News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Two men made their initial appearances today in federal court for bank fraud charges arising from a real estate scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steve W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced on Aug. 2, 2017, to more than 15 years in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Following a recent joint statement by the tax principals in the Senate, House and administration that highlighted the importance of overhauling our nation’s tax code, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) this week reiterated to Reuters the importance of working through each of the tax-writing...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Perseid Meteor Shower Party at Brandy Creek Beach.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today welcomed unanimous Senate confirmation of his committee’s Staff Director, Chris Campbell, to serve as U.S. Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 62-year-old North Texas man pleaded guilty Thursday to federal violations of conspiring to smuggle and illegally export to China and Russia circuits used in space and military programs.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: EL CAJON, Calif. - Representatives from the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), along with tribal leaders and members of other federal and state law enforcement agencies, participated in a first-ever cultural heritage symposium Thursday aimed at bolstering joint efforts to combat the looting of artifacts from tribal lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - Twenty-six suspected drug traffickers with ties to East Alabama were arrested in a joint federal, state, and local narcotics investigation, announced A. Clark Morris, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Thirteen suspects were arrested on federal narcotics and money laundering charges. An additional thirteen suspects were arrested on state narcotics charges.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
Release: It’s grilling season here in the United States, but consumers in Thailand are also getting a taste of American-style burgers with all the fixings, thanks to the efforts of the FAS Office of Agricultural Affairs in Bangkok.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Special Agents with the NPS Investigative Services Branch (ISB) have identified the two individuals involved in the hit-and-run incident of July 29 in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The investigation is ongoing, and investigators are asking anyone who may have observed the motorcyclists driving along Little River Road to contact us.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Savannah, GA- Eugene Allen (aka “Poncho"), 41, who is currently serving a life sentence for murder, was one of 20 defendants indicted earlier this week by a federal grand jury sitting in Savannah, Georgia for allegedly operating a drug trafficking organization in Chatham County and elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PAUL MCNEARY, age 34, of New Orleans, and OSCAR GUEVARA-MARTIN, age 35, of Lake Charles, were sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman who forged a court order to get another inmate released from prison, pleaded guilty in federal court today to obstruction of justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced today to two years and nine months in federal prison for a gun charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Re’Shaun Lamonte Wilborne, 31, previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - The last of six defendants was sentenced this week for conspiring to distribute heroin and other drug-related charges. The sentences were announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., returned a verdict yesterday afternoon finding Colorado Springs, Colo., resident Leroy Tchod Cameron Ravenell, 28, guilty on a cocaine trafficking charge after a three-day trial. Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney, Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy of the DEA’s El Paso Division and Chief Patrol Agent Jeffrey D. Self of the U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector announced the verdict.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of an indictment charging Miguel Jiminez Borda (38) and Alejandra Maria Mayo (34), both of Naples, with two counts of attempting to smuggle firearms from the United States to Bolivia. If convicted, each faces ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a man from Youngsville was sentenced to 96 months in prison for receiving sexually explicit material from a minor and then asking her travel to Louisiana.
By State Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, held a news conference with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) after committee passage of their legislation that demands the Palestinian Authority end its policy of compensating terrorists. The Taylor Force ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Aug. 3, 2017 - Maurice Donnell Williams, aka Reecy, 23, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court, to 18 years in prison, for gun and drug crimes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jack Smith of the Middle District of Tennessee.
