News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Gary Johnson, of Martinsburg, West Virginia was ordered to pay $70,000 in restitution and sentenced today to two years probation for filing a false tax return, First Assistant United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By State Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming committee events...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas Field Office is seeking public comments on a proposed Designated Leasing Area (DLA) east of the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone north of Las Vegas. The proposed DLA would allow BLM to conduct a competitive lease auction for solar development. The BLM will prepare a Resource Management Plan Amendment Environmental Assessment to analyze the designation of the DLA.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former employee of a Southern California ambulance company was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in a scheme that resulted in more than $1.1 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Salina man who was arrested with drugs in his possession and a gun under his pillow was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Dr. Tod Hagins, of Wintersville, Ohio, has admitted to writing fraudulent prescriptions to be sold on the streets from his Weirton, West Virginia practice, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Arnoldo Morfin-Arias, aka “Efrain Arias" and “Pollo," 44, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to Life in federal prison following his guilty plea in November 2017 to one count of conspiring to traffic in methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - James Ian McGlothlin, 41, of Portland, was sentenced today to 28 years in federal prison followed by a life term of supervised release for the production of child pornography involving two very young children.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Denise Sue Watie, aka Denise Sue Karrant, age 44, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma pled guilty to Failure To Register As Sex Offender, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2250(a)(1), 2250(a)(2)(B) and 2250(a)(3), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Salina man who was arrested with drugs in his possession and a gun under his pillow was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. - Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Assistant Special Agent in Charge John Schmidt announce that the ten defendants listed below have been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Macon and have been arrested during a multi-agency operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man who was caught with heroin in Huntington in 2015 was sentenced to 49 months in federal prison today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. JaJuan Thrasher, 30, previously pled guilty in January to possession with intent to distribute heroin. Stuart commended the work of the Huntington FBI Drug Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: School Owner Pleads Guilty to $2 Million Bribery Scheme Involving VA Program for Disabled Military Veterans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Jennifer Marie Trengove, 41, of Anchorage, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to serve 105 months in federal prison for committing three bank robberies in Anchorage last May. Trengove previously pleaded guilty in August 2017 to three counts of bank robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Lonny Bagley, the new Field Manager of the Bureau of Land Management Casper Field Office, will be sworn in by Mary Jo Rugwell, BLM Wyo. State Director, on April 19, 2018 at 10 a.m. The ceremony will take place at the Casper Field Office, located at 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, Wyo. Members of the public are welcome to attend.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Intentionally Hid Amount of Sea Cucumbers Purchased Resulting in Overharvest.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Donald McEachin (D-Va.), ranking member of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, said today that Republicans in Congress need to conduct more careful oversight of Trump administration officials in the wake of a Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Damenion Richmond, 36, was sentenced to 110 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant of the Western Division of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: The spring season has begun at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument, and free park entrance this Saturday makes it a great time to visit. Many land and water based activities are available. Find all the information here to plan your next adventure and the details...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) made a $25 million funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to support energy sector cybersecurity. Under this FOA, the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability’s Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS) program will seek applications to conduct research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) for innovative approaches to advance cyber resilient energy delivery systems.
