News from November 2017
By DOT News Wire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: September 2017 North American Freight Numbers
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The National Park Service invites accomplished professional artists, writers, and others to apply to the 2018 Artist-in-Residence Program. The application is hosted through an online portal accessible through.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - Michael Chandler, 29, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 200 months in prison for distributing fentanyl. As part of his sentence, Chandler was also ordered to pay more than $9,000 in restitution to cover the funeral costs for an overdose death that resulted from Chandler’s drug distributing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, James Douglas Overbey was administered the oath of office to become U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, by the Honorable Thomas A Varlan, Chief United States District Judge. Overbey was nominated by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate to serve in this position.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Jacob A. McClure, age 23, of Papillion, Nebraska, was sentenced yesterday by the Honorable John M. Gerrard to three year’s probation, 160 hours of community service, eight consecutive weekends in jail and ordered to pay restitution of $4,679.00 to Rochester Armored Car, Inc. McClure had previously pled guilty to one count of bank larceny.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Doc McNeil Matthews, 48, of Hollywood, South Carolina, and Mary Jo Thomas-Delaney, 68, of Summerville, South Carolina, were sentenced to prison for their roles in a scheme to embezzle funds from the St. Paul’s Fire...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Compton Billed Insurers for Numerous Counseling Sessions that he did not Provide.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: GREENVILLE - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Greenville has returned an indictments charging TYRELL ELIZA WATSON, age 25, of Elm City, with conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine base, and substantive distribution counts, as well as possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: CHEYENNE, WYOMING. -Mark A. Klaassen has taken the oath of office to become the United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming. Klaassen was nominated by President Donald Trump on July 21, 2017, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 9, 2017. Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson administered the oath of office.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: EM Update recently spoke with the new manager of the Oak Ridge Office of EM (OREM) about his vision and priorities for the EM program at the Oak Ridge Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Texas man involved in a Lawrence-based fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine trafficking scheme pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Four members and one associate of the West End Enterprise, a street gang based in three apartment complexes in Coney Island, New York, will be arraigned this afternoon in federal court in Brooklyn on an indictment charging them with crimes including murder in aid of racketeering, racketeering...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Parkersburg man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Nathaniel Pittman, 27, entered his guilty plea to a single-count indictment charging him with possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: For Distributing Heroin. SOUTH BEND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Daniel Mallet, age 32, of Michigan City, Indiana, was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for distributing heroin. Mallet was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Miami-Area Man Pleads Guilty for Role in $63 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is looking to put into place interim renewal water service contracts for 16 Central Valley Project contractors while long-term renewal contracts are under development. Public comments on these interim contracts are due Jan. 16, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Lynchburg, VIRGINIA - A Lynchburg man convicted of securities fraud was sentenced last week in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Lynchburg, United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A federal grand jury in Providence returned a three-count indictment today charging a Boston area man with travelling to Rhode Island in October 2017 for the purpose of transporting and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 35-year-old illegal alien from Honduras has been sentenced to federal prison for assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol (BP) agent, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury returned a guilty verdict Aug. 17, 2017, against Hernan Cortez-Mazariegos following a one-day trial and approximately two hours of deliberations.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management recently recognized Ron Timroth and his mining company, 12 Caesars Gold, LLC, with a BLM Reclamation and Sustainable Mineral Development Award. One of four honorees, Timroth, operated a placer mine on Uhler Creek in Alaska’s Fortymile Mining District.
