News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two Trenton men were sentenced today to prison terms for their respective roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed hundreds of grams of heroin in the Trenton area, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a committee hearing titled “America's Water Infrastructure Needs and Challenges."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The number of people charged with federal crimes in the Northern District of Alabama in 2017 and the percentage of those defendants sentenced to prison was the highest since 2011, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Six residents of New York, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh and arrested on a charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ronald A. Parsons, Jr. announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on January 5, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: BURLEY, Idaho -- The Burley Bureau of Land Management Field Office will implement a seasonal road closure Jan. 16 to March 15 in the South Hills area. This closure, which has gone into effect each winter since 2000, is designed to prevent resource damage and to protect crucial mule deer winter range...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - A Buckhannon, West Virginia man has admitted today to his role in a firearms theft and sale scheme, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: A North Royalton man was charged in a 16-count indictment today for allegedly creating and installing malware on thousands of computers for more than 13 years in order to watch, listen to, and obtain personal data from unknowing victims, as well as produce child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA - In commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and in concert with all National Park Service sites that charge entrance fees, Olympic National Park will offer free entry on Monday, January 15.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: Pinedale, Wyo. - As part of the BLM’s mission to keep public lands healthy and productive, the Pinedale Field Office recently cleaned up two dumpsites in the Big Piney area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Wood County man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Timothy Waldron, 31, of Mineral Wells, entered his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Kerwin Eugene Brown, age 39, of Columbia, was sentenced to three years in jail for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 2250(a). Chief United States District Judge Terry L. Wooten, of Columbia, presided.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Terrence Lynn Thompson, 54, of Houston, Texas was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to serve a total of 150 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in January 2017 to his role in the conspiracy to rob Tilak Jewelers in Irving, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - On Jan. 20, the Bureau of Land Management will offer a guided hike in the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument, highlighting its geologic history and significant paleontological and recreational resources. The 3-mile hike will begin at 9 a.m., from the second parking lot located near the Monument entrance, and will last approximately three hours.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: Texas Mayor and Owners of Health Care Company Charged With Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering and Obstruction.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today released a new report detailing the 340B Drug Pricing Program, which was first established by Congress in 1992. The report entitled, “Review of the 340B Drug Pricing Program," was released following the committee’s broad review of the 340B program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Stayce Crystal Dempsey, age 34, of Warner Robins, Georgia, was sentenced to 220 months (18 years and four months) imprisonment for distribution of methamphetamine, and Charles Nicholas Zammit, age 28, of Perry...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Robbie Lyn Pierce, 49, of Mobile, was sentenced in federal court on charges involving his illegal possession of firearms and his possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Court documents reflect that Pierce...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Georgia man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to defraud Framingham-based Staples Inc. of more than $1.4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Rodney Allen, 65, the sole owner and president of KA Investments, LLC, of Boise, Idaho, was indicted on January 9, 2018, by a federal grand jury sitting in Boise for wire fraud, and an arrest warrant was issued, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
