News from October 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A jury voted today to convict Harpushpinder Singh, age 46, of Queens, New York, of transporting aliens in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: CHICKASAW COUNTY, MS - On Oct. 25, 2016, at approximately 6:00 p.m., Natchez Trace Parkway Communications Center received notification of a single motor vehicle accident near milepost 226.4 at the Highway 389 interchange, near Houston, MS. U.S. Park Rangers and Chickasaw County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the scene.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: BOISE - Daniel Andrew Mills, 41, of Jerome, Idaho, was convicted today by a federal jury in Boise for unlawful possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Mills was indicted on February 9, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: HONOLULU -- United States Attorney Florence T. Nakakuni (third from left in attached photo), Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent-in-Charge Joanna K. Ip (second from left), United States Marshal Gervin K. Miyamoto (fourth from left), Federal Bureau of Investigation Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Bertha Del Pilar Vargas, 48, and her husband, Martin Ayala, 45, both of Knoxville, Tenn., were sentenced on Oct. 26, 2016, by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Court Judge, for their participation in tax fraud and money laundering conspiracies. Vargas was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: DENVER - Acting United States Attorney Bob Troyer announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Jason St. Julien will lead the efforts of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After conviction at trial, a former resident of Allegheny County has been sentenced to 151 months imprisonment, followed by 10 years supervised release, on his convictions of Distribution and Possession of Material Depicting the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: We are pleased to announce that the winner of our Centennial Student Artwork Contest is Srujana Namburi from Mrs. Ingle’s fourth grade class at Valley Ridge Academy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Carol Casto announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Gabriele Wohl will lead the efforts of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Concord, New Hampshire - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice and Michael J. Ferguson, the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division, announced today that over 20 individuals recently were indicted in federal court in Concord in connection with their participation in heroin trafficking activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Twenty-four individuals have been charged with federal drug and gun charges as a result of an investigation spanning two states and three North Central West Virginia counties, according to United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Pennsylvania man was sentenced today on felony computer hacking charges related to his illegal access of over 100 Apple and Google e-mail accounts, including those belonging to members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez announced today that her office will lead the efforts of an Election Crimes Task Force in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 8, 2016, general elections. The task force includes Assistant...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Robert Twiss, age 58, of Earlton, New York, was charged yesterday with being a felon in unlawful possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two men were charged in federal court today, in separate but related cases, for their involvement in a marijuana-growing operation at a federal wildlife refuge in Howard County, Mo.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: As part of a year-long oversight investigation, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) today sent a letter to Labor Secretary Thomas Perez calling on the Department of Labor (DOL) to comply with repeated document requests relating to a draft joint employer investigatory tool for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that NISIKA WEST, age 36, of Kenner, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a three-count Indictment charging her with theft of public money.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that today in Federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced CHRISTOPHER A. MANN, 33, of Hampton, Virginia to 20 months imprisonment and ordered him to pay $940,460 in restitution...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2016
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ------ Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Da-Shun Curry a/k/a “Dae Dae," age 23, of Columbia, pleaded guilty in federal court to Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking, a violation of Title 18, U. S. C. §1956(a)(1). U.S. District Judge David Norton, Charleston, South Carolina, presided over the hearing.
