News from March 2018
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: Salt Lake City, Utah - In continuing efforts to promote America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management today began a 15-day public comment period on environmental assessments evaluating 33 parcels nominated by the oil and gas industry totaling 45,228 acres located in north-west Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: Defendant swallowed pellets of drugs and concealed additional pellets in her bodysuit.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Two members of MS-13 have pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston. They are the 38th and 39th defendants, respectively, to be convicted in a 61 defendant case.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted two Georgia residents on charges of distributing large quantities of methamphetamine in Alabama, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - Katherine Landing Recreation Company begins its new contract to operate commercial services and facilities at Lake Mead National Recreation Area’s Katherine Landing on Lake Mohave April 1.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: Obed Wild & Scenic River is pleased to announce it has been awarded a competitive grant through Eastern National to support its Dark Sky Park initiatives.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeks Publics Help Identifying Armed Serial Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Willie James Johnson, age 57, of Kutztown, Pennsylvania, was indicted on March 28, 2018, by a federal grand jury for sex trafficking of a minor and drug trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass-Over a century has passed since 2,240 passengers and crew set sail from Southampton, England on April 10, 1912 for a transatlantic voyage on a luxury steamship enroute to the Port of New York. Four days later, on the night of April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and plunged...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Mohamed Elshinawy, age 33, of Edgewood, Maryland, to 20 years in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On March 29, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted six MS-13 members on charges in connection with their MS-13 gang activities, including racketeering conspiracy; murder in aid of racketeering; violent crimes in aid of racketeering; use, carry and possession of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence; and conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: The Department of Energy has broad responsibility for developing and supporting the implementation of energy policies that serve the public interest. Ensuring that timely and accurate data on key subjects is widely available to the public is one of those responsibilities. With that responsibility in...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: A Lake Worth man has been charged federally with sex trafficking a minor and adults, and labor trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: Jackson, TN - A Bolivar, Tenn., man has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine (ICE). U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - James Charlery, 53, currently of St. Croix, was sentenced on March 28, 2018, in District Count on the counts of Reentry by an Alien After Removal and Illegal Alien in Possession of a Firearm, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today unveiled a new interactive feature on the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) rural opioid misuse webpage. Now, webpage visitors can tell USDA what prevention, treatment and recovery actions have been effective in addressing...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal grand jury in Newark has returned a 29-count second superseding indictment adding charges alleging that a former Bergen County, New Jersey, tax return preparer filed false federal income tax returns, stole client refunds, and committed identity theft in connection with refunds stolen from a deceased taxpayer, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: AMARILO, Texas - Two men from California, Erasmo Ramirez-Romero and Jorge Ramirez, appeared yesterday afternoon before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater, and pleaded guilty to their roles in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Anne Marie White was sworn in March 29 as Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management at the U.S. Department of Energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RUBEN TORRES, also known as “Rube," “Ru," and “T," 26, of Hartford, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing heroin and crack cocaine in Hartford.
