News from September 2017
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to enter into a two-year water conveyance pilot study with Reclamation District 1004, to annually convey up to 14,354 acre-feet of Central Valley Project yield to the Sutter National Wildlife Refuge in Sutter County.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Krystle R. Sands, 32, and Robert F. Humphrey, 46, both of Elkville, IL, were indicted on Aug. 23, 2017, in a two-count indictment charging methamphetamine violations, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Donald S. Boyce announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A federal jury has returned four guilty verdicts against the final defendant charged in a racketeering scheme that paid over $250,000 to a clerk in the Orange County Superior Court in exchange for him resolving hundreds of criminal cases and traffic violations without the knowledge of judges or prosecutors.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on September 7, 2017, a Federal grand jury in Burlington returned a single-count indictment, which charged Cody Clark, 26, of Bristol, Vermont, with production of child pornography. If convicted, Clark faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years and up to 30 years in prison, a mandatory minimum term of five (5) years and up to life on supervised release, and fines of up to $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Illegally Converted Short-Barreled Rifle to Fully Automatic Machine Gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - After a three-day trial, a jury convicted a man who wore a “Jason" style hockey mask during a robbery of a Las Vegas pawn shop, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $318.1 million in airport infrastructure grants to 78 airports in 34 states across the United States as part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man who participated in 31 armed robberies in Hampton Roads was sentenced today to 14 years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Washington - The National Park Service is preparing to begin a test of an experimental laser removal treatment of the biofilm affecting the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, most evident on the dome. The project will clean a test area of 1,000 square feet on the northeast side of the memorial that will allow...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Defendant Entered into Millions of Dollars of Contracts with the U.S. During Debarment by Concealing His Involvement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A cocaine and heroin distributor for the Boston street gang, Columbia Point Dawgs (CPD), was sentenced today in federal court in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that five members of a Milwaukee family were sentenced to prison by the United States District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller for their involvement in several armed bank and business robberies in Milwaukee and West Allis, Wisconsin. The siblings received the following sentences.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Westside organization responsible for distributing kilograms of heroin and methamphetamine to Indianapolis neighborhoods.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Zaki M. Bey, 39, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 60 months in prison, announced Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Louis D. Lappen. Zaki Bey previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit loan and bank fraud, one count of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Federal inmate Jaye L. Thomas has been indicted for escaping from the prison camp at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, on three separate occasions in 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: During this busy month, it’d be easy for casual watchers of political news to get lost in a jumble of Washington lingo and acronyms. The continuing resolution, the debt ceiling, CSR payments, the NDAA, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, whose funding authorization runs out in a matter of weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: A former resident of Grant County, Washington was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 27 months in prison, and three years of supervised release for possession of an unregistered firearm and possession of a machinegun, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. SCHUYLER PYATTE BARBEAU...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: Due to traffic safety concerns through the rock scaling zone the Federal Highway Administration has recommended a full closure for Highway 101 until the rock scaling is completed. The full closure is scheduled to begin Monday at 6:00 am and anticipated to last for up to four days.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher Plaugher, of Clarksburg, Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for making false statements in purchasing a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Indictment Alleges he Possessed a Firearm as a Convicted Felon and had Cocaine.
