News from November 2017
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: FREDERICK, Md.- To provide for long-term protection and restoration of native vegetation, promote healthy and diverse forests and protect historic landscapes, three Western Maryland national parks are preparing to implement previously approved white-tailed deer management plans this year. The National Park Service (NPS) will donate all suitable meat from reduction activities to local food banks. Last year, more than eight tons of venison were donated to local food banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -- Guillermo Lopez-Casillas, age 37, of Compton, Calif., will serve 262 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. U.S. District Judge Jill N. Parrish imposed the sentence Monday afternoon in U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Charges Include Drug Trafficking, Casino Theft, Enticement Of A Minor, False Statements, And Bank Fraud.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS, MT - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited a Billings general contractor and a Rock Springs, Wyoming, subcontractor for exposing workers to numerous safety hazards, causing an employee to suffer severe burns. The companies face $249,516 in proposed penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa. was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of possession of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Strong City, KS: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is pleased to announce the upcoming good old-fashioned Christmas event on November 25th from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. All activities are free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned indictments charging JOSE RAUDILIO ACOSTA-HERNANDEZ, age 28, of Honduras, SAUL CISNEROS-FRANCO, age 52, of Mexico, AGRIPINO CRISOSTOMO-LOPEZ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shaquan M. Shingledecker, 25, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in mid-Missouri.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON - Members of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator today appeared before the House Committee on Homeland Security to discuss the results of the most recent OIG covert testing at airport...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Ethyl Lee Grant, Allen Shane Goss, and Carol Hall Bird appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge John Johnston on November 8, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., in Great Falls, Montana. The defendants face charges of Theft from an Indian Tribal Government Receiving Federal Funding and Wire Fraud. The charges...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The owner of a business that operated parking lots was arrested this morning after being charged with bilking the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs out of more than $11 million that should have been paid in relation to a contract to operate parking facilities on the VA’s Los Angeles medical campuses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Public Returns Record Number of Potentially Dangerous Prescription Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Jake Rupert, age 33, of Lexington, was sentenced to 96 months imprisonment, which will be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Rupert plead guilty in federal court in August 2017 to being a felon in possession of a firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Rafael P. Leal, 39, a Brazilian national who most recently lived in Boston, Mass., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Providence, R.I., to 235 months in federal prison and ordered deported upon completion of his term of incarceration for enticing a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity and traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, and Alaska Gov. Bill Walker today issued the following statements after the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources released budget reconciliation legislation to open a small part of the non-wilderness portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), known as the “1002 Area" or Coastal Plain, to responsible oil and gas development.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Enrique Munoz, 53, of California, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more or cocaine, and money laundering conspiracy before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life and a $10,000,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: A Colombian citizen was extradited from Colombia to the United States today to face a four-count federal indictment in the Southern District of Florida for his role in a scheme to smuggle illegal aliens from Colombia into the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: Generates Over $1 Billion in Revenues Over First 10 Years to Reduce Federal Deficit
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Shelby County woman to more than 25 months in prison for fraudulently soliciting more than $260,000 by falsely claiming she had terminal cancer, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr. and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.
