News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Rosalio Laredo-Garcia, 21 of Hutchins, Texas, was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $1,900 fine on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. Co-Defendant, Hado Zepeda-Garcia, 25 of Wilmer, Texas was sentenced yesterday to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest of JONATHAN POWELL for obtaining unauthorized access to email accounts...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON -- In a letter sent to President Barack Obama today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., led 12 senators who urged the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to reject the proposed purchase of Aleris Co., by China-based Zhongwang International Group.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CARLOS SANCHEZ, 32, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 28 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: This afternoon, a jury in Austin convicted 24-year-old former Temple police officer Erick French of lying the federal authorities about divulging the existence of an ongoing investigation announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher B. Combs, San Antonio Division.
By State Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We write today to express our serious concerns about increased civilian displacement in Darfur and the recent allegations that the Sudanese government has been engaged in the systematic use of chemical weapons against civilians. We find the use of such measures against innocent men,...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 24-year-old Mexican female has been charged with physically assaulting a Border Patrol (BP) agent who was attempting to restrain her, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Six years after the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) launched its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Americans continue to turn out in large numbers to rid their homes of unused medications, including controlled prescription (CPDs) such as painkillers, tranquilizers, and stimulants.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Stephen Charles Williams-Hill, age 32, of Catonsville, Maryland, today for allegedly using a telephone and emails to threaten to kill, intimidate, or injure the victims and their residence by means of an explosive, and communicating in interstate commerce, a threat to kidnap or injure another person.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - A specialized fire investigation team from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) arrived in Oakland, California, today, to assist with investigating a five-alarm structure fire that occurred at about 5 a.m. Monday morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: FBI Searches for Unknown Serial Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Eight defendants, all of whom resided illegally in the United States, have been sentenced in an interstate human trafficking case. The sentences were announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced an additional public scoping meeting on the Verde Transmission Project (Project), following two previous meetings held in October in Española and Santa Fe:.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today appointed six members to serve on the Paper and Packaging Board.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Melissa Hayes has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit theft of government property. She faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Shantelle P. Kitchen, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI"), William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Jose Avianeda-Espinoza (44, Hillsborough County) to three years in federal prison for making material false representations to an agency of the United Sates, making false statements as to his citizenship, and aggravated identity theft. He pleaded guilty on Aug. 3, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Anthony Jermaine Creech, age 39, of Varnville, SC, was sentenced in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for providing marijuana to inmates at Estill Federal Correction Institution (FCI). United States District Judge Richard M. Gergel of Charleston sentenced Creech to six months imprisonment to be followed by six months home confinement and one year of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - Six people have been taken into custody following the return of a 32-count indictment alleging wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, theft of public money and conspiracy to do so as well as aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson along with Special Agent in Charge Perrye Turner of the FBI and Special Agent in Charge D. Richard Goss of the IRS - Criminal Investigation (CI).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2016
News Release: Two El Paso men face federal prison terms and restitution after a jury convicted them today of carrying out an estimated $2 million Ponzi scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Waldemar Rodriguez, El Paso Division; and, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Douglas Lindquist, El Paso Division.
