News from November 2018
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - Wildland firefighting positions with Bureau of Land Management Nevada are open now through February 2019. Below are the current vacancy announcement numbers and deadlines to apply. This year, positions are available for firefighters assigned to engines, handcrews or helicopters as well as...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: HELENA-U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme announced today that Katherine Marie Krieger, a Helena resident, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison, three years supervised release and ordered to pay $236,924.17 restitution for stealing a person’s personal identity and using it to embezzle money from an investment account.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a North Carolina woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with her ex-husband to illegally obtain health care benefits from the Department of Defense Health Program, Tricare.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Adam Flores, age 28, of Siloam Springs, was sentenced today to 120 months (the statutory maximum) in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- On Nov. 14, 2018, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against Carlos Rodríguez-Vidal, charging him for threatening to injure people and damage property by means of explosives using an instrumentality of interstate and foreign commerce, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 844(e), announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The FBI is in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, Armando Medina, 32, a citizen of Mexico, made his initial appearance and arraignment on a superseding indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Came to the attention of federal authorities after multiple arrests in Osceola County.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Virginia Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to Prison For $5 Million Employment Tax Fraud.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) led a group of Democratic senators to demand information and documents about the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) recent dismissal and appointment ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that Karen Tompkins (Age: 58) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, appeared in federal court in Milwaukee and pleaded guilty to two felony counts. Specifically, Tompkins admitted to knowingly taking part in a conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C. F. Shappert announced today that Carlyle Ham, 63, of St. Croix, pleaded guilty this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge George Cannon, Jr. to attempted coercion and enticement for illegal sexual activity involving a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - The Special Agent in Charge for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's Atlanta Field Division, Robert Murphy, announced that United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced Joaquin R. Ortega, 36, of Graham, N.C., to 252 months imprisonment followed by 60 months of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present a Christmas Open House at the Cravens House, located on Lookout Mountain. The house will be decorated in a manner very similar to the Civil War era. This special holiday...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: This year’s operations window for the annual deer population reduction at Rock Creek Park is scheduled to start on Nov. 20, 2018, and end March 31, 2019. To carry out the Rock Creek Park White-tailed Deer Management Plan, temporary night-time road closures will be in effect to provide for visitor and employee safety during reduction activities. Commuters, including cyclists, are advised to plan alternate routes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Matthew Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a nine-count indictment charging Jose Facio-Santos (age 39), a Mexican citizen, with illegal reentry by a previously deported alien, in violation of Title 8, United States...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, NV - Numerous volunteers helped the Winnemucca District’s Emergency Stabilization &Rehabilitation efforts by planting Sagebrush seedlings on the Martin Fire burn area.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. A resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal firearm and narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A former Senior Vice President at Bank of America and her husband were sentenced in federal court in Boston for embezzling more than $2.7 million from the bank using fraudulent donations to non-profit organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced Thursday to 22 months in prison for evading to pay more than $3 million in taxes for his purported asset protection business and fraudulently concealing assets in a separate case, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan of the IRS-Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS-A Minnesota couple admitted on Thursday in U.S. District Court to possessing for distribution nearly 1,000 pounds of marijuana in their recreational vehicle after getting arrested in Miles City, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
