News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Coffeyville man who tried to buy an explosive on the internet was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: For the first time, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is seeking public comments on proposed airworthiness criteria for an unmanned aircraft system, more popularly known as a “drone."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Meadows Regional Medical Center, Inc. (“Meadows") and others have agreed to pay the United States and Georgia a total of up to $12,875,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act. The United States and State of Georgia contended that Meadows and others violated and...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: A free webinar called “Essential Tribal and Utility Relationships" will take place Wednesday, Nov. 29, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mountain Time. This webinar is part of the 2017 Expanding Tribal Energy Development Through Partnerships webinar series sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy and the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Spearfish, South Dakota, woman convicted of Second Degree Murder was sentenced on Nov. 17, 2017, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Ocala, FL - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Charles Wallace Ellsworth (55, Summerfield) to 10 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography. He also was ordered to serve a life term of supervised release, and to comply with all applicable state and federal sexual offender and sexual predator registration statutes, upon his release from prison. Ellsworth pleaded guilty on Aug. 21, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Nov. 17, 2017, United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Clark Wesley Betts, Jr., 41, of Urbandale, Iowa, to life imprisonment for two counts of sex trafficking of a child, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Betts was also sentenced to three...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Tarvinn Djuan Williams, 29, of Lubbock, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 188 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in August 2017 to one count of production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: SILT, Colo. - Smoke may be visible east of Glenwood Springs this fall or winter when crews from the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire and Aviation Management Unit burn slash piles generated from a Bureau of Land Management fuels reduction project on Lookout Mountain.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: A man who committed aggravated sexual assault on a child in Olympic National Park in 2001 will serve more than 8 years in prison. Charles Jason Butcher, age 46, will then serve 10 years of supervised release. He must also comply with DNA collection and lifetime sex offender registration. The sentence was handed down in federal court today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Nov. 17, 2017, Jonathan Escareno Chavezheather Jean Reekr, 28, of Des Moines, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 210 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute marijuana, cocaine, and cocaine base and for money laundering, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. These sentences were ordered to be served concurrently.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Matthew Senator Melvin, 36, of Shelburne, was sentenced Thursday in United States District Court in Rutland to 18 months of imprisonment following his guilty pleas to charges of Mail Fraud, Money Laundering, and Making a False Statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Rasim Ukoja, 51, of Morton Grove, Ill., was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 43 months in prison for robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BAYOHAN MANGUAL, also known as “YG," 32, of Willimantic and Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine, and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service announced today that Hollie Lynch, the education coordinator for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, is the recipient of the 2017 Freeman Tilden Award, the National Park Service’s highest honor for excellence in interpretation and education. Lynch was recognized for her role in developing and implementing a series of innovative curriculum-based park programs for 200 schools in Maryland, West Virginia, and Washington, DC.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ADRIAN CONTRERAS-VARELAS, age 18, a citizen of Mexico, was charged today in a one-count Indictment with illegal use of a Social Security Number in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Administration’s $44 billion emergency supplemental request...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Billee Vang, 26, and Dang Vue, 27, both of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to a fraud scheme that involved manufacturing postal service locks and keys in order to steal U.S. Mail, steal identities and defraud financial institutions, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: PRESS RELEASE. Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh Minkler today announced the sentencing of a woman for her role in a diabolical plot to murder a Hamilton County victim. Renee S. Perillo, 54, Glendale, California was sentenced to 27 years’ imprisonment today in federal court by U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Estimated up to 50 active skimmers at gas-pumps in greater Louisville during investigation.
