News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: In Waco, 49-year-old Ronnie Lee Tanner, Jr., of San Diego, CA, remains in federal custody charged with robbing a Wells Fargo Bank branch located in Temple, TX, on Wednesday, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Temple Police Chief Floyd O. Mitchell.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Yesterday, former IDOC correctional officer Robert Wallin, 36, was sentenced to 37 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Wallin to serve three years’ supervised release after he is released from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation today named Anna Hoag, P.E., as its 2019 Engineer of the Year. The National Society of Professional Engineers has also recognized Hoag as a 2019 NSPE Federal Engineer of the Year Agency winner and will honor her at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., this afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office and Shimon R. Richmond, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Miami Regional Office, Office of Inspector...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service will hold Commercial Services Orientations and Open Houses on Hatteras, Ocracoke, and Roanoke Islands to share information about the Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) programs at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Chad Carl Jaycox, 28, of Yuba City, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison to be followed by 25 years of supervised release for receiving images of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction yesterday of ERNESTO LOPEZ, a New York-licensed medical doctor who wrote thousands of medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone and fentanyl over an approximately three-year period...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon was charged today with federal firearm violations for allegedly illegally possessing a machine gun, silencers and ammunition in his Lake County home.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Already sentenced to prison for his role in a bomb plot, Patrick Stein, 50, of Wright, Kan., pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to an additional 44 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Steven M. Williams, a/k/a “Brother Ray", a/k/a “Ray," age 39, formerly of Delaware, pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking of a child by force, fraud, and coercion. Also today, co-defendant Harry E. Rivers, a/k/a “Hakeem" and “Pots," age 29, also of Delaware, pleaded guilty today...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sean Blackwell, 34, of Gates, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, lifetime supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - The BLM is working with Montana’s Outdoor Legacy Foundation to secure the donation of more than 258 acres of private lands near Toston Dam.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service will hold Commercial Services Orientations and Open Houses on Hatteras, Ocracoke, and Roanoke Islands to share information about the Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) programs at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Mikhy Farrera-Brochez, of Winchester, Kentucky, was charged via criminal complaint today with the unlawful transfer of stolen identification documents and possession with intent to distribute these documents in violation of federal law.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Despite resounding support for the cost-effective and popular Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule, which has helped power plants reduce their mercury pollution by 90 percent in the past decade nationwide, EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, President Trump's nominee to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Sherry Awadjie, 45, of Lewiston, Maine, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to theft of funds from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), MaineCare, and the Social Security Administration (SSA).
By EPA Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the Trump Administration’s draft final Title X rule...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: Texas Doctor and Hospital Owner Convicted in Multimillion Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 22, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to one count of attempted robbery and one count of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
