News published on Federal Newswire in December 2016

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - David Nunez of Santa Fe, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to the misdemeanor offense of dispensing a controlled substance, testosterone, without a prescription. Nunez was a licensed pharmacist and the owner of a pharmacy in Santa Fe at the time he committed the crime.

By State Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after the president-elect announced his intent to nominate Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: Torneos y Competencias S.A. Enters Into Four-Year Deferred Prosecution Agreement; Agrees to Enhanced Internal Controls and Compliance Obligations.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 25-year-old McAllen man has been ordered to federal prison for 10 years following his conviction of attempted enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Timinson Erin Jackson pleaded guilty Sept. 30, 2016.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: Owner of Costa Rican Call Center and Participants in Scam Sentenced to Prison for Roles in Sweepstakes Fraud Schemes Targeting Elderly.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against Rasmieh Yousef Odeh, 69, of Chicago on charges of procuring her naturalization unlawfully by failing to disclose that she had been convicted of participating in a terrorist bombing, announced United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade.

By State Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today praised unanimous passage of H.R.1150, the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act, by the House of Representatives. The legislation, which was approved by the committee last Tuesday ...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: A former resident of Montana and Nevada pleaded guilty today to one count of corruptly interfering with the administration of the internal revenue laws, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Michael W. Cotter for the District of Montana.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Davon Lymon, 35, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this afternoon to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm on May 27, 2016. The charge to which Lymon entered a guilty plea today is Count 2 of a four-count superseding indictment charging Lymon with violating the federal firearms laws.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a North Carolina man has been charged in federal court with sexually assaulting a Joplin, Mo., area child in order to produce child pornography.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: DEC 13 - BOSTON - Twenty individuals were charged today in connection with trafficking heroin, Fentanyl and cocaine from Mexico and the Dominican Republic to Massachusetts and Rhode Island. In a series of arrests and searches conducted early this morning, approximately 8 kilograms of heroin, a number...

By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: HINDS CO and MADISON CO, MS - Motorist traveling the Natchez Trace Parkway from I-20 to Highway 43 last week may have noticed an increased presence of law enforcement rangers. Rangers from the Ridgeland area and from other areas of the Parkway participated in a five-day saturation patrol focusing on...

By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: On Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, interpretive rangers from Shiloh National Military Park led a distance learning program for children of United States Navy personnel of the USS Shiloh (CG-67) at Yokosuka Navy Base in Japan. Conducted live with video and audio via Google Hangouts, the program introduced...

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

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By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Maynard Shirley 37, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Kirtland, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to being an accessory after the fact and impeding an investigation into a murder and assault which occurred in Fruitland, N.M., on March 21, 2015. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Maynard Shirley will be sentenced to 42 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: Businessman Claimed $3.2 Million in Charitable Donations that Were Never Made.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Two more individuals pled guilty in federal court today for their role in the Division of Highways pay-to-play scheme, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: A South Florida resident was sentenced to 18 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for his involvement in an identity theft scheme involving the cashing of over $140,000 in altered tax refund checks.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: Plea Calls for Prison Sentence of 10 to 12 years.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2016

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - David Nunez of Santa Fe, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to the misdemeanor offense of dispensing a controlled substance, testosterone, without a prescription. Nunez was a licensed pharmacist and the owner of a pharmacy in Santa Fe at the time he committed the crime.