News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 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 48 of them have been sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Defendant previously deported three times. BOSTON - A Guatemalan national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to a federal immigration charge. Selvin Danilo Herrera-Arana, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien before U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man was sentenced today to 33 years in prison for conspiring to rob five Tidewater businesses at gun-point.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Anthony A. Scarpino Jr., the Westchester County District Attorney, and Christopher...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Improvements at the rim of the Horseshoe Bend Overlook in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will be starting November 6. Visitors are advised that while contractors are installing rim safety railing, half of the rim viewing area will be closed to visitor access until construction has been completed.
By State Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at *10:30 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing with Thae Yong-ho - a high-ranking North Korean defector. The hearing is entitled “An Insider’s Look at the North Korean Regime.".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a LaPlante, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Davor Goncin, 69, of Croatia, pleaded guilty to attempting to reenter the United States after a conviction for an aggravated felony, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: District Court Enters Permanent Injunction Against Philips North America and Two Executives to Limit Distribution of Adulterated External Defibrillators.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Elassia D. Munson, 43, of La Vergne, Tennessee, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to preparing false tax returns for her clients and filing her own false tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - A Franklin, West Virginia man admitted to a firearms violation, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is accepting public input through Nov. 30, 2017 in advance of its review of two previously nominated Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) within its Kanab and Vernal Field Offices. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 defines...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Fairmont, West Virginia woman was sentenced today to 57 months incarceration for a firearms conviction, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - David Brunell, 55, of Webster was arrested today and charged in federal court in Worcester with one count of theft of government money. Brunell was released on conditions following his appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge David H. Hennessy.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy on behalf of all of the Democratic Members of the Committee requesting that he place six motions for subpoenas on the agenda for the Committee’s upcoming business meeting this Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury has convicted Antonio Shropshire, a/k/a Brill, B, and Tony, age 34, of Baltimore, Omari Thomas, a/k/a Lil’ Bril, Lil B, and Chewy, age 25, of Middle River, Antoine Washington, a/k/a Twan, age 27, of Baltimore, Alexander Campbell, a/k/a Munch, age 29, of Baltimore...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Zion National Park announces the signing of the Bighorn Sheep Management Finding of No Significant Impact. The FONSI records the decision of the National Park Service, to partner with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, to manage the Zion desert bighorn sheep population as a healthy...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Stephen Jeffrey Castilleja, age 28, of Prosser, Washington, was sentenced today for four counts of Production of Child Pornography. Senior United States District Judge Edward F. Shea sentenced...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 100,000 metric tons of hard red winter wheat for delivery to Iraq during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man was sentenced today to 33 years in prison for conspiring to rob five Tidewater businesses at gun-point.
