News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Feb. 21, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following statement on his appointment to the new Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pensions...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Four West Virginia residents were sentenced to a combined 73 months incarceration for their roles in an oxycodone distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Jose Luis Sanchez-Rosado (44, Volusia County) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Due to his multiple felony convictions, he qualified for an increased penalty under the Armed Career Criminal Act. Sanchez-Rosado pleaded guilty on Dec. 1, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation and Utah State Parks will hold a public meeting regarding the design and construction of new state park facilities at Echo Reservoir.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: DURANGO, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Tres Rios Field Office today approved C&J Gravel’s proposal to expand the Montoya Gravel Pit in the Grandview area near Durango.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that five federal inmates were indicted separately yesterday by a federal grand jury for possession of a weapon in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A federal judge has convicted a Los Angeles man of three counts of aggravated identity theft for using the secret codes of elderly Bank of America customers to make fraudulent withdrawals at ATMs in Los Angeles and Orange County.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, March 10, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will provide a special program at the 18th Ohio Battery positions on Moccasin Bend delving into the artillery battery’s role during the Battle of Lookout Mountain. This 1.5 mile hike and program will...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeks Public's Help Finding Fugitive Wanted for Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that William Curtis Howell, 61, a former supervisory deputy jailer at the Kentucky River Regional Jail (KRRJ) in Perry County, Kentucky, has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison related to his role in violently assaulting a pre-trial detainee...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Los Angeles man was sentenced today, by U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for his involvement in a large drug trafficking organization. Nestor Barron, age 26, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 5 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Owner of St. Helens-area urea plant agrees to institute remedial measures during a two-year erm of probation and seek a $250,000 criminal fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced that Joseph Hamrick, age 68, of Goose Creek, was sentenced in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for receiving kickbacks involving federal contracts, in violation of 41 U.S.C. § 8702. United States District Judge Richard M. Gergel, of Charleston, sentenced Hamrick to 12 months imprisonment, 3 years supervised release, and a $50,000 fine.
By State Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after the administration announced that it would impose sanctions on scores of entities connected to the North Korean shipping industry...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: The United States has filed a complaint in intervention against Diabetic Care Rx LLC d/b/a Patient Care America (PCA), a compounding pharmacy located in Pompano Beach, Florida, alleging that the pharmacy paid illegal kickbacks to induce prescriptions for compounded drugs reimbursed by TRICARE, the Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Lighthouse Point.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: Alan Chow missing since Tuesday, February 20.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, this week sent a letter to the five largest oil and gas producers in Alaska, raising concerns about the rising percentage of workers from outside of the state and requesting ideas to increase the number and share of Alaskans who work in the industry.
