News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Crystal Michelle Haggarty, 34, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, admitted to her role in a methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By State Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Steve Chabot (R-OH), former Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, introduced bipartisan legislation to reimpose sanctions on the...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Shreveport man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison with eight years suspended for driving while intoxicated on Barksdale Air Force Base.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Firefighters from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Unit are hosting sessions this fall and winter designed to spur interest in wildland firefighting and help potential candidates navigate the hiring process.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District James K. Bredar has sentenced Xavier Holden, age 28, of Salisbury, Maryland to 46 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for his role in a racketeering conspiracy. Holden is one 80 defendants who were charged in two separate indictments...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The former deputy treasurer for the City of Compton was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison on charges stemming from his embezzlement of more than $3.7 million of city funds over the course of six years.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Traveled From Florida to Maryland to Commit the Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who received a shipment of heroin in the mail in December 2016 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. David Lee Zirkle, 36, entered his guilty plea to possession with the intent to distribute heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pecos District announces that it is seeking public nominations for four positions on its Resource Advisory Council (RAC), which advises the BLM on public land issues within the Pecos District. As advertised in the Federal Register, the BLM will consider nominations until Dec. 1, 2017. If you have already submitted your RAC nomination materials for 2017, you will not need to resubmit.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Joplin, Mo., man has been convicted by a federal trial jury of his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: WALNUT GROVE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will continue weekday closures at its Delta Cross Channel gates Monday, Nov. 6. The weekday closures, expected to last at least into mid-November, are in coordination with the California Department of Fish & Wildlife. They are intended to help reduce fall-run...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area is one of three locations in Tennessee selected for the installation of colorblind-less viewfinders that help color blind visitors and residents see the vibrant fall foliage.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: Used Internet Payment Processors for Modern-Day Check Kiting Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Johnny Blackshell, Jr., 23, Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act Robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of seven years in prison, a maximum of life and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Eric Judkins, 34, formerly of Nashua, pleaded guilty in federal court to an escape charge, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In a letter to Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) today, Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) repeated his previously ignored request for a hearing on his bill - H.R. 360 - to create the Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument, an effort that has new resonance in the wake of...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - DENNIS LEE, 44, of Nichols Hills, pled guilty today to possession of stolen property that crossed a state boundary and to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. U.S. Attorney Yancey also announced that KENNETH DALE SMITH, 53, of Oklahoma City, has pled guilty to misprision of a felony in connection with interstate theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: A Norwalk man was indicted on multiple charges after fraudulently inducing teen girls into engaging in sexually explicit conduct and recording the conduct under the false promise that he was producing a pornographic film, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Taunton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for dealing heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brian Patterson, 25, of Rochester, NY, was convicted after a jury trial of possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number. The charges carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
