News and reports from the Department of Justice.

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Tyler Collins, 27, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to assaulting a federal officer and causing a bodily injury. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: A Belgrade man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for bank robbery.

News Release: Justice Department and Federal Partners Recognize Zero Tolerance Day for Female Genital Mutilation.

News Release: A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) employee pleaded guilty on Jan. 30 to conspiring with other individuals to engage in wire fraud in connection with MTA excess vehicle auctions.

News Release: St. Croix, VI - United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced today that Edward Saldana, 36, and Bianca Torres, 34, both of St. Croix, appeared before United States Magistrate Emile A. Henderson, III, for their initial appearance hearing after being charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine.

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced DASHONTAE YOUNG (“YOUNG"), age 28, of Houma, Louisiana, was sentenced today for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, arising out of a staged automobile accident with a tractor-trailer occurring in New Orleans.

News Release: The Criminal Division’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section (HRSP) joined federal partners, including the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC), the FBI’s International Human Rights Unit, non-governmental organizations, and others today in recognizing the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Grandview, Mo., man who used explosives in two failed attempts to break into ATMs at Overland Park, Kan., businesses pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing a firearm.

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court on his conviction for conspiring to commit wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - A Fort Worth man was sentenced in federal court in Austin today to 60 months in prison for attempting to damage or destroy a portion of the Permian Highway Pipeline in Hays County.

The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three more defendants have been indicted in a 10-person conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in northwest Missouri.

News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A former resident of Altoona, PA, has been found guilty of distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

News Release: Tenaris, S.A. (Tenaris) confirmed that Benteler Steel & Tube Manufacturing Corp. (Benteler) has walked away from Tenaris’s planned $460 million take-over of Benteler’s state-of-the-art steel and tube manufacturing facility in Shreveport, Louisiana. The abandonment comes after the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division raised competition concerns about the deal.

News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury convicted a Puerto Rican man today of extortion and obstruction of justice related to his involvement in a scheme to obtain money in exchange for preventing the release of chat messages involving senior officials in the Government of Puerto Rico.