News from November 2017
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. -- The Bureau of Land Management, Battle Mountain District, is selling Christmas tree permits, for personal use, at three different locations;
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A sales representative for a Haleyville, Ala.,-based compounding pharmacy pleaded guilty today in federal court to participating in a conspiracy to generate prescriptions, including for a $29,000 wound cream, and defraud health care insurers and prescription drug administrators out of tens of millions of dollars in 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Full Committee held an oversight hearing on “The Need for Transparent Financial Accountability in Territories' Disaster Recovery Efforts." The panel reviewed the financial needs of both Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and the need and form of appropriate Federal oversight.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Michelle Green, of East Liverpool, Ohio, was sentenced today to 46 months incarceration for heroin distribution, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Robert Farrace, 53, of Modesto, was convicted today of three counts of wire fraud in connection with a fraudulent short-sale scheme, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By State Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, made the following remarks last evening on the House floor in support of a resolution that expresses the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to United States policy toward Yemen (H.Res.599 )...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Janet West, a former Cox Communications vice president, has pleaded guilty to her part in an embezzlement scheme that cost the company millions of dollars.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 133,096 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - A Charlotte drug dealer pleaded guilty today to a federal hydromorphone crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Timothy Fields, 39, entered his guilty plea to distribution of hydromorphone.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - Gathering wild cranberries is a fall tradition on the Outer Cape. Join Cape Cod National Seashore Ranger Jody Anastasio on Tuesday, November 21 at 1:00 pm for some pre-Thanksgiving exercise and last-minute cranberry picking. The walk, which meets at the parking lot at the end of High...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - On Wednesday, November 8, 2017, United States District Court Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Michael Oluwasegun Kazeem, 24, a Nigerian citizen and recent resident of Georgia, to 7 years in federal prison for his role in committing conspiracy to commit mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos and Dr. Johnson...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: Former Massachusetts Police Sergeant Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling Funds from Disabled Veterans and Running Fraudulent Tax Preparation Business.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Four Laredoans have been ordered to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic drugs from Laredo to the Dallas area via the use of tractor trailers, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Javier...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Taheem Mungo, 35, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced in federal court to seven years in prison for drug trafficking, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: A man who illegal possessed firearms was sentenced November 9, 2017, to more than 8 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Brooklyn, New York, man was arrested this morning for allegedly collecting drug distribution proceeds and laundering money on behalf of a heroin distribution conspiracy operating out of Nigeria, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Brooklyn, New York, man was arrested this morning for allegedly collecting drug distribution proceeds and laundering money on behalf of a heroin distribution conspiracy operating out of Nigeria, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
