News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Juneau, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that, yesterday, a Juneau man was arrested on a federal complaint and arraigned in federal court in Juneau for one count of production of child pornography, one count of enticement of a minor using the internet, and one count each of receipt and possession of child pornography.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against K & A Produce.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Defendant Accused of Billing D.C. Medicaid for Supplies That Were Not Provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Defendants Four of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Enabled theft ring of high-end purses, vacuum cleaners, electronics, gift cards and power tools.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A former supervisory deputy jailer at an Eastern Kentucky detention center has been convicted by a jury of federal charges related to his role in an unprovoked violent assault of a detainee.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
Release: ABILENE, Texas - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed the latest checkpoint screening technology at Abilene Regional Airport (ABI).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Waldemar Pabon, 29, of Lackawanna, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, crack cocaine within 1000 feet of a public housing authority before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 80 years in prison, a fine of $10,000,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of armed bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb announced today that, due to the recent approval of the settlement between the Town of Dudley and the Islamic Society of Greater Worcester, his office is closing the investigation into whether the Town of Dudley violated a federal civil rights law that protects against religious discrimination.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Ellensburg, Wash. -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has fully opened all the campsites at its Big Pines recreation site within the Yakima River Canyon. The partial closure happens every winter due to reduced off-season staffing and lower visitor use. The closure also reduces the amount of maintenance needed at the site. All the campsites at BLM's Umtanum, Lmuma Creek and Roza recreation sites continue to remain open during the off-season.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Daniel Henriksen, 29, from Elgin, Iowa, has been charged with one count of possessing a firearm while an unlawful user of marijuana. The charge is contained in a complaint unsealed today in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A 46-year-old woman has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of receipt of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Tracey Lynn Bautista pleaded guilty Jan. 26, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Emeka H. Chijioke, 40, formerly of Atlanta, Ga., and Nigeria, has been indicted on charges alleging that he schemed to defraud the District of Columbia’s Medicaid program out of more than $2 million.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management announced nominations are open for positions on 36 Resource Advisory Councils including the BLM Colorado Southwest Resource Advisory Council. Nominations will be considered through May 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Feng Yang Chen, 41, LiangLiang Guo, 31, and Cheng Qi Li, 28, all of Flushing, NY, with conspiracy to violate the Mann Act and the Travel Act related to the operation...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Hanover Township Man Indicted for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement on the Secretary of Education’s decision to halt Obama-era reforms that included new consumer protections for borrowers and improvements to the quality of federal loan servicing.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: City Council Member Also Charged with Federal Program Fraud, Extortion, and Witness Tampering.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2017
News Release: Kentucky Deputy Jailer Convicted by Jury of Assault of Inmate and Obstruction of Justice.
