News from November 2017
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) is hosting its annual model railroad exhibition this December. The exhibit is a fun way for visitors to connect to their public lands and America’s natural and cultural heritage.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An attorney who lives in El Monte pleaded guilty today to federal fraud and money laundering charges for participating in a multi-faceted scheme that collected more than $50 million from foreign investors seeking “Green Cards" through the EB-5 visa program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: On Nov. 30, 2017, five members of the team that investigated the May, 2011 killing of Tony Canfield will be recognized for their efforts with the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) national group achievement award. The award ceremony will take place at the Sioux City Police Department at 4:30 p.m., and will be followed by a press conference.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced to 15 years in prison today for conspiring with others to conduct six armed robberies of banks and other financial institutions in Portsmouth and Chesapeake.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Bronx, New York, man was sentenced today to 110 months in prison for knowingly possessing two handguns despite being a previously convicted felon, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Eric Anthony Lopez, 32, of Carlsbad, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 84 months in prison for his conviction on methamphetamine and heroin trafficking charges. Lopez will be on supervised release for four years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Charles M. Hallinan, 76, of Villanova, PA, and Wheeler K. Neff, 69, of Wilmington, DE, were found guilty today by a federal jury of two counts of conspiracy to violate the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO") relating to “payday lending" businesses, one count...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ERIC BOONE, 48, of Norwich, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine. Judge Meyer also ordered BOONE to perform 100 hours of community service while on supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Starting on Nov. 28, the Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District staff will begin repairing the access road to Picacho Peak Recreation Area, northwest of Las Cruces. The BLM anticipates it may take up to two weeks to repair the road, which was damaged from this year’s monsoon...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former Kansas CPA pleaded guilty Tuesday to filing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - This Wednesday, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Aviation Subcommittee will hold a hearing to consider technological, legal, and policy issues related to the use and integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the national airspace system.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - According to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Providence, Richard D’Antuono, 42, of Cranston, a former business manager and financial secretary for a Rhode Island plasters and cement mason’s union local, will plead guilty to charges that he embezzled between $250,000 and $550,000 in union funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: On Nov. 30, 2017, five members of the team that investigated the May, 2011 killing of Tony Canfield will be recognized for their efforts with the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) national group achievement award. The award ceremony will take place at the Sioux City Police Department at 4:30 p.m., and will be followed by a press conference.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Nathan Joe, 36, of Nazlini, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 21 months in prison for physically abusing a child on the Navajo Indian Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney will make a significant law enforcement announcement at 2:00 P.M., TODAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2017, at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Albuquerque, N.M. Acting U.S. Attorney Tierney will be joined by Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the Albuquerque Division...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a program of the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has awarded a total of $3 million to help small and medium-sized manufacturers recover from hurricanes Irma and Maria.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: GRASS VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation signed a Finding of No Significant Impact for Nevada Irrigation District to construct and operate a hydroelectric generation station near its Loma Rica Water Treatment Plant, near Grass Valley in Nevada County.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a West Virginia man pleaded guilty in federal court today to sexually exploiting a minor in the Joplin, Mo., area.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today met with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Nominee Alex Azar and issued the following statement...
