News from December 2016
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, praised the inclusion of funding for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program in the bill to continue funding of federal programs. As chairman of the Senate committee with jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, Johnson worked to ensure that the scholarships to enable low-income families to attend a quality school of their choice was included in the deal.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: OXFORD - Wesley Scott Greene, 25, of Opelika, Alabama, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock in Aberdeen, Mississippi, today to serve 120 months in prison for child exploitation, and 120 months in prison for crossing state lines to engage in sexual activity with a minor. Greene will serve the two sentences concurrently.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: A new raisin grape developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in California is proving to be very popular among producers because it costs less to harvest.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Newton couple were indicted in federal court here Tuesday on charges of operating a moonshine still in the basement of their home, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A West Los Angeles man who previously worked as a teacher’s assistant was sentenced today to 96 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography via a peer-to-peer file-sharing system on his computer. The images involved in this case depicted children under the age of 15, including child images deemed to be “sadistic" under the federal sentencing rules.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EDMUND QUINCY MUNTSLAG, a citizen of Suriname, was sentenced yesterday in Manhattan federal court to 135 months in prison for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States. MUNTSLAG was convicted on March 22, 2016, after a four-day jury trial before former U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin. Sentence was imposed yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument are looking for birders of all skill levels for this year’s Christmas Bird Count. The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a National Audubon Society tradition in its 117th year and has occurred annually in Ajo since 1998. This year...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Trevor King, a sergeant with the Atlanta Police Department (APD), has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of using excessive force against a customer at an Atlanta Walmart store.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: William L. Jones, 31, of North Platte, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court in Lincoln for conspiring to distribute child pornography. The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, Senior United States District Court Judge, sentenced Jones to 9 years of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Jones will begin a ten-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Mexican national was sentenced today to a year and a half in federal prison for his role in a California-to-West Virginia methamphetamine conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Marco Antonio Bojorquez-Rojas, 21, a Mexican national residing in California, previously pleaded guilty to interstate travel in furtherance of a drug crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: A Tampa resident is indicted for threatening a Sandy Hook parent residing in the Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 2854/ H.R. 5067, the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act. The Till bill's primary purpose is to provide federal resources to local jurisdictions in the resolution of civil rights era cold cases. This reauthorization represents a recommitment to the original goals of the bill as well as the strengthening and clarification of the law, as called for by interested civil rights groups and families.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: On Dec. 10, 2016, the public is invited to a special wildlife presentation by the New Mexico State University (NMSU) Wildlife Museum at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Dripping Springs Natural Area Visitor Center, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Visitor Center is located off University Drive - east to Dripping Springs Road in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that nine more defendants have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a $1 million conspiracy to distribute at least 30 kilograms of methamphetamine, bringing the total number of defendants to 15 in an investigation that was initiated with an arrest by Buchanan County, Mo., sheriff’s deputies in St. Joseph, Mo.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15), the Ranking Member of the CIA Subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD-07), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, introduced the Protecting Our Democracy Act to establish the National Commission on Foreign Interference in the 2016 Election.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. joined Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel, Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, Armed Services ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On December 6, 2016, Troy Joseph Minson, Jr., 28, from Madras, Oregon was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken to 57 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm. Minson, a convicted felon with outstanding arrest warrants, will be on supervised release for three years following his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - Jose Vazquez-Barron, AKA Chepa, was sentenced yesterday to 210 (17.5 years) in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. The sentence follows a guilty plea entered Aug. 15, 2016, in which Vasquez-Barron admitted he conspired to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On December 6, 2016, Troy Joseph Minson, Jr., 28, from Madras, Oregon was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken to 57 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm. Minson, a convicted felon with outstanding arrest warrants, will be on supervised release for three years following his prison sentence.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement on the status of her broad, bipartisan energy and natural resources bill.
