News from April 2017
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: The Fifth Annual Law Day Yosemite will be held this year from 10:00 am until Noon, Friday, April 28, 2017, at Half Dome Village (formerly Curry village) in Yosemite Valley. It is open to the public. Entrance fees will be waived for attendees.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Billy J. Williams, United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, invites all community members to participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 29, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man today admitted filing false tax returns and structuring cash payments to avoid reporting requirements, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Christy Goldsmith Romero, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Report shows visitor spending supports 244 jobs in local economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Yaowapha Ritdet, a Ukiah, California, restaurateur, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for corruptly endeavoring to obstruct the internal revenue laws and harboring illegal aliens for profit, announced U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man who was arrested yesterday while robbing a Wells Fargo Bank made his initial appearance today in federal court, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Casidus Carr, 31, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of being a felon-in-possession of a gun, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing on the 2017 tax filing season. I would also like to thank all the witnesses for being here today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - An Indian national pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering for his role in liquidating and laundering victim payments generated through various telephone fraud and money laundering schemes via India-based call centers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Indianapolis - Josh J. Minkler, United States Attorney, announced today that Bradley J. Hancock, 33 of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced immediately following his plea of guilty to one count of Receipt of Sexually Explicit Material Involving Minors to 84 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young. This case was the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Safe Streets Task Force and Evansville Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announced that James Wesley Peterson, 32, of Kiln, Mississippi, was sentenced to 204 months (17 years) in prison for traveling across state lines with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, and committing a felony...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal jury on Tuesday convicted a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves for fraudulently supplying hundreds of thousands of Chinese-produced baseball caps and backpacks to the Army Recruiting Command, despite receiving millions of dollars under contracts stating the items “MUST BE 100 % U.S. MADE.".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEFFREY HOUSTON, 30, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 90 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a violent kidnapping and jewelry store robbery in April 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A former dispatch supervisor for the Chicago Police Department was sentenced today to more than three years in prison for providing government information to her boyfriend in an effort to help smuggle contraband into Cook County Jail.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Social Security Administration Security Guard Alleged to Have Assaulted a Member of the Public and Made False Statements as Part of a Cover-Up.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: CLEVELAND, Ohio - An Akron man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for selling Fentanyl that had been obtained from China, and resulted in a fatal overdose. Acting U.S. Attorney David A. Sierleja, and Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Detroit Field Division, Timothy J. Plancon, made the announcement today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Spanaway, Washington, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of False Claims against the United States, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 26, 2017
News Release: Tumacácori National Historical Park will join the state of Sonora, Mexico in celebrating the life and missions of Father Eusebio Francisco Kino as part of the Mexican state’s annual Festival Kino. In its sixth year in Arizona, the Kino Festival has been an annual event in Sonora since 1967. Beginning...
