News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Shrewsbury man and a Worcester man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Worcester for their roles in a steroid-distribution ring in Worcester County.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston Police Sergeant Detective agreed to plead guilty today to repeatedly making false statements so that he could fly armed on personal trips and enable a friend to fly with him without being screened by security personnel at Boston’s Logan International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged five Middletown residents with the strong-armed robbery of a diamond/jewelry merchant in Monroeville, Pa. on April 2, 2016.
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: ALBUQUERQUE - In Aug. 2016, a multi-agency investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) concluded with the filing of 59 federal indictments and a federal criminal complaint charging 103 Bernalillo County residents with federal firearms and narcotics trafficking offenses. To date, 77 of the 103 defendants charged as the result of this investigation have entered guilty pleas and 39 of them have been sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TRAVIS CARTER, age 38, of Marrero, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Moundsville, West Virginia man has admitted to a drug distribution charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Robert F. Eccleston, 56, of Fairhaven, MA, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence, R.I., on Thursday to traveling in interstate commerce to engage in sexual activity with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Nevada Lawyer Convicted of Filing False Tax Returns and Obstructing the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a former bookkeeper for a Sulphur oil field company was sentenced to 87 months in prison for stealing more than $4 million while working there.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore announces the final opportunity to participate in the Evening at the Cape programs on Friday, October 6, and Saturday, October 7. Bring your own flashlight and experience the island and the lighthouse as the keepers did, in the dark of night. Hear stories of the light keepers, watch the sunset and gaze at the heavens as the moon and stars come out onto unlit beaches of the National Seashore.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Charles Tan, 22, of Pittsford, New York, was arrested today in Lewiston, New York on a federal indictment, as he crossed into the United States from Canada.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today slammed the administration, after Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the Administration is delaying action on steel being dumped in the United States to boost Republicans’ partisan attempt to cut taxes for the wealthy and multinational corporations.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will approve a land use authorization for the City of Huron. The city has requested to use 188 acres of Reclamation land to grow alfalfa in an effort to reduce nitrogen and other contaminants produced by the city’s waste water treatment plant. Alfalfa is a preferred plant to remove nitrogen as it can convert large amounts of nitrogen to protein, which can later be harvested to feed livestock.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Ricco Harris Admitted to Distributing More Than Four Kilograms of Crack Cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Rock Springs Wild Horse Holding Facility will be closed from Sept. 22, 2017 through Jan. 2, 2018, to allow wild horses removed from the Adobe Town, Salt Wells Creek and Great Divide Basin Herd Management Areas to acclimate to their new environment.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: MOAB, Utah - In keeping with the Administration’s America First Energy Plan, the Bureau of Land Management today began a 30-day public comment on two environmental documents - a preliminary Environmental Assessment (EA) and a Determination of NEPA Adequacy (DNA) - evaluating offering about 51,400 acres of federal minerals in southeastern Utah for oil and gas leasing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Houston man was sentenced to 60 months in prison for selling and possessing methamphetamine in the Lake Charles area.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 190,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Mexico during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
