News from November 2017
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: BAKER CITY, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management will offer a Family Fun Day at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center on Friday Nov. 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with fun and educational activities for all ages. The BLM invites families, youth and visitors to learn how public lands connect them to America’s natural and cultural resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Church Point woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to methamphetamine and cocaine distribution in Acadia and Lafayette parishes and firearm possession.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that a grand jury sitting in South Bend returned a 5-count indictment against Eric P. Krieg, age 45, of Munster, Indiana.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: RAWLINS, Wyo. - As part of a movement study with the University of Wyoming (UW), BLM collared 16 additional mares during the completion of the Appropriate Management Level Gather in Adobe Town Herd Management Area (HMA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - A correctional officer at Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Abingdon, who agreed to smuggle contraband items into the facility, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - Local government and community representatives presented Bureau of Land Management Associate Field Manager Kalem Lenard with the Environmental Stewardship Award as part of the Palmer Land Trust’s Southern Colorado Conservation Awards. Lenard was recognized for his role in spearheading a trail development project in Oil Well Flats.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Samuel Robles, 28, Saul Ivan Robles, 24, and Daniel Herrera, 19, all of Rockford, Ill., were sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley for possessing 500 grams or more of cocaine with the intent to distribute. Judge Conley sentenced Samuel Robles to 11 years, Saul Robles to 10 years, and Herrera to five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A 37-year-old resident of Corpus Christi has received a 174-month sentence for possession with intent to distribute synthetic cannabinoids and illegally possessing a semi-automatic rifle, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: A man who shot his brother-in-law was sentenced yesterday to over three years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland man was charged with child pornography crimes, said U.S Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthiony.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: In Midland, a jury yesterday afternoon convicted Andrews County electrician Randall Varian Hanks on federal charges in connection with a false billing scheme and failing to file tax returns that resulted in excess of $1.5 million loss to local businesses announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: A New Jersey man was sentenced to three months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and to aiding and abetting the filing of false claims for tax refunds, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Craig Allen Otteson, 65, of McKinney, Texas, and Jay Bruce Heimburger, 59, of Dallas, appeared this afternoon before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater and were sentenced for their roles in a diamond investment scheme, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that James Anthony Brown, age 39, of Columbia, entered a guilty plea today before Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson to one count of possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Two former executives at a Dutch oil and gas services company, Anthony “Tony" Mace and Robert Zubiate, pleaded guilty this week to conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for their roles in a scheme to bribe foreign government officials in Brazil, Angola and Equatorial Guinea.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Okreek, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced on November 6, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn., - November 9, 2017 - Walter Jones, 46, of Nashville, Tenn., was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for his role in a drug distribution conspiracy, which included the possession and intent to distribute cocaine, heroin and fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Five people were indicted for firearms crimes and, in some cases, related violations, said U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Former Chief Financial Officer Has Pleaded Guilty to Related Charge.
