News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Giovanni Salmonson, 26, of Olean, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin, and being a felon in possession of a firearm before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $2,000,000 or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: Yesterday, Parveg Ahmed of Queens, New York, a United States citizen, was arrested on charges of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization. The defendant is scheduled to make his initial appearance this afternoon at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn before United States Magistrate Judge James Orenstein.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Farmingdale, New Jersey, man appeared in federal court today to face charges that he recently robbed TD Banks in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, and Wall, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Belenda Sandy (57, Buckhannon, West Virginia) to seven years and three months in federal prison for obstruction of justice. She pleaded guilty on May 26, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Mohammed Muniru Bichi, age 62, of Montreal, Canada, was sentenced today to time served (29 days in jail), followed by a 3-year period of supervised release, for attempting to illegally re-enter the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that Jalen Walking Eagle, age 22, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, was found guilty of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and First Degree Burglary following a federal trial in Rapid City, South Dakota. The jury returned their verdict on Aug. 24, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A retired United States Army colonel was arrested and charged today for conspiring to bribe senior officials of the Republic of Haiti, and to launder funds for that purpose, in connection with a planned $84 million port development project in that country.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Aug. 28, 2017, Vernon Valentino Pook Jr. was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland to serve 10 years in prison for Discharge of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. Judge Hovland also sentenced Pook Jr. to five years of supervised release and ordered him to pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims Fund.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: Due to potential tropical storm conditions, all visitor services and facilities at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial will be temporarily suspended starting at 12:00 pm on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Thomas J. Yazzie, Jr., 52, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation from Bloomfield, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 30 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for his conviction on an involuntary manslaughter charge.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested a Bay Area man Tuesday who is charged in a federal indictment with harboring illegal alien workers for commercial advantage or financial gain.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: Lane Michael Reed Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
Release: ALBANY, N.Y. -The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed the latest checkpoint screening technology equipment at three upstate New York airports-Adirondack Regional Airport, Massena International Airport and Ogdensburg International Airport.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Acting Commissioner Alan Mikkelsen announced that the Bureau of Reclamation has selected $20.9 million for 43 projects to water delivery efficiency improvements in the Western United States. When leveraged with non-Federal funding sources these projects will complete more than $101 million...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: For the third year, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is conducting an artwork contest to select an image for the front of the park’s Annual Park Entrance Pass. The focus of the contest centers around the Every Kid in a Park program, which has the central goal of connecting...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced today that Chief United States District Court Judge Brian A. Jackson has sentenced Ashford Harris, 33, formerly of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to serve over 14 years in prison following his convictions for federal drug and firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the owner of several Springfield, Mo., area restaurants was sentenced in federal court today for a more than $5.5 million bank fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that Jalen Walking Eagle, age 22, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, was found guilty of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and First Degree Burglary following a federal trial in Rapid City, South Dakota. The jury returned their verdict on Aug. 24, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
