News from April 2017

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ian D. Goolsby, 40, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted after a jury trial of possession of heroin with intent to distribute; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; possession of a firearm and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-On Tuesday, April 25, 2017, Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Douglas A. Leff, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office, presented Ms. Yorelys Rivera of non-profit organization “Iniciativa Comunitaria de Investigación (ICI), Inc." (Community Initiative of Investigation...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Second Indian National Pleads Guilty for Role in Multi-Million Dollar India-Based Call Center Scam Targeting U.S. Victims.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Epati Malauulu, 42, of Suisun City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 20 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: 2016 FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award Recipient.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Tax Preparation Business Owner Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following today’s tax reform announcement by the Trump Administration, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) issued the following joint statement...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Charles Ray Bartkowiak, 34, of Hayden, Idaho, pleaded guilty on April 25, 2017, to Bank Robbery, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael M. Gonzalez, Jr. announced. Bartkowiak was indicted by a federal grand Jury in Coeur d’Alene on Dec. 13, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CAREEM BENTLEY, also known as “C-Lows," 33, of Bridgeport, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with heroin distribution offenses. The charges stem from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or serious injury to users.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Sean R. Berry wants to encourage the public to participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Takeback Day on Saturday, April 29, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: At approximately 11:45 am today (4/26) notification was received by Buffalo National River dispatch two persons were in danger in the park’s Upper District near Kyles Landing in Newton County (between Ponca and Erbie). One was reported safe on an upstream island, but without means of reaching either shore. The other was in the river downstream from Kyles Landing.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Former New York Resident Pleads Guilty to Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ian D. Goolsby, 40, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted after a jury trial of possession of heroin with intent to distribute; possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; possession of a firearm and...
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Syria After the Missile Strikes: Policy Options.".

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: APR 26 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Harry Stewart, also known as “P," 34, of New London, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: NIST has been granted a patent for technology that may hasten the advent of a long-awaited new generation of high-performance, low-energy computers.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JUSTIN BROWN, age 30, and JOSHUA CARTHON, age 32, both of New Orleans, pled guilty today to interstate transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises. Additionally, co-defendant, ANWAR ABDELMAJID-AHMAD, a/k/a Tony, age 29, of Gretna, pled guilty to conspiracy to traffic in contraband cigarettes, conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 1 kilogram or more of heroin, and federal firearms violations.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Jennifer Dismukes, D.O., has agreed to pay $60,000.00 to settle civil penalty claims stemming from allegations that she violated the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 and the regulations promulgated under that Act, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Canadian man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to traffic 100 kilograms of cocaine from Chicago to New Jersey and then on to Canada, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: MIAMI - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested 76 criminal aliens last week in an enforcement action targeting individuals who pose a threat to public safety. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers made the arrests across the state of Florida.