News from January 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: CEDAR CITY, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking volunteers for the annual Raptor Inventory Nest Survey (RINS) in southwest Utah. Personnel from RINS will host a volunteer field training course on Wednesday, Feb. 7 at noon. The event will be held at the BLM Cedar City Field Office, located at 176 E. DL Sargent Drive in Cedar City, Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A north suburban businessman who operated a cellular telephone distributorship throughout Illinois and other Midwestern states has pleaded guilty to willfully failing to pay more than $800,000 in personal and corporate income taxes.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $167,500 civil penalty against Steele Aviation, Inc., of Beverly Hills, Calif., for allegedly conducting unauthorized air carrier operations and using unqualified pilots.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Aaron Pelchat, 36, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.

By DOL Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and highest ranking woman serving in the United States Senate, issued the following statement on President Trump’s latest effort to take patients’ access to needed health care providers like Planned Parenthood away-issued just hours before a potential Republican shutdown.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Defendant lost lawful permanent resident status in 1989 after state drug conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Andre Legardy, 24, St. Louis, was indicted on December 20 and appeared today for his initial appearance after being arrested on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Dustin Floyd Johnson, age 33, of Vian, Oklahoma, pled guilty to one count of Felon In Possession Of Firearm & Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both for each count.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a Chugiak man was sentenced for emailing threats to a local Smithsonian Institution employee.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was found guilty by a jury today of three counts relating to child pornography possession, receipt, and advertising, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Investigation Exonerated Another Man Wrongly Sentenced to Life in State Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Scott Foster (50, Caldwell, Idaho) to 15 years in federal prison and 20 years of supervised release for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. The Court also ordered him to forfeit a cell phone, that had been was used in connection with the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Audubon, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for conspiring with her former boyfriend to produce sexually explicit images of two children, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to conspiring to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Tony Pedretti was sentenced to 20 months in prison to his role in a kickback scheme that ran for three years while he supervised the HVAC shop and the John Cochran Veterans Administration Medical Center in St. Louis from 2012 to 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Dylan M. Aste (619) 546-7621.

By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today urged his colleagues to come together to avert a government shutdown and take the opportunity extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for six years - the longest extension in the program’s 20-year history. The CHIP...

By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for eight Cross Valley Interim Renewal Contracts.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: Alleged to owe over $1 million in taxes.

By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2018
News Release: POCATELLO - Lataya Anderson, 21, and Matthew Toombs, 29, of Pocatello, were sentenced in federal court on Wednesday for possession of a methamphetamine with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill ordered Anderson to serve 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered Toombs to serve 51 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.