News from November 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: A Cleveland man was sentenced to more than six years in prison for trafficking fentanyl, heroin and cocaine, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: St. Croix, USVI B On Nov. 15, 2016, after a five-day trial, a federal jury on St. Croix convicted Daniel Carino, 34, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, of possession of a firearm during a violent crime, attempted murder and assault third degree, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Richard J. Probst, age 65, formerly of Columbia, South Carolina has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, to receiving child pornography that had traveled in foreign commerce by computer, a violation...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: Thank you for meeting with me yesterday about the Oversight Committee’s priorities going forward. During our meeting, I proposed that we conduct a bipartisan investigation into Russia’s role in interfering with and influencing the 2016 presidential election. In response, you stated...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles-area woman who brought her two children to Mexico to keep them from their father was sentenced today to 13 months in prison in a federal kidnapping case.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today that Johannes Hiram, 50, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 188 months in prison and lifetime supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - An 18-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A native of Romania who was arrested in Spain and extradited to the United States today admitted his role in a conspiracy to steal bank account information from thousands of customers by installing secret card-reading devices and pinhole cameras on ATMs throughout New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Florida, and elsewhere, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JEFFERY HOWARD, age 46, of Nicholson, Mississippi, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1958(a).
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, commended the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) following the announcement that the agency has earned a clean financial audit for the fourth year in a row.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Nov. 16, 2016, Donald S. Harden (age: 47) of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, was found guilty following a jury trial in federal court in Green Bay, Wisconsin, of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: DENVER, Colo. - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Neil Kornze today joined Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper to announce the final resolution of disputed oil and gas leases that had been issued in the White River National Forest from 1995 to 2012. The Record of Decision issued today puts in place appropriate environmental protections for the pristine portion of Colorado’s Western Slope.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) released the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed stream protection rule. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) released the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: A fourth member of the SnappzMarket online piracy group was convicted yesterday for his role in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android mobile device applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: NOV 17 - NEW HAVEN, Conn - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Brittany Esposito, 27, of Wallingford, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that CLARENCE R. SINGLETON, age 30, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act Robbery and use of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led 13 Senators in introducing a bipartisan resolution in the Senate designating the week of Nov. 14, 2016, National Apprenticeship Week.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: FBI Announces Arrest Made in Connection with a Store Robbery in Miami.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Aleksandr Kovalev, 53, of Rocklin, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud involving financial institutions in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving the purchase of at least 31 properties, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Kenner, Louisiana couple was sentenced today for crimes related to the operation of their check cashing business, VJ Discount Inc., announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
