News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Defendant admitted stealing from 3 banks and a gas station in a month-long robbery spree.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: CAÑON CITY, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management, Royal Gorge Field Office is initiating the public scoping process for a Lease by Application (LBA) for federal coal adjacent to the New Elk Coal Mine in Las Animas County, Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, a federal judge sentenced former District 19 Texas State Senator Carlos I. Uresti to five years in federal prison for bribery, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Ludlow couple pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Springfield to mail fraud, identity theft, and tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who repeatedly played the game of “truth or dare" with an autistic girl to entice her to send him sexually explicit photos was sentenced to eight years in federal prison to be followed by lifetime supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney District Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN -Michael Geddati, 20, of Memphis has pleaded guilty to computer fraud. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the plea today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is requesting comments on a draft revised environmental analysis for long-term water transfers prepared with the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority. The analysis includes the environmental effects of approving voluntary water transfers from 38 water...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced a Poteet, TX, woman to 61 months in federal prison for a scheme to steal more than $830,000 from a bank in Jourdanton, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash, Acting IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Ramsey Covington, Houston Field Office, and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Paul A. Duran, San Antonio Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Rodney Flucas, 50, of Stockton, was sentenced today to life in prison for transportation of minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, 10 years in prison for transporting an adult daughter across state lines with intent to engage in incest and 20 years in prison for attempted witness tampering, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller ordered the sentences to be served consecutively.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray, (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Committee’s hearing on pain management during the opioid crisis. In her remarks, Senator Murray highlighted the need to ensure...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Good morning and welcome to our witnesses and audience members. Thank you everyone for being here today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - Several activities are on tap for seashore neighbors and visitors during the upcoming vacation week from February 16 through 24. Many activities are geared toward families. All activities are free, wheelchair-accessible, and held at Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who repeatedly played the game of “truth or dare" with an autistic girl to entice her to send him sexually explicit photos was sentenced to eight years in federal prison to be followed by lifetime supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney District Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LATOYA McKREITH, 36, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to one count of conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Beginning in February and continuing through spring, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning to burn piles of juniper and piñon cuttings in three locations in Catron County, weather permitting. In addition, debris from the creation of defensible space in the Wild Horse Subdivision will be burned. The Wild Horse Slash Pit is located 40 miles south of Grants, N.M.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - William E. Tyler, age 55, of Fairfield, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to the illegal transfer and possession of a machine gun. Tyler is the former Chief of Police in Taneytown, Maryland.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In the wake of reports that millions of taxpayers have been surprised to learn they owe money to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this filing season, Ways & Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) and Oversight Subcommittee member Judy Chu (D-CA) sent a letter to Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - The last defendant charged in relation to a more than $40 million securities fraud “pump and dump" conspiracy has now been convicted, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. With the guilty plea of John David Brotherton, 59, of League City, today, all seven defendants charged in the case now stand convicted.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Medford, Ore. - The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (CSNM) is accepting applications from February 11 - March 15, 2019 for its summer Artist-in-Residence (AiR) program. Selected artists are provided with a beautiful environment in which to generate artistic works and share their works with the public.
By State Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We are gravely concerned by the negative trajectory of democracy in Bangladesh and request an outline of how the Department intends to respond to this trend, particularly in light of serious allegations that the outcome of the December 2018 elections lacked credibility. As you know,...
