News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An Abington man was arrested and charged today in federal court in Boston with robbing three Boston-area banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Alfredo Martinez-Sibaja, age 26, of Myrtle Beach, SC, pled guilty in federal court in Florence, to Illegal Re-Entry into the United States, a violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a). United States District...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: CALIENTE, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Caliente Field Office is making Christmas tree-cutting permits available to the public. Permits cost $4 each with a limit of 10 per purchaser. Purchase permits in-person at the Caliente Field Office or through the mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Former Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) officer Richard Scavone pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to assaulting a handcuffed woman in his custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former Social Security Administration (SSA) employee was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for bribery.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement in response to the Senate Budget Committee’s proposed 2018 budget resolution...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Markeese Askew, age 24, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Sept. 28, 2017, by a federal grand jury for possession with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee, yesterday, returned an indictment charging two Murfreesboro men, Charles Dwight Stout, III, 19, and Thomas Avery Gibbs, 18, with conspiring to commit a civil rights violation and committing a civil rights violation through damaging and defacing the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Kristopher Brian Anderson, 32, of Dallas, Texas, appeared this morning before U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater and pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud. U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas made today’s announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Pennsylvania man was sentenced late yesterday in federal court in Boston for attempting to engage in sexual activity with a nine-year-old boy he met via online PlayStation games.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
Release: GULFPORT, Miss. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be implementing new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport (GPT) starting Sunday. The new procedures, which were announced earlier this year, require travelers to place all electronics larger than a cell phone in bins for X-ray screening in standard lanes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Savannah, Ga. woman, who previously admitted to her role in a conspiracy to unlawfully obtain federal tax refunds, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison. She is the fourth and final defendant to be sentenced in this case.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced that, BENJAMIN ROSENTHAL, age 36, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced this week by Chief Judge Brian A. Jackson, U.S. District Court, to 80 months in federal prison as a result of his conviction for possession of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Western WY - Teton Interagency Fire personnel will be burning piles of slash created from fuels reduction and hazard tree projects within Grand Teton National Park and Bridger-Teton National Forest. Firefighters will burn these piles under low fire behavior conditions as colder temperatures and wet conditions exist.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Stacey Plaskett from the U.S. Virgin Islands who also serves as the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Interior, Energy and Environment, sent a letter to Chairman...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CRAIG A. TAFFARO, age 70, of Harvey, a former Chief Deputy for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, was charged yesterday in a Superseding Indictment with six counts of tax evasion, five counts of filing a false tax return, and one count of failing to file a tax return.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY-The Bureau of Land Management Salt Lake Field Office is launching a 30-day public scoping period prior to beginning work on an environmental assessment for a proposed wild horse gather and removal in the Onaqui Herd Management Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daniel J. Sullivan, 39, Webster, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - As the Coachella Valley begins to move into the winter months, the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument Visitor Center will initiate its winter visitor center schedule.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Olvin Humberto Matute-Lopez, a/k/a “Humberto Lopez-Barralaga," a/k/a “Fernando Dolero-Juarez," a/k/a “Juan Carlos Matute," a/k/a “Juan Lopez," a/k/a “Humberto Lopez," age 36, of Myrtle Beach, SC, pled guilty in federal...
