News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Each year communities nationwide join together to raise awareness about the dangers of drug abuse by wearing a red ribbon from October 23rd to 31st, which is the National Red Ribbon Week. However, on Guam, various activities have been scheduled throughout the month of October to celebrate the Red Ribbon...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Donald Russell Tyke Wheeler, of Kennewick, Washington, was sentenced after previously having plead guilty on February 9, 2017, to attempted transfer of obscene materials to a minor. United...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Set Three Residences On Fire In Baltimore and Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Guatemalan national was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with a federal immigration crime.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: The skies of southern Arizona are famous for clear, dark nights, perfectly suited to the study of the heavens. Whether by the glow of a full moon or the sparkle of stars, Tumacácori is a beautiful place to enjoy the night. Beginning with the first Experience the Night program on October 5, Tumacácori National Historical Park will again open its doors to visitors on selected evenings.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based subsidiary of Novelion Therapeutics Inc., has agreed to pay over $35 million to resolve criminal and civil charges relating to its marketing of Juxtapid, a drug that is labeled with...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that John Breault, age 31, made an initial appearance in federal court in Burlington today on a heroin distribution charge. United States Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy released Mr. Breault on conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Luis Quinones (33, Bradenton) has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. He faces up to 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 47-year-old Mexican national who illegally resided in Conroe has been convicted of conspiring to smuggle prescription drugs into the United States and receiving and delivering misbranded drugs with the intent to defraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher Whitford, 46, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of distribution of child pornography, was sentenced to 120 months in prison and 10 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OREGON - Cooler temperatures and recent snow and rain have slowed fire activity on the Spruce Lake and Blanket Creek Fires in Crater Lake National Park. As a result, the park will lift the Level 1 Evacuation Notification for Mazama Village on Friday, Sept. 22, at 1:00 PM. The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) from North Entrance Road to the north boundary of the park will also reopen.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
Release: SEATTLE - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered a loaded firearm in the carry-on bag of a passenger departing Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Friday morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine launched its official Twitter account with the aim of increasing the accessibility of news and information.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Alessandra P. Serano (619) 546-8104 or Connie V. Wu (619) 546-8592.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Dover, New Hampshire man has admitted to bank fraud, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ERWIN J. MIERISCH, JR., age 49, of Nicaragua, pled guilty to a one-count Indictment charging him with violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Caused IRS Loss of More than $1.2 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: A Greenbush, Michigan man was sentenced yesterday to 340 months in federal prison on charges that he possessed with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, also known as crystal meth, announced Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Kings Canyon National Park & Sequoia National Forest, Calif. Sept. 22, 2017 - The USDA Forest Service and the National Park Service are planning to start the Sequoia Creek Prescribed Burn as early as this Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. This date was selected due to favorable weather and approval by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. The burn is located north of Highway 180, between the Big Stump Entrance to Kings Canyon National Park and Wilsonia Village.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Michael Gumaer, 50, of Endicott, New York, was convicted yesterday of all eight felony counts of an indictment charging him with the sexual exploitation of two children. The verdict came at the conclusion of a four-day jury trial in Binghamton, New York, announced Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Vadim Thomas, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albany Field office.
