News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Richard Quinn Named Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three years probation, six months home detention, a $15,000 fine and forfeiture of $100,000 on his conviction of conspiracy to smuggle misbranded drugs and conspiracy to money launder, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and the Sonoma County Water Agency, acting as administrator for the North Bay Water Reuse Authority, are preparing a joint draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement for Phase 2 of the North Bay Water Reuse Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Paul Fabrizio Solis (40, Bradenton) has pleaded guilty to producing and possessing child pornography. He faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years, up to 30 years, in federal prison for the production charge, and up to 10 years’ imprisonment for the possession charge.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management’s Billings Field Office is planning to burn piles and conduct prescribed burning operations on BLM-managed land in Musselshell and Yellowstone County during the upcoming fall and winter months.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 28 months’ incarceration, followed by three years’ supervised release, on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: The president and owner of a Florida pharmacy that was at the center of a massive compounding pharmacy fraud scheme, which impacted private insurance companies, Medicare and TRICARE, pleaded guilty today for his role in the scheme. Seven other individuals have previously pleaded guilty in connection to the scheme. Various real properties, cars and a 50-foot boat will be forfeited as part of the guilty pleas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Edgar Alexander Gomez, 42, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to two years and one day in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Dr. Peter Sharpe will discuss the remarkable recovery of peregrine falcons on the California Channel Islands during the November From Shore to Sea lecture. Today there are over 50 resident peregrine pairs, well in excess of the peregrine population in 1955 when they disappeared from the islands.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, at 10 a.m., House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) will headline a discussion about the opioid crisis and Congress’ ongoing efforts to combat the opioid epidemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Yahya Farooq Mohammad, 39, was sentenced today to 27 ½ years in prison for one count of conspiracy to provide and conceal material support or resources to terrorists and one count of solicitation to commit a crime of violence.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The holiday season is coming and thousands of people will be finding their Christmas trees on public lands this year. The BLM-Utah will begin selling non-commercial permits to cut pinyon pine, juniper, and fir trees in November. Permits are available for purchase during regular business hours, excluding federal holidays, at the following locations:.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, at 10 a.m., House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) will headline a discussion about the opioid crisis and Congress’ ongoing efforts to combat the opioid epidemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal grand jury has filed an indictment charging Miranda Gilbert, 30, of Albuquerque, N.M., with violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition and with assaulting a federal officer.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
Release: ROANOKE, Va. - Transportation Security Administration officers at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA) prevented a Franklin County, Virginia, man from bringing a loaded.380 caliber handgun onto an airplane Sunday, Nov. 5.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Lookout Mtn., TN: In partnership with the National Park Service, Eastern National would like to invite you to join us at the Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center for a book signing with author David A. Powell, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, 10:00...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Hedgesville, West Virginia man was sentenced today to 115 months incarceration for heroin distribution, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bronx, New York, man today admitted his role in an extensive scheme to obtain money through fraudulently obtained refund checks issued by the U.S. Treasury, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Defendant was Removed in 2013 Following a Felony Drug Conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that an Anchorage man was sentenced in federal court on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The man possessed three handguns -- two of which were stolen -- after having been convicted of at least 14 prior felony convictions.
