News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Murietta man has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to enticing a girl who lived in the Seattle area to engage in sexually explicit activity that resulted in the production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On July 28, 2017heather Jean Reekr, Hubert Theodore Carter, III, 35, from Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 27 months in prison for bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Carter was ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - The United States Attorney’s Office will join law enforcement and community leaders on Tuesday, Aug. 1, in Bridgeport, Clarksburg, Martinsburg, and Wheeling as part of the annual National Night Out crime and drug prevention event, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tom Begaye, Jr., 28, entered a guilty plea this afternoon to a six-count indictment charging him with murder, aggravated sexual abuse and kidnapping offenses arising out of the abduction and murder of an 11-year-old Navajo child on May 2, 2016. Begaye entered the guilty plea under a plea agreement that requires the imposition of a mandatory term of life imprisonment without the possibility of release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: On July 27, 2017, Colty T. Peak, 32, of Red Bud, was sentenced to federal prison for a methamphetamine offense, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: Guilty Plea Contemplates Sentence of Life Imprisonment without the Possibility of Release; Prosecution Pursued under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: Park River Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distribution of a Controlled Substance Analogue Resulting in Death.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 27-year-old Laredoan has entered a guilty plea for his role in recruiting and leading a firearms smuggling ring, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Ashley Attson, 23, of Chinle, Ariz., an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David C. Campbell to 20 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for killing her 17-month-old daughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: Husband is a Former Parkland Hospital Employee and Wife is a Former Nurse at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas - Used Info toSolicit Patients for Their Home Health Agency.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Al Franken (D-MN), and Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Bobby Scott (D-VA), introduced the Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act to crack down on employers who unfairly withhold wages from their employees. This...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Two Kansans were sentenced Thursday for operating a synthetic drug business that generated $16 million in sales in less than two years, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service is seeking public comment on a proposal to raise individual and motorcycle entrance fees in 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: The frenzy for buying a $10 senior pass before the price increases on August 28 has created a shortage of passes available in the Albany Capital District. In order to meet requirements set by legislation passed by Congress in December 2016, the price of the America the Beautiful-National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Senior Pass will increase from $10 to $80. Parks are encouraging people to call ahead to make sure passes are in stock.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - On July 27, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Duane E. Griffin, 35, of Scotia, New York with arson, announced Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, and Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) New York Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Cumberland, R.I., man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for participating in a bi-coastal conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine through the United States mail.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced the U.S.-Cuba Trade Act of 2017 to repeal outdated sanctions on Cuba and establish normal trade relations with the island nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The United States late yesterday filed a complaint in intervention against the City of Los Angeles and the CRA/LA (formerly the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles) alleging that together they fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in housing grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by falsely certifying that the money was being spent in compliance with federal accessibility laws.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, Aug. 12, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will provide a 45 minute program exploring Principal Chief John Ross’s struggle to keep the Cherokee Nation’s ancestral homeland within its control. This program will be conducted in partnership with...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2017
News Release: An Akron man was indicted on federal firearms charges.
