News from August 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON - Today, David Pekoske was officially sworn in as the seventh administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Elaine Duke welcomed Administrator Pekoske, who took the oath in a ceremony held at Department of Homeland Security Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Francisco Garcia-Puentes, age 23, of Mexico, was indicted on August 9, 2017, by a federal grand jury with being an alien in possession of firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Richard M. Squires, 58, of Endicott, New York, pled guilty today to Exploitation of a Child, Receiving Child Pornography, and Possession of Child Pornography in Federal Court in Binghamton, New York, announced Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office Vadim D. Thomas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Loren Lloyd Wauneka, 37, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation from Window Rock, Ariz., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on federal firearms and burglary charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Olufemi Wilfred Williams, of Owings Mills, Maryland, to four years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit money laundering arising from a scheme to defraud vulnerable victims of millions of dollars. Judge Grimm also ordered Williams to forfeit and pay restitution of more than $375,000. Williams previously pleaded guilty to the charge on Feb. 21, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that AVANEESH KRISHNAMOORTHY, who worked as a vice president and risk management specialist for a Manhattan-based investment bank (the “Investment Bank"), pled guilty earlier today to a criminal Information...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with a $4 million bank fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Richard M. Squires Made Images of Young Female Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Defendant Ran Pain Management Practice in Southeast Washington.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), concluded a wild burro bait and water trap gather on the Marietta Wild Burro Range (MWBR) in Mineral County, Nevada on Friday, August 4. The BLM gathered 129 wild burros within and outside the MWBR.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Norman, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a wild horse and burro adoption event in Girard, Kan., on Aug. 25-26, 2017. The two-day event at the Crawford County Fairgrounds will feature dozens of outstanding animals. The event will take place from noon - 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 25, and 8 a.m. - noon on Saturday, Aug. 26. The BLM will offer animals for the adoption fee of $125 (set by law).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that three individuals have pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Conspiracy Involving Theft by Employees of a Gaming Establishment on Indian Land.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Johnnie Jahill Wilkerson, age 30, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on August 9, 2017, by a federal grand jury for possessing a firearm and ammunition after having been convicted of a felony and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Prosecutors in the Northern District of Texas have wrapped up what is believed to be the largest prosecution in the nation’s history of individuals connected to violent white supremacist gangs, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - JESSE MICHAEL O’DAY, 23, of Norman, Oklahoma, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for bank robbery, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio this afternoon, a federal judge sentenced Joseph P. Karpowicz, 48-year-old former Chief Financial Officer for Presidio Title (Presidio), to 30 months in federal prison for stealing over $367,000 from the San Antonio real estate title company announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact and Failure to Appear was sentenced on August 9, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on July 31, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Charles Sampson, 61, of Chester, PA, was sentenced today to 87 months in prison attempting to rob a postal employee with a dangerous weapon at the Chester Post Office post offices. Sampson pleaded guilty on March 6, 2017. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg ordered three years of supervised release and a $100 special assessment.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
Release: CLEVELAND - Transportation Security Administration officers prevented a passenger from bringing a handgun aboard an airplane at a Cleveland Hopkins International Airport checkpoint Aug. 9.
