News from January 2018
By USDA Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Alv Farms LLC satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to drug dealing and illegal gun possession charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for a proposed gravel augmentation project to improve spawning habitat in Hilton Creek, a small tributary located immediately downstream of Bradbury Dam in Santa Barbara County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced today that United States District Court Judge Shelly D. Dick has sentenced JOSHUA FINLEY, 34, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to serve 110 months in federal prison following his conviction for possession of firearms by a convicted felon. FINLEY was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following imprisonment, forfeit the firearms involved in his crime, and pay a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on January 4, 2018, Dakota L. Childs, 26, of Granite City, Illinois, was sentenced for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The Honorable Staci M. Yandle sentenced Childs to 37 months in federal prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release, along with a fine of $250 and a $100 special assessment. Childs also agreed to forfeit the illegal firearm that he possessed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that 49-year old William Turton of Great Falls was sentenced to 18 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment, and 40-year old Mathew Lederer of Great Falls was sentenced to 24 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided over the hearing.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: Devils Tower, WY. Devils Tower National Monument will celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and join over 400 national park units across the country with free entry into the monument on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. National parks hold special experiences for everyone-hikers, campers and people who like...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR a/k/a “Jay Taylor," a/k/a “Josie Reeser," was sentenced today to 46 months in prison in connection with his seven-year scheme to defraud multiple victims into providing their...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announces the arrest yesterday of one defendant pursuant to a federal indictment for drug and firearms charges.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: Due to continued hazardous conditions as a result of the recent winter storm, National Park Service visitor facilities at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site will remain closed on Friday, January 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Bobbi A. Constantine, formerly known as Robert Bove, age 48, of Albany, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison, and 3 years of supervised release, following her November 2017 guilty plea to wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: California Man Indicted for Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Terrorist Organization.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management is announcing that due to the request of Cochiti Pueblo, Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument will be unavailable on January 6. The BLM, which manages the Monument in cooperation with Cochiti Pueblo under the Proclamation establishing the Monument...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore., - Billy J. Williams, United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, provided the below statement on marijuana enforcement in the District of Oregon.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after #SubOversight Chairman, Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) announced his retirement at the conclusion of this term.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Darren Shawn Smith, age 49, of Athens, Georgia, was sentenced to 262 months imprisonment for possession with intent to distribute heroin and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking by United States District Court Judge C. Ashley Royal in Athens, Georgia on January 4, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Fayette County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months’ incarceration, followed by 3 years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating the federal narcotic laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - In Aug. 2016, a multi-agency investigation led by the ATF concluded with the filing of 59 federal indictments and a federal criminal complaint charging 103 Bernalillo County residents with federal firearms and narcotics trafficking offenses. To date, 84 of these defendants have been convicted, including 83 who have entered guilty pleas, and 55 of them have been sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A New Orleans woman was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for her involvement in a $2 million home health kickback scheme carried out through eight companies at nursing homes in four states in the Southeastern United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2018
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer of the District of Colorado has issued the following statement regarding marijuana prosecutions.
