News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Winner, South Dakota, man convicted of Felon in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on February 8, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jordan Roybal, 26, an enrolled member of the San Ildefonso Pueblo who resides in Santa Fe, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 30 months in prison for assaulting a federal officer. Roybal will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: Update: Newark Police Division Fugitive Apprehension Team and FBI Fugitive Task Force Arrest East Orange Man Wanted for Attempted Murder.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: BAY MINETTE, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited MPV Morganton Pressure Vessels North Carolina LLC, for exposing employees to fire, explosion, laceration, and struck-by hazards. The Bay Minette metal tank manufacturer faces proposed penalties of $101,800.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -- The BLM Salt Lake Field Office and the Raptor Inventory Nest Survey (RINS) are seeking volunteers to collect and manage data regarding the nesting ecology of eagles, falcons, hawks, ospreys, and owls. Prospective volunteers must contact RINS and attend a training on either Feb. 24, or March 3, from 11:30 am - 4:30 pm at the BLM - Salt Lake Field Office located at 2370 S. Decker Lake Blvd., West Valley City, UT 84119.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: Learn about the winter adaptations of plants and animals in the Four Corners region during a free guided hike on Wednesday, February 21 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Join Mesa Verde park staff as they explore the amazing ways animals and plants survive in the cold winter environment, while examining the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury in Williamsport indicted a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institute Allenwood (FCI Allenwood) on the charge of possessing a weapon in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to the armed robbery of a Jimmy John’s restaurant and a carjacking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Matthew Hinton, 28, most recently of Orwell, Vermont, has been sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss to 84 months of imprisonment for an armed robbery of the Maplefields convenience store in Fair Haven...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 33-year-old Ashak Victor Nasief Wesa to 150 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a synthetic marijuana distribution scheme based in San Antonio, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash, Federal Bureau...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - Effective immediately the Bureau of Land Management has lifted its fire prevention closure for public land access in and near Whitewater Canyon in Riverside County.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - Angelia Zwick, also known as Angelia Strunk, 47, of Cincinnati, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for defrauding her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that an Oakdale inmate pleaded guilty Wednesday to assaulting another inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: Two New Orleans-Area Psychiatrists and a Health Care Marketer Charged for Roles in Kickback Scheme; Psychiatrists Also Charged With Health Care Fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has announced up to $1.6 million in federal funding for research and development projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0001842, Support of Fossil Energy Research at U.S. Colleges and Universities Including University...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Bunker Hill, West Virginia man has admitted to a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine how our nation’s energy infrastructure, from production to generation to distribution, has significantly evolved over time. The committee also examined how federal policies affect energy infrastructure, and heard how new technologies and continued innovation will provide us with opportunities to continue to improve these systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - After an eight-day jury trial, Larry L. Masino, 67, of Gulf Breeze, and Dixie L. Masino, 65, of Pensacola, were convicted late yesterday in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola of wire fraud conspiracy, operating an illegal gambling business, and money laundering conspiracy. In addition...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - February 8, 2018 - Justin Jerome Jones, 29, of Nashville, Tennessee, was charged in a federal criminal complaint this afternoon with three counts of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that CHRISTOPHER HAMLETT, also known as “Cadi" and “Cadillac Black," 24, of Hartford, was arrested today on a criminal complaint charging him with sex trafficking of a minor.
