News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The founders and principals of Inofin Inc., a shuttered motor vehicle finance company based in Rockland, Mass., were sentenced today on fraud charges in connection with soliciting investments that resulted in losses of over $11 million to investors.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Oct. 19, 2017, U.S. District Court Judge Yvette Kane sentenced Christopher Mark Heath, age 38, a former deputy sheriff of the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office, California, to 120 months’ imprisonment...

By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: “The keynote speakers inspired me. I left the conference with a renewed sense of confidence and energy along with an itching to raise my hand more for opportunities, even when it is a stretch assignment." So stated one participant who attended the annual Women and Leadership Conference hosted by the Andrus Center for Public Policy at Boise State University at the end of September 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: Conspiracy involved 339 pounds of ice methamphetamine.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Christian M. Domenech, 24, of West Warwick, was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for his participation in a conspiracy to traffic heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine, and for bank fraud.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: Seward, AK - Kenai Fjords National Park is preparing for the summer 2018 hiring season! Join National Park Service staff for a community employment workshop at the Seward library from 6:30 - 7:30 pm on Tuesday, November 7, to learn more about upcoming opportunities at the park.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former resident of Old Tappan, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for evading personal income taxes on more than $400,000 in income in 2013, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.

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: Five Guns, 27 Pounds of Drugs and over $50,000 Seized from his Residences.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on Oct. 20, 2017, Kenneth Mooren, 35, of Lincoln, was sentenced to 10 years (120 months) in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Following the prison term, Mooren will serve five years on supervised release.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Oct. 19, 2017, Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Lorenzo Jones, age 32, of Iowa City, Iowa, to 135 months in prison for felon in possession of a firearm and possession of cocaine base with the intent to distribute, announced United States Attorney...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: DENVER - The Bureau of Land Management Colorado invites the public to attend an open house Nov. 8 in Craig, Colo., to provide input on recommendations to the Secretary of Interior regarding greater sage-grouse management in response to Secretarial Order 3353, as well as other state-specific greater sage-grouse management issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Maryland man was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for international parental kidnapping.

By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), today called on Department of Health and Human Services...

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to racketeering conspiracy involving murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Josiah Leach, 19, of South Burlington, Vermont, appeared today before the Honorable Geoffrey W. Crawford and entered a plea of guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with transmitting threats in interstate commerce.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today announced the committee will mark up three trade nominations during an executive session on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 10 a.m., in Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 215.

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced Thursday that United States District Court Judge James M. Moody Jr., sentenced Anthony Waits, 38, of England, to prison for his role in a multi-million dollar scheme to steal money intended for feeding children in low income areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: A Westlake man was indicted in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Cleveland Clinic out of at least $2.8 million, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is hosting its third annual job fair on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017 from 3 to 7 p.m. The job fair will take place in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Headquarters Building (Training Room), 691 Scenic View Drive (located on the north side of Highway 89 in Page, Arizona). Hiring managers will be on hand to help attendees understand the types of employment available and how to successfully navigate the federal hiring system.