News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Liberty, Mo., attorney was sentenced in federal court today for obstruction of justice after stealing funds earmarked for victim restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following remarks on the House floor on the STOP School Violence Act...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join staff and fellow volunteers for a morning of stewardship on Saturday, March 17, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Stewardship projects typically focus on preservation of the natural and cultural resources of the park. This month we will be pruning fruit trees at the historic orchard of Camp Good Fellow.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - A San Gabriel Valley doctor who pleaded guilty to a federal drug trafficking charge for illegally distributing the powerful opioid best known by the brand name OxyContin was sentenced today to over 13 years in federal prison. The sentencing is the result of an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to two years in prison and two years supervised release on his conviction of mail fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Brian Holland (23, Jacksonville) with aggravated sexual abuse by force. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment in federal prison, and a potential lifetime of supervision.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Luray, Virginia. - Shenandoah National Park is seeking applicants for its summer youth program. This program provides youth, ages 16-18, a hands-on and educational experience in the conservation of the park’s natural and cultural heritage. Youth participants work to maintain park trails, roads, buildings and campgrounds while learning about Shenandoah National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Prosecuted under Project Safe Childhood. ALBUQUERQUE - A federal grand jury has filed an indictment charging Kevin Vigil, 52, a non-Indian man from Espanola, N.M., with child sexual abuse offenses, announced U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh and charged with violations of the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter asking Chairman Trey Gowdy to issue a subpoena to compel the White House to finally produce documents it has been withholding for more than five months in response to a bipartisan request relating to top aides to President Trump using private email accounts on nongovernmental servers in violation of federal law.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on March 13, 2018, Anthony Diaz, age 48, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was charged in a superseding indictment with additional charges of mail and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: North Dakota’s U.S. Attorney Chris Myers will be serving on the Native American Issues Subcommittee (NAIS), which is part of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Baret Wayne Smith, 28, of Lovington, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 51 months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws by being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. Smith will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pensions Plans Co-Chair Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at the committee’s organizing meeting...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has extended the public comment period on the draft directive and standard that defines the eligible uses and recipients of project use power and related cost recovery and rate setting methodology. Comments are due by April 11, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Liberty, Mo., attorney was sentenced in federal court today for obstruction of justice after stealing funds earmarked for victim restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has found Thomas Cascio, 52, of Cheektowaga, NY, guilty of bank robbery. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Residents asked to respond online, by mail or phone. MARCH 14, 2018 - Providence County, R.I., households will receive a letter from the U.S. Census Bureau beginning this week asking them to respond to the 2018 End-to-End Census Test questionnaire ̶ just 10 questions that will...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man Suspected of Robbing Albuquerque Credit Union May Have Struck Again.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Cheri Susan Thomas, 37, of Meridian, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to obtaining controlled substances by fraud, identity theft, and misbranding a drug while held for sale, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. A Boise federal grand jury indicted Thomas on January 9, 2018.
