News from March 2018
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Klamath Falls, Ore. - At a meeting in Klamath Falls this afternoon, the Bureau of Reclamation provided a preliminary hydrology outlook to irrigators in the Klamath Basin. While the late start to the rainy season this year has delayed Reclamation’s ability to get a clear picture for the irrigation season, officials pledged to continue to provide as much information as possible as soon as possible heading into spring.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joseph P. Kelly announced that on March 9, 2018, Aurelio Martinez Rodriguez, 45, a Mexican national who resided in Lincoln, was sentenced to concurrent prison sentences of nine years, (108 months), for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine and for conspiracy to money...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: In Midland today, a federal judge sentenced Andrews County electrician Randall Varian Hanks to 97 months in federal prison for a false billing scheme that resulted in more than a $1.5 million loss to local businesses and for failing to file tax returns, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the indictment of DAVID THOMAS ROUGIER, 45, on one count of mail fraud and one count of wire fraud. ROUGIER made his initial appearance yesterday before Magistrate Judge Franklin L. Noel in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Daniel J. Fillerup, age 34, of Albany, New York, was charged today with distribution of fentanyl that resulted in another person’s death.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and sent letters requesting...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford seafood manager was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for failing to report $75,000 in earnings on his tax returns.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) Director Carmelo Melendez will travel to south Texas during the week of March 13, 2018, to visit four former uranium mill sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man in Green T-Shirt Robs Albuquerque Credit Union, Flees in Silver Nissan.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Tristan Nelson, 39, of Madawaska, Maine pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon in U.S. District Court to illegally importing methylphenidate, which is commonly sold under the trade name Ritalin, and alprazolam, which is commonly sold under the trade name Xanax.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: In Midland today, a federal judge sentenced Andrews County electrician Randall Varian Hanks to 97 months in federal prison for a false billing scheme that resulted in more than a $1.5 million loss to local businesses and for failing to file tax returns, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated today that three Rutland County residents have pled guilty in three separate cases to violating the federal “crack-house" statute. The convictions arise from the defendants’ conduct in hosting out-of-state heroin dealers in their...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Two men pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to their roles in a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering ring operating between Massachusetts and California.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Nicholas A. Long, age 30, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on March 8, 2018, to one year and one day and three years’ supervised release by United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo for willful failure to pay federal payroll taxes.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: More than 66,000 football fans poured into U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis this past February and were able to enjoy the nation's 52nd Super Bowl in a safe and secure setting. A few programs to enhance the overall security efforts were fielded before and during the big game by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Kristopher Brian Anderson, 32, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 41 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $1,412,424.06 in restitution, following his guilty plea in September 2017 to offenses related to a scheme to defraud Pivotal Petroleum...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that the last defendant in a Shreveport methamphetamine distribution ring was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Lorton man was sentenced today to 16 years in prison for attempted robbery, attempted possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and the use and discharge of a firearm during those crimes.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join avid national park visitor David Kroese for a discussion about some of his memorable experiences during his adventure to all 417 units of the National Park Service. The program takes place on Sunday, March 18, from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm at the Indiana Dunes Visitor...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On March 7, 2018, the grand jury returned an indictment charging Marco Antonio De La Garza Jr., 37, of Hereford, Ariz., with three counts related to passport fraud and false statements on his federal law enforcement background application. Specifically, it is alleged that De La Garza...
