News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Trent Sowsonicut, age 28, of Ft. Duchesne, Utah, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Monday afternoon in federal court in Salt Lake City. As a part of the plea agreement, Sowsonicut admitted that he killed L.M., an enrolled member of the Ute Indian Tribe, during a quarrel within the boundaries of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: A Mahoning County judge was charged in federal court with stealing at least $96,200 from a former client, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jason M. VanBuren, age 42, of Cobleskill, New York, was ordered detained today following his January 5 arrest on charges of receiving and possessing child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Construction crews closed 2017 by completing a contract milestone nearly four months ahead of schedule - a major step moving Hanford ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) team closer to finishing full construction of the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Facility structure.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: SILT, Colo. - Smoke may be visible from Eagle, Gypsum and the I-70 corridor over the next several weeks as crews from Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management begin burning slash piles generated from a Bureau of Land Management fuels reduction project.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: Council Bluffs, Iowa - On January 5, 2018, Selena Marie Hansen, 21, of Atlantic, Iowa, appeared in federal court before United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger and was sentenced to 135 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: Pamela Harris Defrauded Government Agencies out of Tens of Thousands of Dollars and Tampered with Witnesses.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation prepared an Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Semitropic Water Storage District to implement multiple water conservation projects in Wasco, 20 miles northwest of Bakersfield.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - A new melter at Savannah River Site (SRS) - only the third in the 20-year history of the (DWPF) - recently poured its first canisters of vitrified radioactive waste.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DION EDWARD THOMPSON, 40, formerly of East Hartford, and Colorado Springs, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for robbing a U.S. Postal Service employee in Hartford in September 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal jury has returned a guilty verdict against a 42-year-old Corpus Christi man on child exploitation charges, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The jury deliberated for approximately 20 minutes following less than two days of trial before convicting Spencer Salcedoof two counts of online solicitation of minors and two counts of transfer of obscene material to minors.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Boston announced Tuesday that CDF Corporation, a leading international company based in Massachusetts that specializes in the manufacture and sale of high quality container liners and flexible packaging is...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought for the Environmental Management (EM) Nevada Environmental Program Services (EPS) procurement at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). The current EPS contract at NNSS is held by Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc. and expires on Jan. 31, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- Defendants Leslie Yun, James Pau, Rinn Roeun, Kevin Siu, Michael Mei, Elaine Liang, Tina Liang, and Barry House were sentenced for crimes committed in connection with the same indictment that eventually led to the trial and conviction of Raymond “Shrimp Boy" Chow, announced Acting United...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two physicians operating offices in West Virginia, along with a business partner, were indicted by a grand jury today on charges of illegally distributing controlled substances, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: Defendant currently serving federal sentence for illegal reentry.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - Senior U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew today sentenced Brandon Clint Russell (22, Tampa) to five years in federal prison for possessing an unregistered destructive device and for unlawful storage of explosive material. He pleaded guilty on Sept. 27, 2017.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Virtual reality (VR) is becoming more real and less virtual at one of EM’s Office of River Protection contractors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging Dr. Zongli Chang, M.D. and seven other individuals with conspiracy to illegally distribute prescription drugs, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today. Chang is also charged with health care fraud.
