News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Gordon, Georgia, man convicted of Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on March 9, 2018, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ashan M. Benedict, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF"), and James P. O’Neill, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: The United States Attorney, Richard W. Moore, announces that Donald W. Bruggeman, a 49 year old, resident of Robertsdale, Alabama was sentenced to 29 months of incarceration followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm after being convicted of a felony.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to three Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioners today raising serious concerns about their decision to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last month.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Cody Childress, age 29, of Jamesville, New York, pled guilty today in United States District Court to one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Vadim D. Thomas, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Albany Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: St. Augustine, Florida - On Tuesday April 10, 2018 Fort Matanzas invites you to join us in a guided interpretive walk around the Matanzas Inlet. From 11:30am -1:00pm the National Park Service will present a program about inlet dynamics and what makes this area special. Hikers will see seashells and seabirds...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 28-year-old Corpus Christi man has admitted he distributed child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 45-year-old former Richmond man has been given the statutory maximum sentence for systematically torturing a former girlfriend by sending horrific images and threatening email messages, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The jury returned its verdict Oct. 27, 2017, against Heriberto Latigo following five days of trial and less than two hours of deliberations.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation prepared an environmental assessment to evaluate and disclose potential environmental impacts associated with providing funds to the Stockton East Water District to construct a 73-acre groundwater recharge basin. The new groundwater recharge basin would allow storage of between 5,500 and 6,500 acre-feet per year in excess surface water.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office is temporarily closing recreation sites along the Merced River, including McCabe Flat, Willow Placer and Railroad Flat campgrounds due to a mudslide, which has closed Railroad Grade Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: A complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Keith Raniere, also known as “The Vanguard," with sex trafficking, sex trafficking conspiracy and forced labor conspiracy. Raniere was deported by Mexican authorities after he was found Sunday outside Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in a luxury villa. Raniere’s initial appearance is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the federal courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On January 9, 2018, a federal Grand Jury in Greeneville returned a 30-count indictment against the following individuals for their roles in the distribution of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of promoting America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management Eastern States quarterly oil and gas lease sale, held March 22, 2018, resulted in competitive bids for 464.89 acres offered in the states of Ohio and Arkansas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - William L. Thrash, 51, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 144 months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws by brandishing a short-barreled shotgun during the armed robbery of an Albuquerque-area convenience store in March 2017. Thrash will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: ITHACA, NEW YORK, March 26, 2018-New clues to how the bacteria associated with citrus greening infect the only insect that carries them could lead to a way to block the microbes' spread from tree to tree, according to a study in Infection and Immunity by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI ) scientists.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Gordon, Georgia, man convicted of Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on March 9, 2018, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Defendant Founded a Secret Society in Which Women Were Branded with Defendant’s Initials, Served as His Slaves and Coerced Others into Performing Sex Acts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Defendants are latest to plead guilty out of nearly two dozen indicted after long-term narcotics investigation.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-PA) sent a letter to three Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioners today raising serious concerns about their decision to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last month.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Steven D. Hathaway, of DeRuyter, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, a $250,000 fine, or both.
