News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Joshua D. Chapman-Sexton, 31, of Buckeye Lake, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 292 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for receiving and possessing child pornography while on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Two long-time IRS employees pleaded guilty today to aiding others in the preparation of false tax returns, and making their own fraudulent tax returns as an employee of the United States, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: Fentanyl use resulted in one death and three non-fatal overdoses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Gerson Gonzalez Tovar, 25, who was living in Mesquite, Texas, was sentenced this afternoon before U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade after pleading guilty in March 2017 to one count of production of child pornography, announced John Parker, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: The attached provides information about fires in Glacier National Park and surrounding areas.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are teaming up with law enforcement partners and security and industry experts in New York to strengthen global partnerships against intellectual property (IP) crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: Terry J. Ellis, 77, of Lima, was charged via criminal information with making a false report to a bank, said Justin E. Herdman, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that JOHN CARL BERRYHILL, age 53, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, pled guilty to POSSESSION OF CERTAIN MATERIAL INVOLVING THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(4)(B) and 2252(b)(2), punishable by a minimum of 10 years to 20 years imprisonment, and up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: Mesa Verde Voices, a podcast series connecting the experiences of people from the past with the people of today, launches on Sept. 1, 2017. Mesa Verde National Park, Mesa Verde Museum Association, KSJD public radio and Mesa Verde Country Tourism Bureau collaborated to produce the pilot season. The...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: The House is scheduled to consider an Appropriations package next week made up of the eight spending bills that were not part of the July ‘security minibus.’.
By State Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: Chairman Royce and delegation visit President Moon at the Blue House.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: Hispanic Student Enrollment Doubles in Last 20 Years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that John Christopher Walcutt (40, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to falsifying patient progress notes of children with autism and other behavioral health issues, in response to a federal audit. He faces a maximum term of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. - Sullivan County was recognized today as the newest county in east Tennessee to become a member of the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). U.S. Attorney Nancy Stallard Harr, along with Second Judicial District Attorney Barry Staubus and Appalachia HIDTA Tennessee State Coordinator Joel Reece, made this announcement at a press conference in Blountville.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jason M. Lutz, 39, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Lutz will be sentenced to 100 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that UMAIR HAMID was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for his role in an international diploma mill scheme operated through the Pakistani company Axact. HAMID pled guilty on April 6, 2017, to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. HAMID entered the guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams, who imposed today’s sentence.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 160,020 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: Calvin Starks, 23, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for series of federal crimes including using a firearm to commit a crime of violence resulting in death; conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and extortion; and conspiracy to tamper with a witness, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jack Smith of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Sherri Walker Hobson (619) 961-0287.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2017
News Release: Charges Include Methamphetamine And Heroin Distribution.
