News from December 2016
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: St. Louis, MO - Christopher Schroeder was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of transporting a minor across state lines to engage in criminal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Gloucester County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for embezzling more than $600,000 from dormant TD Bank customer accounts, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repatriated five illegally smuggled ancient artifacts to the government of Egypt, including a mummy hand from the 8th century BCE, at a ceremony Thursday at the Egyptian Embassy in Washington. The return of these ancient artifacts was made possible...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Salvador Ortega, 36, Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 24 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Michael Pankey, 29, of Brooklyn, New York, was convicted late yesterday by a federal jury on charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride and heroin.
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 Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: MOOSE, WY - The status of Teton Park Road, Moose-Wilson Road, and Signal Mountain Summit Road within Grand Teton National Park has been changed from wheeled access to over snow access due to recent snow accumulation. The designated portions of these roads are now ready to accommodate winter recreational use and wheeled access is prohibited for the season.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Juan Alberto Ortiz-Orellana, aka “Chele" and “Furia," age 28, of District Heights, Maryland; and Minor Perez-Chach, aka “Minor Chach-Perez," “Little Bad" and “Bryant Sacarias," age 25, of Hyattsville, Maryland, today to life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Christopher Schroeder was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of transporting a minor across state lines to engage in criminal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Pablo "Paul" Plaza, who was convicted by a federal jury of the murder of Francisco Santos, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute large quantities of illegal narcotics, and possession and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of the drug conspiracy, was sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Employer name: U.S. Postal Service LLC, doing business as Brooklyn South Carrier Annex
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Torrance man has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for amassing a collection of more than 20,000 images and videos of child pornography that he made available to others via the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing system.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement on House passage of H. Res. 933, to authorize funding necessary to allow the Select Investigative Panel to complete its inquiry into America’s abortion industry and fetal tissue procurement entities...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is extending the comment period for its proposal to revise provisions in the agency's recordkeeping, general industry, maritime and construction standards. Originally scheduled to expire Dec. 5, 2016, the comment period will be extended to Jan. 4, 2017, to allow parties more time to review the rule and collect necessary information and data for comments.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - Aaron James Glende a.k.a. IcyEagle has been sentenced to four years and two months’ imprisonment for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Glende sold stolen personally identifying information and login credentials on AlphaBay Market, a website operating in the so-called “Dark Web," where anonymity software is used to hide the identities of website visitors.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Last night, the innovation game-changer 21st Century Cures Act overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives 392-26. The wide bipartisan vote would not have been possible without the strong support of energized advocates in the patient and research communities across the nation. Massachusetts advocates support has been particularly unwavering, recognizing the importance of delivering #CuresNow to patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a federal jury found an Angolan national guilty Monday of refusing to leave the country twice after being ordered to depart.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MICHAEL A. PETRO, 44, of Watertown, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to approximately 11 months of imprisonment, time served, and two years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2016
News Release: Employer Name: JFM International Inc. JFM International Inc. 300 E Stewart St. 300 E Stewart St. Willis, Texas. Willis, Texas. Citations Issued: Nov. 30, 2016. Investigation Findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigated JFM International in September...
