News from October 2017
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - Brian Novosak, an experienced natural resource administrator with a broad background, has been named manager of the Bureau of Land Management Eagle Lake Field Office in Susanville.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - This Saturday, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the DEA 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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - 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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Christopher Dutton, 43, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 15 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. Dutton pleaded guilty to this charge on Aug. 15, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., man who was arrested with a rifle used in a homicide was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison on a federal firearms charge, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK - Markell Reyes, age 20, of Jersey City, New Jersey, pled guilty today to possessing and intending to distribute crack cocaine and heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: Washington - The National Park Service and the Trust for the National Mall have begun a restoration of the George Mason Memorial, located in East Potomac Park near the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. The yearlong project will include reconstruction of the central fountain, adding perennial plantings throughout the site and a thorough touch-up to the George Mason statue, trellis, and inscriptions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that LEEROY SOAP JR, age 39, of Cherry Tree, Oklahoma pled guilty to ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON IN INDIAN COUNTRY, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 113(a)(3), 1151 and 1153, punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, and up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of strengthening America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management received bids on geothermal leases in Nevada that brought in $78,444 in total receipts during an online auction held yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Matthew Riehl, 25, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty today to producing child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: A marriage between 3-D printer plastic and a versatile material for detecting and storing gases could lead to inexpensive sensors and fuel cell batteries alike, suggests new research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact of a Child was sentenced on Oct. 23, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that LEEROY SOAP JR, age 39, of Cherry Tree, Oklahoma pled guilty to ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON IN INDIAN COUNTRY, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 113(a)(3), 1151 and 1153, punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, and up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that Chavez Spotted Horse, age 40, of Little Eagle, South Dakota, was found guilty of three counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and three counts of Child Abuse as a result of a federal jury trial in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - A midcoast Maine man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to illegally importing synthetic opioids from China, and illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Marty, South Dakota, man convicted of Aggravated Sexual Abuse was sentenced on Oct. 23, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
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 DOE Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Crews finished replacing the roof of a Hanford canyon facility from the plutonium production era known as REDOX (Reduction Oxidation Plant) this month. The work keeps the structure intact while EM awaits a future cleanup path for the canyon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 31-year-old Corpus Christi man has been charged with possession of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Michael Persaud, 30, of Johnston, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence on Monday to trafficking fentanyl and heroin. Persaud admitted to the Court that during a 4 ½-month period of time beginning in October 2016, he arranged for the sale and delivery of nearly 22 grams of fentanyl and 2 grams of heroin to an undercover police officer.
