News from December 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Andrew Autoomp, 28, of East St. Louis, was sentenced on Nov. 29, 2016 in United States District Court in East St. Louis to 46 months in federal prison for one count of conspiring to distribute and possess...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Johanna Sanchez Rodriquez, 40, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and obtain through fraud controlled substances, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of four years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Due to high winds and heavy snow, Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park closed the summit of Mauna Loa on Thursday to all day use and overnight camping until it is safe to reopen.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news that the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) released a report on the Department of Homeland Security’s use of private detention facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joseph W. Nagle, age 55, of Deerfield Beach, Florida and Ernest G. Fink, Jr., 71, of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, the former owners of Schuylkill Products Inc., (SPI) had their sentences affirmed...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DAVID HOPE, a/k/a “Capo," pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein to his involvement in the sex trafficking of minor girls, possession of child pornography, and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Harry Paul, Jr., 65, of Grandy, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today to charges of embezzling funds from an employee pension fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joshua Abeyta, 23, of Rio Rancho, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on a bank robbery charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DAVID HOPE, a/k/a “Capo," pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein to his involvement in the sex trafficking of minor girls, possession of child pornography, and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: DEC 01 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jevaughn Watson, 23, of Bridgeport, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Christina Scaringi, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Northeast Region of the U.S...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: April Fields Sentenced on Federal Charges Related to Manufacturing of Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Rashad Mathews, 28, of Youngstown, with drug trafficking and firearms violations, U.S Attorney Carole S. Rendon said.
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - At a hearing today on the future of U.S. counterterrorism strategy, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, discussed the need to address the evolving terrorist threat to protect the American people. The committee heard testimony from former U.S. counterterrorism officials, Juan C. Zarate and Daniel Benjamin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: In the wake of reports about the Trump Administration’s plans to create a special registration program for Muslims, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Representatives Luis V. Gutiérrez ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Nahant man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with failing to report over $375,000 of his income on his federal tax returns from 2010 to 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Glenn Strout, 53, of Portland, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kenny Martinez, 32, of Penasco, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a burglary of a post office charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: A man who received child pornography was sentenced today to 5 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: ROCKFORD - A former Rockford physician was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for making false statements in a bankruptcy case.
