News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jeremy Schreiner, 33, Durand, Wis., was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Madison for violating the Lacey Act during guided duck hunts on the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Karlos Alexander Wilson, Jr. (24, Pinellas Park) today pleaded guilty to two counts of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 32 years, up to life, in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Man in Construction Vest Robs Anthony, New Mexico Bank.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: NOAA produces seasonal outlooks to help communities prepare for what's likely to come in the next few months and minimize weather's impacts on lives and livelihoods. Empowering people with actionable forecasts and winter weather tips is key to NOAA’s effort to build a Weather-Ready Nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Defendant One of 103 Individuals Federally Charged as a Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative; Prosecuted Under HOPE Initiative that Seeks to Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH-A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has pleaded in federal court to charges of Obtaining Controlled Substance by Fraud, and Distribution of Oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Vehicles will have limited access to Mauna Loa Lookout for eight weeks, from Oct. 30 to Dec. 31, while workers improve the parking lot, toilet and picnic area for visitors with disabilities.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today requested a Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation of how much public revenue may have been lost due to changes in the way the Interior Department (DOI) leases parcels for oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico. The request comes shortly after DOI increased the size and frequency of its lease sales as part of the 2017-2022 oil and gas leasing program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge today sentenced a suburban Chicago man to 15 years in prison for attempting to travel overseas to join a jihadist militant group in Syria.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - In Aug. 2016, a multi-agency investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) concluded with the filing of 59 federal indictments and a federal criminal complaint charging 103 Bernalillo County residents with federal firearms and narcotics trafficking offenses. To date, 80 of the 103 defendants charged as the result of this investigation have entered guilty pleas and 45 of them have been sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Two mail carriers were indicted for stealing packages from the mail while working for the U.S. Postal Service.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: LOVELAND, Colo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation, in cooperation with Estes Valley Recreation and Park District (EVRPD), is seeking public input on a Resource Management Plan (RMP) for Lake Estes, Marys Lake and East Portal lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Martinsburg, West Virginia woman has admitted to her role in a heroin distribution operation, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Ernesto L. Reyes, 26, of Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for possessing heroin and fentanyl with intent to distribute, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Acting United States Attorney Brit Featherston announced today that a Disaster Fraud Task Force has been created in the Eastern District of Texas comprised of local, state, and federal agencies to combat hurricane Harvey related disaster fraud activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Bristol County Sheriff’s Deputy was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for smuggling the profits of an over-fishing scheme to Portugal.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced that Gerald Wallace, 35, pleaded guilty to threatening to shoot members of a mosque in Miami Gardens, Florida. Wallace pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Florida to one count of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs by making the threatening call.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, today called for adequate funding for the Social Security Administration’s administrative budget, which is used in part to reduce the disability appeals hearing backlog for Social Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that QUINTON COOKS, 36, of California, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to two counts of possession of a firearm after having been convicted previously of a domestic violence offense.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
Release: HARLINGEN, Texas-The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced new carry-on baggage security screening procedures at Valley International Airport (HRL) and McAllen International Airport (MFE).
