News from November 2017
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: FAIRBANKS, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing supplementary rules for use of a small parcel of public land that the agency uses as an administrative site in Fairbanks. The proposed rules, which are now available for comment, address public safety concerns and would apply only to the 11.41 acres of public land at the BLM site.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions yesterday announced $98,495,397 in grant funding through the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The Attorney General announced funding awards to 179 law enforcement agencies across the nation, which allows those agencies to hire 802 additional full-time law enforcement officers.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, Dec. 7 at the Clarion Inn in Craig, 300 S. Colorado Highway 13.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: The Finance Committee tax overhaul delivers benefits directly to the working and middle class through doubling the standard deduction and the child tax credit, as well as lowering rates across the board. Take a look at the real world impact of the Senate plan...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Johnnie Gresham, age 39, of Charleston, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of production of child pornography and online sexual enticement of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that three individuals involved in an international romance fraud scheme were sentenced this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to 65 months’ imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of violation federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: FORT WAYNE - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch, II, announces that, Eduardo Martinez, age 32 of Fort Wayne, IN was sentenced, before United States District Court Chief Judge Theresa Springmann after pleading guilty to possessing with intent to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin, distributing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, and possessing a firearm as an illegal alien.
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 U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg of the Southern District of Florida...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Malachi Duncan, a/k/a “Demarcus Brewster," was sentenced to 45 months in prison for charges of student loan fraud and aggravated identity theft. Duncan was further ordered to pay restitution to the victims in the amount of $57,139.00.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Last week, the Department of Energy participated in a vitally-important exercise that brought together industry and government leaders focused on the response to simulated cyber and physical attacks on the North American power grid. Held every two years by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jesus Fabian Jimenez, 41, of Hobbs, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 60 months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition. Jimenez will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: District Court Enters Permanent Injunctions Shutting Down Two Groups of International Defendants Responsible for Multi-Million Dollar Mail Fraud Schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Gregorio Alexandro Landeros, 30, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 210 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea to one count of receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Firefighters from Bureau of Land Management, Mt. Charleston Fire Protection District, National Park Service, Nevada Division of Forestry, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service are hosting an open house on December 6 to spur interest in wildland firefighting and help potential job candidates navigate the hiring process.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Vallejos, 42, of Belen, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 72 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on conspiracy, fraud, identify theft and theft of mail charges. During the sentencing hearing, the Court found that Vallejos was a leader and organizer of the conspiracy and that his criminal conduct resulted in a loss of $95,000 to $150,000.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former Massachusetts man pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to possessing and distributing child pornography, and to failing to register as a sex offender. The offenses stem from two separate cases.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 34-year-old Louisiana man has been convicted and fined for violating the Lacey Act, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez along with Acting Assistant Director Edward Grace of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Owner of Two Miami Home Health Agencies Sentenced to More Than Six Years in Prison for Role in $74 Million Medicare Fraud Conspiracy.
