News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Rodolfo Calvo-Aguilar, age 53, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (112 days in jail) for immigration fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: WHAT: Investiture Ceremony for D. Michael Dunavant as United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - The office manager for Utilities Dynamics, Inc. entered a guilty plea today in United States District Court before Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell to charges of wire fraud and identity theft as part of a scheme to defraud the company of over $700,000 announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Michael Laurey and Amy Casey, both age 38, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, were indicted on Oct. 17, 2017, by a federal grand jury for renting space at their residence in Wilkes-Barre for the purpose of producing methamphetamine. The indictment was unsealed yesterday following the arrest of the defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - David H. Bentz, 46, of Norwell, MA, was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison, having admitted to traveling to Rhode Island in July 2016 with the intent of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a person he believed to be a minor female.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: David Hamilton Soderbom, 49, of Lebanon, Tennessee, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to five violations of federal child pornography laws; specifically three counts of production of child pornography, one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, announced Donald Q. Cochran, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Chester man late yesterday of retaliating against a federal agent by false claim, and bankruptcy fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Twentynine Palms, California - On Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017 at approximately 11:30 a.m., Joshua Tree Search and Rescue (JOSAR) discovered two bodies in a remote region of Joshua Tree National Park. Park rangers and JOSAR responded.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: The Caribbean Parks of the National Park Service are quickly and safely moving forward with stabilization efforts and offering a variety of public access and visitor services.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to unlawfully possessing firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: Gunnison, CO: Beginning Wednesday, Nov. 1, boat inspections for Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) at Curecanti National Recreation Area will be available to boaters on a call-in basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - On October 19th, Citlaly Casillas, 22, of Columbus, pled guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to commit kidnapping following a failed drug transaction.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: With the 2018 End-to-End Census Test underway and the 2020 Census taking place just over two years from now, the U.S. Census Bureau must begin to shift its focus from planning and research toward implementation. We are making management changes to reflect this new phase of the census and to ensure a complete and accurate count.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: EMINENCE, MO: Join a National Park Service ranger on Saturday, November 4, from 9 to 11 a.m., for a discovery hike at Prairie Hollow Gorge Natural Area. Often called the “Jewel of the Riverways", the area boasts some of the best panoramic views, glimpses of the geological past and diversity of flora and fauna in the Riverways. Hikers must pre-register by calling Ranger Josh Chilton at 573-226-3945 or email e-mail us.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released the proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for recreational target shooting on the Sonoran Desert National Monument (SDNM).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: Public Affairs Contacts: USFS Coconino National Forest - Brady Smith, 928-527-3490 USFS Kaibab National Forest - Jackie Banks, 928-635-8314 NPS Grand Canyon National Park - Kirby Lynn Shedlowski, 928-638-7958 NPS Flagstaff Area National Monuments - Cecilia Shields, 928-526-1157 BLM Phoenix District -...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected nine projects to receive approximately $12 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects. These projects aim to address critical technology gaps and develop transformational advanced combustion system technologies that will improve the efficiency and reliability of existing power plants.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama, announces that a jury has convicted David Jesus Jimenez of Davie, Florida for his role in an international fraud scheme designed to illegally obtain EB-1C visas for Chinese nationals. Jimenez was convicted of conspiracy to commit visa fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, as well as substantive money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An associate of the Cape Cod Nauti-Block gang was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing suboxone within MCI-Norfolk prison, where he was an inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An associate of the Cape Cod Nauti-Block gang was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for unlawfully possessing two firearms and distributing heroin.
