News from September 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Teofila Sanchez-Chavez, 30, of Houston, Texas, Jose Christian Nunez-Belmonte, 32, of Byram, and Marcus Shelby, 34, of Jackson, have been charged in a federal indictment with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride and possession with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Shavar Spence, a/k/a “Veezy," 32, of Savannah, Georgia, was sentenced earlier this week by Chief U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to serve 262 months in federal prison for trafficking drugs and unlawfully possessing firearms. After Spence completes his nearly 22-year prison term, he will be supervised by the United States Probation Office for an additional five years. Parole has been abolished in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Seven individuals have been charged in a multi-count federal drug indictment charging conspiracy and possession with the intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride, commonly known as cocaine "powder", and cocaine base, commonly known as "crack", announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: POCATELLO - Michael William Martindale, 27, of Ammon, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Martindale was indicted by a federal grand Jury in Pocatello on Aug. 25, 2015.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House voted 287 to 124 to pass the Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act (H.R. 5719). This bipartisan, bicameral legislation will promote innovation and entrepreneurship and support America’s small startup businesses. Sponsored by Ways and Means Member Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN), the legislation encourages employee ownership in startup companies by making it easier for employees at all levels to use their stock options.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that ISSAC YEBOAH, age 30, of Grand Prairie, Texas, pled guilty to BANK FRAUD, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1344(2) and 2 and UNLAWFUL TRANSFER, POSSESSION OR USE OF A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1028(a)(7) and 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - The owner of a transportation company that bused Chicago public school students spent corporate money to purchase and renovate a $500,000 home in the city’s Oakland neighborhood and illegally deducted the funds in U.S. tax filings, according to a federal indictment unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Camden man pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking of a minor, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Romanian citizen was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for orchestrating an international hacking scheme targeting retailers, security companies, medical offices and individuals in the United States, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: In Del Rio, a jury convicted 48-year-old ringleader Eduardo Hinojosa (aka “Lalo"), a U.S. Citizen residing in Piedras Negras, Mexico, of attempting to smuggle firearms and an assortment of ammunition from the U.S. into Mexico announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: CINCINNATI - Martell A. Lowry, 27, of Cincinnati, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 144 months in prison for production of child pornography and coercion and enticement. The sentence also calls for him to be under court supervision for the rest of his life.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Darrin Landes pled guilty to wire fraud charges involving his scheme to sell sporting event tickets, but not delivering them to the purchasers after they sent payment to him.
By State Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tonight the House of Representatives passed Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce’s (R-CA) Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act (H.R. 5931). The legislation prohibits future cash payments to Iran - period.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - A couple arrested earlier this year after a traffic stop in Carson County, Texas, and then found to have 3,825 grams of heroin in bundles in a suitcase in the cargo section of their vehicle, have been sentenced, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: POCATELLO - Joseph Edison McNutt, 35, of American Falls, Idaho pleaded guilty today to unlawful possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. McNutt was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 22, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIELLE FAUX, 48, of Weston, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of obstruction of a federal audit, and one count of making false statement on a federal income tax return.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today issued the following statement.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today received testimony on 21 measures that are broadly focused on public lands, natural hazards, conservation, and reforms to the monument designation process during a legislative hearing she called as Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: The Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today announced that Friday’s hearing has been postponed.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Second Degree Murder, Using and Carrying a Firearm During and In Relation to a Crime of Violence, and Witness Tampering.
