News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza has sentenced Angel N. Rodriguez (39, Miami) to four years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit access device (credit card) fraud. He pleaded guilty on May 18, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. --Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Juan Tamez Diaz, 41, Madison, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to four years in federal prison for tax fraud and identify theft. Tamez Diaz pleaded guilty to these charges on Dec. 22, 2016.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Eleven Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats today submitted public comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proposal to roll back net neutrality regulations stating that the proposal fundamentally and profoundly run counter to the law. The lawmakers wrote that the FCC’s proposal misstates the distinction Congress made in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 between telecommunications services and information services.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida- Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Anthony Sanchez (25, Bradenton) today pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute carfentanil and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of five years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Law Enforcement Investigating Bank Robbery in Aurora, Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Grady Riley, 42, Prescott, Wis., was sentenced on August 1 by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 120 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography. This prison term will be followed by 20 years of supervised release. Riley pleaded guilty to this charge on May 4, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: The former general manager of Volkswagen AG’s (VW) U.S. Environment and Engineering Office, who was a senior aide to VW’s head of engine development, pleaded guilty today for his role in violating the Clean Air Act in connection with VW’s sales of “clean diesel" vehicles in the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Demario Bernard Austin, 29, of Charlotte, was sentenced yesterday to 103 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for robbing a convenience store and a bank, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Law Enforcement Needs Your Help Identifying Aurora Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Vernon Stroman (40, St. Augustine) has pleaded guilty to violating the anti-kickback statute. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY), and Congressman Scott Peters (D-CA) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Elaine Duke today raising a series of questions following...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: FBI and Atlanta PD Announce Arrests in 2016 Underground Atlanta Homicide.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: The defendant discarded the firearm on school grounds.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: With the 115th Congress well underway, Republicans remain committed to advancing a strong, pro-growth agenda that will yield bigger paychecks, better jobs, and more opportunity for all Americans. And, at the top of the list is an overhaul of the broken U.S. tax code.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY), and Congressman Scott Peters (D-CA) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Elaine Duke today raising a series of questions following...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Eleven Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats today submitted public comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proposal to roll back net neutrality regulations stating that the proposal fundamentally and profoundly run counter to the law. The lawmakers wrote that the FCC’s proposal misstates the distinction Congress made in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 between telecommunications services and information services.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Wilfredo Sanio, 52, of Georgia, pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: CASPER, Wyo - The Bureau of Land Management encourages past adopters and owners of wild horses to enter the 8th annual wild horse competition at Wyoming Mustang Days, Aug. 15-19, at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Law Enforcement Needs Your Help Identifying Lakewood Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 50-year-old Calgary, Alberta, Canada, man has entered a guilty plea to using a false Israeli passport, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
