News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Corry Blackmoon Bischoff, 39, of Pocatello, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 33 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for failing to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Bischoff pleaded guilty on Sept. 13, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A total of four men have been taken into custody and charged in relation to the attempted robbery of an armored car at an Amegy Bank today in Houston, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Today throughout Los Angeles and neighboring counties, as well as in Arizona and Utah, agents from the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and officers from several state and local law enforcement agencies executed approximately 29 state search and arrest warrants. This enforcement operation culminates a nearly year-long investigation into several drug trafficking organizations operating here in the U.S. with close ties to Sinaloa, Guadalajara, and Michoacán, Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Precious Agobe, St. Louis County, MO, pled guilty to charges involving his participation in a stolen identity tax fraud and money laundering scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: Entrance and campground fees at Devils Tower National Monument will increase on Jan. 3, 2017. This is the monument's first fee increase since 2008. A new fee schedule for park entrance and campground fees was proposed last July and public feedback and comments were invited during a one month comment period. The new entrance and campground fee schedules are shown below.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: FBI Conducts Child Abduction Training with South Florida Law Enforcement Agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Sold Thousands of Dollars of Military Equipment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - James C. Bedford, 50, of Dumfries, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery and bribery of a public official.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Daryl Johnson, age 32, an inmate at United States Penitentiary Canaan (USP Canaan), was indicted on December 6, 2016, by a federal grand jury on a charge of assaulting a federal employee.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Detroit, Mich., men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for robbing a Springfield, Mo., jewelry store.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On December 1st, 2016, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a two-count indictment against José Reyes-Alicea and Edgardo Meléndez-Silva, a.k.a. “Wong", for drug trafficking, announced today Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. Today’s arrests are the result of an investigation led by the FBI, with the collaboration of the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - A total of four men have been taken into custody and charged in relation to the attempted robbery of an armored car at an Amegy Bank today in Houston, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced today that, DUSTIN KYLE HARVEY, age 27, of Grant, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 77 months imprisonment and 3 years supervised release for FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2) and 924(e).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: SAN JOSE - Eduardo Arriaga, AKA “Moreno," was sentenced yesterday to 228 months (19 years) in prison for trafficking crystal methamphetamine and using a firearm during his narcotics trafficking operation, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary McDonald: We write today regarding disturbing news reports about hundreds of veterans that may have been exposed to Hepatitis B, C, and HIV due to the failure of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) dentist to comply with cleaning procedures. The report indicates that this particular...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statement after the House voted 392 to 26 to pass the 21st Century Cures Act. Sponsored by Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), the legislation unleashes medical innovation and the development...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Chief U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Windell Holton (68, Tampa) to 20 years in federal prison for attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, and commission of the offense as a sex-offender. The Court ordered him to forfeit a cellphone and computer that he used commit the offense. Holton pleaded guilty on Aug. 16, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Calvin Strong, age 24, of Albany, New York, pled guilty today to unlawfully possessing a handgun, and to possessing and intending to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Joplin, Mo., men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for the armed robbery of Pinnacle Bank in Joplin.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2016
News Release: (MILES CITY, Mont.) -The Bureau of Land Management has opened a 30-day public comment period on an Environmental Assessment with an unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact for 156 nominated oil and gas lease parcels in Big Horn, Custer, Carter, Fallon, Garfield, Powder River and Rosebud counties located within the Miles City Field Office administrative area. The 30-day comment period will end on January 6, 2017.
