News from October 2017
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is providing free park entrance on November 11 and 12, in commemoration of Veterans Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Matthew Smith, 31, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted following a seven week jury trial of Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations conspiracy, Murder in Aid of Racketeering and related offenses, was sentenced to life in prison plus five years by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to the terror attack in New York City on Tuesday.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A South Texas man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in federal prison following his conviction for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and import cocaine and marijuana.
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Mary Craig Williams, 71, of Fresno, California was charged today by Indictment with major fraud against the United States announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. According to the charges, Williams requested payments under a government contract for costs that Williams’s company had not actually incurred.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Demeko Wells (22, Tampa) to four years and nine months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft. He pleaded guilty on July 19, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Travis L. Spradlin, 38, of Boise was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 180 months in prison followed by 8 years of supervised release for receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSEPH MELI pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to securities fraud. Between 2015 and January 2017, MELI conducted a scheme to defraud more than approximately 130 investors who invested a total...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: A Highland Heights man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for selling furanyl fentanyl that resulted in the fatal overdose of a Cleveland teen, said U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman and Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - The Atomic Energy Workers Council (AEWC) recently toured EM’s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant to learn about the depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion process, plant deactivation, and environmental projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and general foreman for a Port Elizabeth terminal operator was convicted at trial today for fraudulently collecting a nearly $500,000 annual salary, much of which was for work he never performed, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Donald Bauermeister, 44, entered a plea of guilty to conspiring to distribute marijuana. The plea was entered before the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, Chief Judge in Omaha. A presentence investigation was ordered and sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 29, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Two law enforcement officers from Iowa are being honored this week by the United States Attorney’s Offices for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for their commitment to reducing drug abuse. The recipients of the 2017 Enrique S. Camarena Award are Deputy Inspector William (Kevin) Marshall of the United States Postal Inspection Service and Officer Christopher Wuebker of the Decorah Police Department.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), House Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03), House Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (MA-01), Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), and Senate Finance Ranking...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Defendant among the 103 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Charges arise out of the Seizure of more than Nine Pounds of Methamphetamine during Traffic Stop in Lordsburg, New Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Join the staff of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military as they commemorate the 154th Anniversary of the Battles for Chattanooga with a series of ranger-guided tours, hikes, and living history demonstrations taking place in and around Chattanooga. Programs are scheduled to occur November 18-19 and 23-25, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Two illegal aliens, one of whom was previously convicted of an aggravated felony in Arizona and has been deported at least three times, pleaded guilty today to dealing methamphetamine in Norfolk.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - On Nov. 14, the Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District will host an open house on a right-of-way application submitted by Garfield Mutual Domestic Water Consumers and Mutual Sewer Works Association. The open house will provide information on the proposed development of new water...
