News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Mexican citizen pleaded guilty to reentering the United States illegally after being removed at least three times.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Six individuals have been charged by three separate federal criminal complaints, unsealed today, stemming from their role in selling large quantities of methamphetamine in the Dallas and Desoto areas, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley of the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Joseph Aiello & Sons Inc. satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore today sentenced Yuneski Perdomo (35, previously of Tampa) to four years and ten months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit access device (credit card) fraud and aggravated identity theft. The Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $31,016.32, the proceeds of the credit card fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene E. Honeywell has sentenced Raymond Adams (29, St. Petersburg) to eight years and five months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking offense. He pleaded guilty on May 31, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: VERMILION CLIFFS, Ariz. - California Condors will be released to the wild in the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in northern Arizona at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30. The public is welcome to observe the release from a viewing area where spotting scopes will be set up and project personnel will be available to answer questions.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Hann relieves Capt. Michael Silah, who served as the center’s commanding officer since March 2016. Silah will lead NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations and the NOAA Corps upon his promotion to rear admiral in September.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Gilbert Concepcion, age 40, of Reading, Pennsylvania, was indicted on August 8, 2017, by a federal grand jury for crystal methamphetamine trafficking. The case was unsealed on Aug. 31, 2017, following Concepcion’s apprehension.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) today announced the appointment of Steven Petersen as the new Staff Director for the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. The Subcommittee’s outgoing Staff Director, Erica Rhoad, recently announced plans to return to the private sector.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management in cooperation with the Modoc National Forest will offer wild horses for public adoption, Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 14-16, at the BLM’s Litchfield wild horse and burro corrals near Susanville. The corrals are at 474-000 Highway 395 East.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: The sky is the limit at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore). Join park rangers and astronomers from the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society (GTAS) on Saturday, September 23 in the Dune Climb parking lot and the lawn area at the base of the dune. This event takes place from 9:00...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 1, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Timothy Andrew Wofford, age 39, of Campobello, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville to felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. United States District Timothy M. Cain accepted the plea and will impose sentence...
