News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, police officer today admitted paying bribes in order to obtain compensation for off-duty work he did not perform, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal jury sitting in Charleston returned a guilty verdict yesterday in the trial of a Charleston man for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Brian D. Terry, 32, was convicted following a one-day jury trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - On Sept. 18, 2017, United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced John C. Gundersen Jr., 52, of Omaha, Nebr., heather Jean Reekrto 72 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute some or all of it, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Hagatna, Guam - War in the Pacific National Historical Park was selected to receive a 2017-2018 field trip grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Defendant also sentenced for role in attempted murder on gang rival.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Today a federal grand jury charged WESTON SLATER, 25, of Yukon, with concealing a federal crime and making a false statement to federal investigators, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By State Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NESTOR SANTANA, also known as “Beans," 30, of New London, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to a heroin distribution charge stemming from an investigation of two drug overdose deaths in May 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: SAN JOSE - Gary Thornhill was sentenced today to serve 60 months in prison for wire fraud and mail fraud in connection with a scheme to steal more than a million dollars from a client’s trust account, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Lucy M. Koh, U.S. District Court Judge, after Thornhill pleaded guilty to the crimes on June 7, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -Join us in celebrating your public lands during the Bureau of Land Management’s National Public Lands Day volunteer event in Coeur d’Alene on Thursday, Sept. 28. This year’s event will be held at the BLM’s Blackwell Island Recreation Area, two miles south of Coeur d’Alene beginning at 9 a.m. until noon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - On Sept. 19, 2017, Gabriel Michael Alvarez, 25, of Sacaton, Ariz., a member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 262 months in prison. Alvarez had previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Also sentenced was Roger Matthew James...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Melanie K. Pierson (619) 546-7976.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: National Public Lands Day is the time to get outside and enjoy the great outdoors. So, we hope you will come to Point Park, atop Lookout Mountain, where Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is waiving the entrance fee on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Incident information. Photos of Hurricane Irma damage and response. Homestead, Fla. - Arborist Curtis Tilghman sees the national parks like no one else. He’s been in a tree over the grave of Thomas Edison. He’s cut branches under the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. He’s repaired tree damage in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Twenty-nine people have been named in two indictments handed down by a federal grand jury sitting in Clarksburg on Aug. 29, 2017, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeks the Public’s Assistance in Identifying South Side Bank Robber.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy's Better Buildings Challenge is pleased to recognize Las Vegas Sands Corporation for energy-efficiency upgrades made throughout their properties including The Venetian, The Palazzo, and Sands Expo and Convention Center. Through the Better Buildings Challenge, Las Vegas Sands...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Clifton, New Jersey, woman today admitted her role in a scheme to defraud a New Jersey-based trucking company of over $900,000, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Benjamin G. Greenberg, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Justin D. Green, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA-OCI), Miami Field Office; Mark Selby, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s...
