News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: HELENA- A Kennewick, Washington man was sentenced today for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Judge Sam E. Haddon sentenced Hector Ricardo Gonzalez, 30, to 260 months in prison, 5 years of supervised release, and a $100 surcharge. Gonzalez was part of a scheme by multiple...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Construction is beginning on a new accessible pedestrian trail in the Alluvial Fan area between the existing east and west parking lots with a new bridge across the Roaring River. The construction is expected to last through next fall.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: In Austin this afternoon, 68-year-old patient recruiter Glen Elwood McKenzie, Jr., of Cedar Park, TX, pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a Health Care Fraud scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: In Austin this afternoon, 68-year-old patient recruiter Glen Elwood McKenzie, Jr., of Cedar Park, TX, pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a Health Care Fraud scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: On Oct. 11, 2017, Ricky E. Shull, 51, Marion, was sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine offenses, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Pennsylvania announced that Adrian Smith, age 22, of New York City, was sentenced to 78 months’ imprisonment today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard P. Conaboy, for his role in the attempted sex trafficking of a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Staff at Chiricahua National Monument (NM) will be hosting a night sky party Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, from 6-9 pm at the Faraway Ranch picnic/parking area which is one mile beyond the park entrance. Members from the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) will have several telescopes set up to focus on features of the night sky.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: SOCORRO, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management is advising travelers that recent heavy rains have damaged the Quebradas Backcountry Byway. The road is open and passable only in a high clearance vehicle. Drivers are urged to observe the 20 mph speed limit to ensure they safely enjoy their time on the road. Please use caution near low water (arroyo) crossings and culverts that may have been over-topped with rain.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s recent comment that he supports keeping up statues to prominent Confederate political and military figures because taking them down would upset “native Indians.".
By State Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Confronting the Full Range of Iranian Threats." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Chamberlain, South Dakota man, a Fort Thompson, South Dakota man, and a Box Elder, South Dakota woman have been indicted by a federal grand jury for violations of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and Lacey Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, along with the Wake County District Attorney’s Office, hosted a conference today to provide patrol officers, investigators, first responders and narcotics and homicide detectives information regarding safety measures...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Former Congressional Staffer Pleads Guilty to Extensive Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Laredo resident has been indicted on charges related to the enticement of a minor, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeking Individual Who May Have Information Regarding the Identity of a Child Sexual Assault Victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal grand jury has indicted a 31-year-old Missouri City man for allegedly trafficking a 12-year old girl, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A partial owner of several Florida-based energy companies pleaded guilty Wednesday to foreign bribery charges for his role in a scheme to corruptly secure contracts from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Gavin Friedman, 21, of Austin, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra to 63 months in federal prison for sending threatening communications to President Obama, and the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, as well as threats to destroy the FBI field office in Houston. The announcement was made today by U.S Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ranking Member Claire McCaskill and Chairman Ron Johnson are calling for strong oversight of federal agencies’ hurricane relief spending in order to curb waste, fraud, and abuse. Previous disaster relief oversight has found that hundreds of millions of dollars were not used appropriately, limiting victims’ access to the much-needed relief funds.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is calling on the Department of Homeland Security to give full consideration to the St. Louis Cardinals’ request for a SAFETY Act certification, which the Cardinals applied for in July.
