News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: USPS letter carrier arranged to deliver packages containing cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Access to portions of the Kolob Canyons District of Zion National Park will be restricted due to a construction project beginning May 1, 2018. The project involves reconstructing sections of the road, repaving the entire road, and adding accessible parking, sidewalk, and toilet facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Vicente Adolfo Solano, 53, a citizen of Honduras residing in Miami, pleaded guilty yesterday to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Ernestor Ramirez Garcia, 28, of Los Angeles, California, and Richard Cuevas, 35, of Sun City, California, were each sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee to 60 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for transporting cocaine on the interstate, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that BRANDON JONES, a/k/a “Brandon McGeer," a/k/a “Brandon Jones-McGeer," was convicted on all counts charged in a three-count Indictment of passing fictitious government obligations, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, following an eight-day jury trial presided over by U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke today falsely claimed, during a public Committee hearing on the Interior Department’s fiscal year 2019 budget proposal, that he had already responded to Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán’s (D-Calif.) and Rep. Don Beyer’s (D-Va.) Oct. 5, 2017, letter requesting...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Webcam viewers are captivated this week watching two tiny bald eagle chicks that hatched 14 hours apart in a nest at Sauces Canyon on Santa Cruz Island. The eaglets may be joined by a third chick, with an egg expected to pip in the same nest today or Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: On March 13, 2018, members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Southeast Georgia Violent Crimes Task Force arrested Robert Kimble, also known as “Bam" and “Ibn Yusuf," on federal charges of armed bank robbery, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Distributed Heroin and Furanyl Fentanyl and Illegally Possessed Guns.
By State Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed four bipartisan measures, including legislation sanctioning Iran for serious human rights abuses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Stanley Fard Harper, age 33, of Charlotte, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for committing Aggravated Identity Theft, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 1028A. United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs, of Columbia, also ordered Harper to pay over $57,000 in restitution to various financial institutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: A former bookkeeper pled guilty today in federal court for failing to report to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS") millions of dollars that she embezzled from her employers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Andrew P. Young (619) 546-7981, Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714 and Benjamin J. Katz (619) 546-9604.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Shrewsbury couple was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for their respective roles in a far-reaching, multi-million dollar conspiracy to distribute counterfeit steroids throughout the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Nicholas Matthew McRae, age 36, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on Dec. 14, 2017, to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. United...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - For the safety of park visitors and staff, the Upper Campground at Cottonwood Cove within Lake Mead National Recreation Area is closed to overnight camping until further notice.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today announced a full Committee hearing on the President’s trade agenda. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, March 21, at 10:00 AM in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in support of the Administration’s decision to challenge through the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) dispute settlement system India’s prohibited subsidies to five sectors (including its steel industry)...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service will close the Denali Park Road to travel beyond park headquarters (mile 3) at 5:30 p.m. tonight, March 15, as a precaution in advance of a forecasted snowstorm. Road safety conditions will be re-assessed tomorrow morning to determine if the road will re-open to vehicle traffic.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that a federal...
