, formerly of Leicester, Vermont, pleaded guilty today to escape from federal custody.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO - Ruben Wounded Head, III, 19, of Chubbuck, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to two counts of involuntary manslaughter resulting from a drunk driving crash, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez, announced. Wounded Head was indicted in March 2016 by a federal grand jury in Pocatello.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX- This week, Melvin C. Yazzie, 40, of Hotevilla, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 90 month of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Yazzie had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office has distributed to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office $1,813,575 of forfeited drug proceeds seized in connection with the investigation of a synthetic drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: CANTON, Ohio - Republic Steel, an automotive steel manufacturer, faces $279,578 in proposed penalties from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after agency investigators found workers at its Canton plant exposed to machine hazards and lead.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Two Toledo men were criminally charged after DEA agents arrested them for distributing six kilograms of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - The former chief financial officer of a public computer-services company admitted in federal court today that he participated in a scheme to defraud a global telecommunications provider out of at least $3 million.
