News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: FBI Arrests Violent Commercial Robbery Crew Targeting Asian Businesses.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas Field Office is seeking public comments on a proposal to sell 40 parcels totaling 754.88 acres of public land in Clark County, Nevada. The competitive sale would be by sealed and oral bidding in accordance with the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA). A Notice of Realty Action published in today’s Federal Register opens a 45-day comment period which will close January 8, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: PRESS RELEASE. Evansville - United States Attorney Josh Minkler announced today that a tax preparation business owner was sentenced in federal court for her preparation of over 350 false tax returns in 2015, 2016, and 2017. Deborah L. Richards, 56, previously pleaded guilty to three counts willfully...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeking Information on Bank Robbery in Littleton.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: SOUTH BEND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Nathan Kellogg, age 34, of Rolling Prairie, Indiana, was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for several robberies in St. Joseph and LaPorte Counties in Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Saugus man was arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston with dealing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: A deceased woman was located in the trunk of the defendants vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment earlier this month charging Freddie Thomas Gilbert, 33, of Dallas, Texas, with offenses related to the Oct. 29, 2017 shooting of a vehicle in Kaufman County, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: This year’s operations window for annual deer population reduction at Rock Creek Park is scheduled to start Dec. 1, 2017, and end March 31, 2018. To carry out the Rock Creek Park White-tailed Deer Management Plan, temporary night-time road closures will be in effect to provide for visitor and employee safety during reduction activities. Commuters, including cyclists, are advised to plan alternate routes.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation would like to notify the public that access across Box Butte Dam will be closed to all traffic from Nov. 27, 2017 through Nov. 1, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2017
News Release: Gregory McLeod, 44, of Atlanta, Georgia, a former correctional officer with the rank of lieutenant at the U. S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, pleaded guilty today to abusing an inmate by punching him in his face without any justification. McLeod also admitted that he intentionally obstructed a federal investigation into the matter by writing a false incident report.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Acting U. S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JAMES JOHNSON, age 38 of New Orleans, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle after previously pleading guilty in the midst of trial for his role in operating a long-running and extensive bribery and honest services fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Joseph Marcus, 51, of Easton, Pennsylvania was charged today by Indictment with the receipt and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that Floyd Preston Miller, III, age 38, of Ada, Oklahoma was arraigned in federal court on Nov. 21, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Andres Castaneda-Guzman has been arraigned on charges for taking a 14-year-old girl against her will from Texas to Stockbridge, Georgia, and allegedly engaging in unlawful sexual activity. Castaneda-Guzman, who is in the United States illegally, lived in Jonesboro, Georgia, until August 2017, when he moved to Terrell, Texas. He was indicted on Nov. 14, 2017.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Workers transported about 81,000 pounds of lead from legacy Savannah River Site (SRS) missions to an offsite disposal facility.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: ARS Veterans Cited for Leadership in Science and Technology WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2017 – Two USDA scientists have been honored as 2017 Fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
By USDA Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2017 — More than 45 million turkeys are eaten on Thanksgiving Day, with a never-ending list of side dishes and desserts. The Thanksgiving meal is by far the largest and most stressful meal many consumers prepare all year, leaving room for mistakes that can make guests sick. But never fear, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is available with tips and resources to make this Thanksgiving safe and stress-free.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Applications for USDA Conservation Program Due Jan. 19 SAN JUAN, P.R., Nov. 21, 2017 – USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is providing $10.9 million in technical and financial assistance to help farmers in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands repair damage and rebuild following ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: A federal jury on Friday convicted Boynton Beach Police Sergeant Philip Antico for obstruction of justice during a federal investigation into the excessive use of force by officers after an August 2014 traffic stop, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John M. Gore of the Justice Department’s ...
