News from November 2017
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Saturday, November, 11, is Veterans Day. This day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice which ended World War I in 1918. But this day also has greater meaning. It’s a day to recognize the sacrifice and dedication of the men and women who have served in the armed forces. Big Thicket National Preserve wants to thank them for their service.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A member of a Lawrence-based kidnapping crew was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a 2012 kidnapping.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: A 23-count indictment was filed charging three Akron women with defrauding the U.S. Department of Education out of $1.8 million through a scheme where they enrolled inmates and people whose identities they stole in an Arizona community college in order to obtain financial aid, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: TULSA, Okla.-Today, United States Attorney R. Trent Shores announced that a grand jury handed down an indictment against thirteen defendants, charging them with Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Distribution of Methamphetamine and Unlawful Use of a Communication Facility.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation will present water supply conditions in the Bighorn Basin and discuss the agency's proposed fall/winter operating plan for Yellowtail Dam/Bighorn Lake at a public meeting on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. Additionally, the Bighorn River System Issues Group will discuss operating criteria for Yellowtail Dam.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On November 8, 2017 United States District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Danielle N. Kays, age 41, of Bel Air, Maryland to 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit bribery related to contracting at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine Chao highlighting PHMSA’s repeated failure to take action on outstanding safety-critical rulemakings.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: McKleen Miranda-Bencomo, 28, of Gillette, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on November 8, 2017, for distribution of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting. Miranda-Bencomo was arrested in Gillette, Wyoming. He received eight months of imprisonment, to be followed...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement regarding today’s finding by a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel that the United States has taken all steps necessary to comply with its international obligations in the longstanding Tuna/Dolphin dispute with Mexico involving U.S. “dolphin-safe" labeling requirements.
By State Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON- Representatives Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), the Chair Emeritus of the Committee, today were joined by a bipartisan group of lawmakers to host Ivan Velásquez, the commissioner of the International Commission...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Ceremony to be held on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017 in front of The Ansel Adams Gallery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Daryl Glenn Pawlak, 39, of Burleson, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 210 months in federal prison, followed by a 15-year term of supervised release, for child pornography offenses. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: South Dakota State’s Attorneys Association honors retiring federal prosecutor.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Three Austinites face federal prison terms and millions in restitution after pleading guilty to defrauding Dell, Inc. and the Internal Revenue Service announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio, and IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge William Cotter, San Antonio.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 35-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: Taos, N.M. - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and the Bureau of Land Management are pleased to announce that the Sabinoso Wilderness - which contains some of the most pristine habitat in the country for elk, mule deer, and other wildlife - is for the first time ever accessible to the public...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on November 6, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A federal criminal complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in Providence today charging Fetahe Makonnen, 34, of Malden, Mass., with travelling in interstate commerce for the purpose of transporting child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch; Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police; and Matthew J. Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations for New England.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2017
News Release: The former vice president of a bank in Kent was charged with defrauding his employer out of at least $160,000 and demanding bribes in return for approving loans, said U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman, FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony and IRS Special Agent in Charge Ryan Korner.
