News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced WILLIAM CHARLIE COLLINS, 32, of St. Pauls to 95 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: FBI Diversity Recruiting Event. The FBI is announcing a major recruiting initiative for special agents with an emphasis on diversity. Special agents will be available for sound (English and Spanish) with news outlets on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at FBI Miami, 2030 SW 145 Avenue...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that an Independence, Mo., man has been convicted at trial of illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Boonville, Mo., woman who fired at law enforcement officers and other motorists during a high-speed pursuit pleaded guilty in federal court today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: For Tuesday, January 9, NIST Gaithersburg has a delayed opening at 10:00 AM.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jeremy M. Howard, 31, Beloit, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to seven years in federal prison for possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and violating the terms of his supervised release. Howard pleaded guilty to these charges on Oct. 25, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of possession of a prohibited object in prison, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: An 11-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Pamela Harris, a New York State Assemblywoman representing Bay Ridge, Coney Island, Dyker Heights and other nearby communities, with two counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, four...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) announces the opening of a new temporary exhibit titled “Scratching the Surface." The exhibit opens to the public on Tues., Jan. 9 and will be on display through Tues., Jan. 30.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: SILT, Colo. - As part of the Administration’s priority to make America safe through energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on an oil and gas development plan about nine miles west of Rifle.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: Holly Hill, S.C. - The Charlotte Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) today called on ATF’s National Response Team (NRT) to begin a joint investigation of the fire that destroyed three commercial buildings Monday morning in Holly Hill, S.C. A team consisting of certified ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Brian M. Morris sentenced Jacob Ryan Murie, a 38 year-old resident of Box Elder, to 115 months of prison and three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: SAN JOSE - Alfred Georgis was sentenced this morning to 37 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to transport stolen goods in interstate commerce, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement a Finance Committee hearing to consider the nomination of Alex Azar to serve as the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GUSTAVO GARCIA, 29, of Queens, New York, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Dillon Peters (30) of Neopit was sentenced on January 8, 2018 to 77 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release after a conviction for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The sentence was the result of a guilty plea in October 2017 before Chief United States District Judge William C. Griesbach.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Bureau of Land Management fire managers are anticipating favorable weather conditions for pile burning on BLM-managed public land along the Muddy River, approximately 5.5 miles northwest of Moapa. The prescribed fire is anticipated to commence on January 10 on 100 piles on three acres of...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The EM Office of River Protection ’s (ORP) tank operations contractor, Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), was recently given an overall “very good" rating for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, earning nearly $11.9 million, or 89 percent, of a possible $13.35 million award fee, according to a.
