News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Pueblo Police, along with the U.S. Attorney and FBI to announce Massive Historic Heroin Trafficking Takedown.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service is conducting a search for a missing person within Grand Canyon National Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today questioned House Republicans’ expected passage this evening of H.R. 2936 - Rep. Bruce Westerman’s (R-Ark.) “Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017" - given its failure to address the structural funding problems that cripple the U.S. Forest...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Oct. 31, 2017, Krystal Lynn Feist, age 32, of Grand Forks. ND, was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve 30 years in federal prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release, for her role in the drug conspiracy and murder in furtherance of the conspiracy. Judge Erickson further sentenced Feist to pay a $300 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Chesapeake man was sentenced today to 36 years in prison for his role in leading a drug trafficking conspiracy that resulted in more than a dozen overdoses and multiple deaths.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced today that a federal grand jury had indicted the following four men for retaliating against an individual they believed to be a federal informant: Jose E. Lazcon (22) and Rashawn T. Bumpus (22) of Racine, Wisconsin, Derrick L. Harris (26) of Chicago, Illinois, and Michael A. Bonds (29) of Dolton, Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - A federal jury has found a Bartlett man guilty for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, as well as being a felon in possession of firearms. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the guilty verdicts today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Merice Perez Colon, 35, of Homestead, Florida, was sentenced by United States District Judge Kathleen M. Williams to 10 years’ imprisonment and 50 years of supervised release following her conviction for attempting to coerce and entice an unaccompanied alien minor to engage in illicit sexual activity.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, following months of hearings and input from stakeholders, Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released discussion draft legislation to overhaul federal lands energy policy. The legislation reforms existing regulatory frameworks for energy development in America’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and the vast onshore acreage under federal ownership.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: FBI, Albuquerque PD Still Searching for Red Bandana Bandit a Year After Bank Robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - Andersonville National Historic Site invites you to honor the memory and sacrifices made by our military this holiday season by placing a wreath on a veteran’s grave at Andersonville National Cemetery. You can order a wreath from a local florist and have it delivered directly to the gravesite, bring one in person, or sponsor one through Wreaths Across America.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: “After a thorough review and careful consideration, we notified the Court today that the United States intends to retry its case against Mr. Koerber. We have asked U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby to set a status conference at which time the United States will request a firm date for retrial.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Heavy winter storm activity is expected through Sunday, November 5, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Rahil Mir and Alok Jaiswal Admitted to Selling Controlled Substances from India into the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement today after the Trump Administration released the final report from the Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Conspirators Mailed Meth to Columbia to Distribute.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today announced that it is seeking public nominations for four open positions on the Wyoming Resource Advisory Council. Application instructions and materials are available at:.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An illegal alien found in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of Illegal Re-Entry After Deportation, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Alain Lamontagne, 55, of Middletown, New York, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to introducing into interstate commerce misbranded animal drugs.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Special Agents of the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) were alerted in January 2017 to possible embezzlement of funds from a child care center in Yellowstone National Park.
