News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Defendants Obtained $750,000 from Relief Programs Intended for Residents Displaced by the Superstorm.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: MOOSE, WY - Biologists with the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team will conduct grizzly bear research and trapping operations within Grand Teton National Park Tuesday, September 19 through November 15. This research is part of on-going efforts required under the 2016 Conservation Strategy for the Grizzly Bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to monitor the population of grizzly bears.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARYBETH HARVEY, 35, of Norwich, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 12 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine. Judge Meyer also ordered HARVEY to forfeit $4,800.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A previously convicted felon was sentenced today to 54 months in prison for possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Heroin was stamped “Donald Trump". WILMINGTON, Del. - Bob Bennett, of Seaford, was sentenced today to 66 months in federal prison for possessing a gun and distributing heroin in Seaford. Bennett pled guilty in May to possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm in furtherance...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Watrous, NM: Even on the edge of the frontier in the New Mexico Territory, no “proper" lady of the period would be found out of style. This was no easy task, as keeping up with Victorian fashion often meant wearing an outfit with at least seven layers! The outfits themselves made daily life difficult...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Angus King, I-Maine, this week introduced the National Geologic Mapping Act Reauthorization Act , which renews a national program for the geological mapping of the United States. Geologic maps are a multipurpose, basic data set used by public and private entities for resource exploration and extraction, natural hazards mitigation, ground and surface water management, environmental protection, and federal land management.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: A nine-count indictment was filed charging a Holland man with trafficking heroin, fentanyl and cocaine, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Zachary Schmelzer, 20, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to one month of imprisonment, a $5,000 fine, and four months of home detention following his incarceration, for embezzling from a bank. Schmelzer pleaded guilty to two counts of embezzlement by bank employee on June 26, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted on drug and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman said.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: The attached provides information about fires in Glacier National Park and surrounding areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John M. Hairabet, Jr., 45, a former business associate and office manager of New England Anesthesiologists, Inc., and president of Anesthesia Management Consultants, LLC, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to charges that he embezzled more than $700,000 dollars from bank accounts belonging to the medical firm and to an employee 401(k) pension fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Jefferson City, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today after he shot at police officers who were executing a search warrant at his residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Raytown, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to engaging in a bankruptcy fraud scheme in order to prevent dozens of rental properties from being sold by the county for failure to pay property taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Raul Gonzalez, 43, of Woodland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to 30 years in prison for production of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury has convicted a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent of pocketing $5,000 in cash from an overseas passenger at a screening station of O’Hare International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A Pittsburgh resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Sylvia Toolie, 60, and her sister, Peggy Akeya, 57, of Savoonga, Alaska, were sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess for embezzling funds from the Native Village of Savoonga (“Native Village of Savoonga" or “the Tribe"), which is located on St. Lawrence Island.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A San Diego man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for distributing more than 30 packages of methamphetamine through the mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Riyad Altallaa, 52, and Muna Alnoubani, 50, both of Hilliard, were each sentenced in U.S. District Court today for conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Altallaa was sentenced to 48 months in prison and Alnoubani was sentenced to 36 months of probation.
