News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ROJONAH HARRIS, age 35, of Hammond, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information charging her with aiding and abetting in the preparation of false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh to two years probation, restitution in the amount of $105,906, and fine of $3,000, on his conviction of willful failure to file income tax returns, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 77-year-old Montgomery man has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions on two counts related to an investment fraud scheme involving more than 50 victims and more than $5 million, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Allan George Cooper pleaded guilty May 5, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) released the following joint statement today in response to the Trump administration’s release of a woefully inadequate supplemental funding request for hurricane affected areas, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: St. Augustine, FL - Castillo de San Marcos National Monument will host special evening tours on Friday, December 1st. Please join us for a special look into the Siege of 1740. In 1740, the continued existence of St. Augustine was in doubt. British General James Oglethorpe laid siege and was poised to...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District Office, in conjunction with Burning Man, will be hosting a series of public outreach meetings with the goal of soliciting early public input regarding the proposed renewal of the Burning Man Event Special Recreation Permit for 2019-2028. Preliminary issues identified during theses meetings will be noted and carried forward into the formal scoping process, expected to begin in March, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Nov. 17, 2017, United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Raymond Lee Rhodeman, 39, of Des Moines, Iowa, to 70 months imprisonment for assault upon a federal officer and felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Upon his release from imprisonment, Rhodeman will serve three years of supervised release. Rhodeman was also ordered to pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund and $380 of restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - The Public Lands Foundation recently presented Fremont County Weed and Pest with a 2017 Landscape Stewardship Certificate of Appreciation at the Bureau of Land Management Lander Field Office. Community partnerships, such as the one between FCWP and the Lander Field Office, are an essential component of the BLM’s mission to practice shared conservation stewardship on public land.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee members today sent a series of letters to departments of six state governments, requesting information and staff briefings on allegations of patient brokering, when men and women have been recruited often to out-of-state facilities through offers for free travel, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that YVONNE WILSON, age 37, of Kenner, was charged today in a one-count Bill of Information with embezzlement of mail matter by a postal service employee.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Roseburg, Ore. -- Christmas tree permits will be available from the Bureau of Land Management’s Roseburg District Office from Nov. 20, through Dec. 22, 2017. By being good neighbors, supporting traditional land uses such as grazing, and providing access to hunting, fishing, and other recreational opportunities like Christmas trees from public lands, the BLM continues to serve the American family.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) released the following joint statement today in response to the Trump administration’s release of a woefully inadequate supplemental funding request for hurricane affected areas, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: In a move that will improve the nation's energy infrastructure, create nearly 500 jobs and boost local economies, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has signed a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line Project (B2H Project). The B2H Project will provide additional electrical capacity between the Pacific Northwest and the Intermountain West regions.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: CAMBRIA, WI - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $1,837,861 in fines against Didion Milling Inc. following a May 31, 2017, explosion that killed five workers and injured 12 others, including a 21-year-old employee who suffered a double leg amputation after being crushed by a railcar.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Stanley Hagan, Jr. (33, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography over the Internet. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison, and a potential life term of supervised release. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee members today sent a series of letters to departments of six state governments, requesting information and staff briefings on allegations of patient brokering, when men and women have been recruited often to out-of-state facilities through offers for free travel, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for embezzling $172,551 from a customer of the Mattapan bank at which she was a teller.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PATRICK STEPHEN, age 37, pled guilty today to Count 1 of an Indictment, which charged him with distribution of 28 grams or more of cocaine base.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Three Quad Cities area men are scheduled for sentencing in March after a jury convicted them this week for attempted armed robbery of a Rock Island home. The jury returned guilty verdicts against Deaunta Tyler, 30, and Dalvent Jackson, 25, both of East Moline, Ill., and Ledell Tyler, 36, of Silvis. Each was convicted on Nov. 15, of attempted robbery, discharging a firearm in furtherance of the attempted robbery, and being felons in possession of firearms.
