News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Jeremy Michael Matthews, 27, of Azle, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means to 210 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in May 2017 to one count of distribution of a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Raul Mendez Ordonez, age 33, and a citizen of Guatemala, was sentenced today to time served (47 days) for illegally re-entering the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: Boating is one of many popular activities in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and the park is pleased to announce added benefits due to the early release of its 2018 Annual Vessel Sticker, beginning Nov. 1, 2017. The Annual Vessel Sticker costs $50 and allows unlimited days of entry to the park...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - An undocumented Mexican national has been ordered to federal prison for assaulting and injuring the Border Patrol (BP) agent who arrested him, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Roman Sanchez-Rivera, 27, pleaded guilty Feb. 17, 2017.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury has found Christopher Gerard Dickerson (38, Sanford) guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute and possessing with the intent to distribute controlled substances, four counts of distribution and possession...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Franklyn Collier Jones, 55, of Fresno, pleaded guilty yesterday to health care fraud, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California - A public meeting regarding the proposed reservation system at Jumbo Rocks and Cottonwood Campgrounds is scheduled for Nov. 1, 2017, from 6-8pm in Elliott Hall at the Joshua Tree Community Center.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - This Saturday, Oct. 28, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the Drug Enforcement Administration and its local law enforcement, community, and tribal partners will give the public its fourteenth opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: NISKAYUNA, N.Y. - Workers have begun the last phase of building demolition at the Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU).

By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) put plans in place two years ago to protect sagebrush habitat in order to keep the Greater Sage-Grouse from being placed on the Endangered Species List.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Nathan Hoffman, 57, of Los Angeles, was sentenced today by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to four years in prison for conspiring to manufacture and distribute marijuana, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent-in-Charge John Martin announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: Alleged to have enticed 14 to 17 year old boys to send him sexually explicit images.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Laidy Ann Rosaly-Donato (26, Orlando) to five years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine. She pleaded guilty on Aug. 1, 2017.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Patricia Astorga, who handled the case, stated that the defendant was a member of the Camp Street Gang, which operates in the Camp Street area of the City of Buffalo and is believed to be responsible for the distribution of illegal narcotics including cocaine. Tramell McGee distributed...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - This Saturday, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and its local law enforcement, community and tribal partners will give the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office reopened the Cow Mountain Recreation Management Area in Mendocino and Lake Counties on Monday, Oct. 23. The recreation management area was temporarily closed recently due to fire danger.

By DOE Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Workers recently surpassed the halfway mark removing asbestos from a former research reactor, advancing DOE Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) efforts to remove risks and prepare excess facilities for eventual demolition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: Danville, VIRGINIA - A Danville, Virginia, resident was sentenced to 30 months in prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation of fraudulent tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle for the Western District of Virginia.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Victor Leos, 63, of Garland, Texas, was sentenced yesterday before U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 24 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $317,482 in restitution for falsifying immigration documents, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.

By DOE Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: KENNEWICK, Wash. - Joined by EM officials, leaders from the advisory boards that work on behalf of their local populations convened at the Hanford Site for a semi-annual meeting Oct. 17-19.