News from April 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: In movies and television, computers can quickly identify a person in a crowded arena from tiny, grainy video images. But that is often not the reality when it comes to identifying bank robbery perpetrators from security camera video, detecting terrorism suspects in a crowded railway station, or finding desired individuals when searching video archives.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - - Alfredo Beltran Leyva, also known as “Mochomo," one of the leaders of the Beltran Leyva Organization, a Mexican drug-trafficking cartel responsible for importing multi-ton quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine into the United States, was sentenced today to life in prison for his participation in an international narcotics trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that former St. Tammany Parish District Attorney WALTER P. REED, age 70, and his son STEVEN P. REED, age 45, both of Covington, were sentenced today after being convicted by a federal jury in May of 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joseph Kurowski, 24, of Cheektowaga, NY, who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This morning, Chief U.S. District Judge M. Christina Armijo sentenced Davon Lymon, 36, of Albuquerque, N.M., for his conviction in one of his two federal cases. Lymon was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on two...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Wei Xiang, who handled the sentencing, stated that the defendants were associates of a gang known as the Loiza Boys, which has been distributing heroin and cocaine on Buffalo’s West Side since at least 2006.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr., District Attorney for the County of Westchester, and William F. Sweeney, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Alejandro E. Mayendía-Blanco was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Francisco A. Besosa to serve 21 months of imprisonment for mortgage fraud, five years of supervised release, a fine of $50,000, and an order for restitution of $98,666, announced United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. Mayendía-Blanco had plead guilty on Aug. 12, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - William Colbert, 38, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court to bank robbery charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Colbert will be sentenced within the range of 41 to 51 months in federal prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Clark D. East (59, Sugarland, TX) has pleaded guilty to embezzlement from a bankruptcy estate. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: Defendant One of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as a Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after President Donald Trump removed chief White House strategist Steve Bannon from his role on the National Security Council (NSC):
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Lawrenceville, New Jersey, man today admitted paying a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct and stream it online, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -- In a new, collaborative effort, Utah federal, state and local government officials established the Financial Fraud Institute and will hold two separate multi-agency seminars designed to educate Utah investors and consumers on how to recognize and avoid financial and consumer fraud, announced U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Regional Director Richard R. Best and U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah John W. Huber.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: At 2 pm, on Saturday, April 22, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to attend a special 2 hour car caravan tour of Chickamauga Battlefield exploring the battle’s sensory history. Please remember to dress appropriately for weather conditions and to bring a bottle of water.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -A Newport News man pleaded guilty today to two counts of production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that WILLIAM HENRY CRAIG, age 27, of Wagoner, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 37 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for two counts of POSSESSION OF AN UNREGISTERED FIREARM, in violation...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - Acting United States W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Clark D. East (59, Sugarland, TX) has pleaded guilty to embezzlement from a bankruptcy estate. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A New York City man pleaded guilty today to illegally harvesting and trafficking more than $150,000 worth of juvenile American eels, aka “elvers" or “glass eels," in violation of the Lacey Act.
