News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Dewitt Donnell Bailey, 33, was sentenced on Friday, September 8, 2017, by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to a 151 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in May 2017 to one count of possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: The attached provides information about fires in Glacier National Park and surrounding areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy announced today that Orlando Rios, 45, a/k/a Fifo, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of one kilogram or more of heroin before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years and a maximum of 40 years in prison, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that JOHN DiMENNA, 74, of Vero Beach, Florida, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to two counts of wire fraud stemming from an extensive real estate investment and financing scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Pilar Angel Lucero, 33, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for violating federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition. Lucero will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 352,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) today unveiled a section of a steel beam that was salvaged from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: Gettysburg, PA: The National Park Service is inviting volunteers to celebrate National Public Lands Day on September 30 by volunteering to cut and remove brush on Powers Hill at Gettysburg National Military Park. The project will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. and registration is required.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Springfield, Mo., business owner has been sentenced in federal court for a wire fraud scheme in which she embezzled more than $800,000 from her clients, and for failing to pay more than $170,000 in taxes on any of the embezzled income.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Coral Herrera, 21, of Perris, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute, and manufacturing marijuana in connection with two separate large-scale marijuana cultivation operations in Kern County in the Sequoia National Forest, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND - James Tong, a prominent East Bay developer, was arraigned today on an indictment alleging that he made illegal campaign finance donations, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: National Park Service Intermountain Regional Director Sue Masica announced the selection of Jenny Lake Boating, Inc. to provide boat shuttle service, scenic interpretive boat tours, and non-motorized boat rentals at Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park. The new ten-year concession contract is anticipated to begin Jan. 1, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: Defendant was formerly CEO of Michigan BioDiesel.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Four Philadelphia, Pennsylvania men pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to conspiring to file fraudulent tax refund claims, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Louis D. Lappen for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: DELTA, Utah-On Sept. 23, 2017, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Delta Wild Horse and Burro Facility will host an open house adoption featuring wild horses gathered from the Cedar Mountain and Sulphur herd management areas in western Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pleaded guilty today a federal gun charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Jermaine D. Cathey, 36, entered his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine M. Ro (619)546-7937.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Laguna Hills man pleaded guilty Monday to charges of selling misbranded veterinary medications without a prescription, some of which were not approved for use in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno resident was sentenced Monday to 60 months in prison for receipt of approximately 3,500 images and videos depicting child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Chief United States District Court Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Ernest Lamar Rogers on September 8, 2017 to serve a term of imprisonment of 12 months followed by 3 years of supervised release for illegally...
