News from April 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Paterson, New Jersey, man appeared in federal court today to face charges that he attempted to rob a Paterson residence while dressed in a Passaic County Sheriff’s uniform and wielding a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Acker, 34, of Cheektowaga, N.Y., who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 36 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,887,580 visitors to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park in 2016 spent $159,195,500 in communities near the park. That spending supported 1,917 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $199,923,400.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler has announced that his office will honor two law enforcement agents with a Distinguished Service Award. The presentation will take place at the South Dakota Police Chiefs’ Association and South Dakota Sheriffs’ Association Spring Conference at The Lodge in Deadwood on April 19, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: FARGO - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on April 20, 2017, Anthony Donte Collier, aka Koleone the Great, 29, Illinois, was found guilty following an 11 ½ day jury trial of Conspiracy to Engage in Sex Trafficking, Sex Trafficking of a Child, and four (4) Counts of Sex Trafficking.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today announced a hearing for Thursday, April 27, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Outdoor Recreation: Vast Impact of the Great Outdoors."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Michael Thomas Smith, 47, of Cedar Hill, MO, the former Chief of Police of Byrnes Mill, Missouri, was indicted on four counts of wire fraud as part of a scheme to steal from criminal suspects and defraud Byrnes Mill and Jefferson County of his honest services.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: Ryan A. Jacklin, 25, of Centralia, Illinois, was indicted on April 19, 2017, on methamphetamine and firearm related charges in a four count indictment returned by a federal grand jury, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 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 Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz announced he would not seek re-election in 2018...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: Gettysburg, Pa. - Doors Open Gettysburg offers an insider’s look into the preservation of many of Gettysburg National Military Park’s magnificent historic buildings. This free event is held during National Historic Preservation Month in cities and towns throughout the U.S. and internationally.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Five people have been indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Wheeling on April 4, 2017 on methamphetamine distribution charges, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – After a detailed records search, it was determined that Juan Manuel Montes-Bojorquez was approved for DACA starting in 2014 and had a DACA expiration date of Jan. 25, 2018. However, Mr. Montes-Bojorquez lost his DACA ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Mexican Attorney General Raúl Cervantes Andrade released the following statement on the arrest of Tomas Yarrington: “The detention of Mexican ex-Governor Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, on April 9, 2017, in Florence, Italy, was the result of law enforcement cooperation between Mexican, Italian and U.S. authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: Terrence J. McNeil, 24, of Akron, Ohio, pleaded guilty to five counts of solicitation to commit a crime of violence and five counts of making threatening interstate communications involving his soliciting the murder of members of the U.S. military.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: A Nassau County, New York return preparer pleaded guilty today to filing fraudulent tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. for the Western District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that Severiano Martinez-Rojas, also known as “Negro” and “Gato,” of Tenancingo, Tlaxcala, Mexico, has pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of sex trafficking and admitted his participation in the sex trafficking of three victims. “The defendants preyed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, returned an indictment on Feb. 23, which was unsealed today, charging three Broward County return preparers with conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: A federal judge yesterday found that the Town of Colorado City and the City of Hildale engaged in a decades-long pattern or practice of police misconduct and housing discrimination, and ordered expansive relief to remedy the violations and prevent further violations in the future, announced the Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. (Princess) was sentenced to pay a $40 million penalty – the largest-ever for crimes involving deliberate vessel pollution – related to illegal dumping overboard of oil contaminated waste and falsification of official logs in order to conceal the discharges, announced Acting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2017
News Release: A New York City man pleaded guilty today to making illegal political contributions in the names of others to campaign committees for U.S. President and U.S. Senate in 2011, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
