News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Washington, New Jersey, man with coercing a girl to produce sexually explicit images of herself and with stalking and threatening another girl, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today delivered the following opening statement at a full Committee markup of H.Res. 186.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of filing a false U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Columbia, Mo., man who was involved in a shooting at a local gas station has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 37-year-old Mercedes resident has been ordered to federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute approximately 84 kilograms of cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Martin Perez pleaded guilty March 31, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Yesterday, ROBERT JORDAN CHILES, 32, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced by United States District Judge Stephen P. Friot to serve 30 months in federal prison for buying over $41,000 of postage stamps with checks backed by insufficient funds, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: UPDATE. The defendant in this case, Sykebia Stewart, withrew her plea on April 16, 2018 before Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh. MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sykebia Stewart, of Dundalk, Maryland, was convicted today in federal court for aiding in the distribution of heroin, Acting United States...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region has selected Travis Aberle as the Assistant Regional Director for Business Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - As part of an investigation stemming from a multi-kilogram narcotics seizure at Los Angeles International Airport last month, two men have been named in a federal criminal complaint that alleges they were key operatives in a drug trafficking organization that shipped cocaine and heroin from Los Angeles to Detroit.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: In Del Rio today, a federal judge sentenced 42-year-old Guillermo Rodriguez-Sanchez to 151 months in federal prison for importation of cocaine and heroin, announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden, San Antonio Division; and, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Jamie Villono, of Sistersville, West Virginia, was indicted by a grand jury today for illegal possession and transporting of stolen firearms, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio, 54-year-old Muhammad Jaffer Ali was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for his leadership role in a synthetic marijuana distribution scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement regarding the American Health Care Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - At a hearing on the U.S. partnership with the European Union to deter Russian aggression in Europe, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sought continued cooperation with the EU in response to Moscow’s destabilizing activities, including threats to European elections this year.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Pinedale Field Office Ranger Cody Martin is requesting assistance to identify the subject(s) responsible for a large dump site on public land near the Rocky Mountain Power Chimney Butte Substation and Calpet Road in southwest Sublette County. Based on the size of the dump site, illegal dumping has been taking place for months or years.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today applauded a number of positive changes announced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the Medicare Advantage (MA) program and issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - William A. Dennis (56, Port Richey) pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiring with others to threaten, intimidate, and interfere with an interracial couple’s enjoyment of their housing rights, announced Acting U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow and Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Six area home health care workers and patients were charged with making false statements to Medicaid regarding home healthcare services that were neither received nor provided. All of the Indictments involve allegations that the defendants made false statements in Medicaid timesheets...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two associates of the DeCavalcante organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra were sentenced today to prison terms for their roles in distributing more than 500 grams of cocaine, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
