News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: South Florida residents, including D’Angelo Figueroa, 21, of Port St. Lucie, Victoria Mia DeJesus, 20, of West Palm Beach, Jose Anibal Valentine, 22, of Latana, and Shay Jackson Flores, 26, of Orlando pleaded guilty in federal court for their involvement in a string of burglaries and robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Roneldo James, 28, of Pinon, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to eight years of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. James had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon. James committed the offense with his two brothers, Delfred Lee and Milfred James, who were previously sentenced to seven and six years of imprisonment, respectively, for their roles in the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 25-year-old man has been taken into custody for attempting to maliciously damage or destroy property receiving federal financial assistance, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Antonio Carr, 24, of Niagara Falls, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Larry June, 58, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a voluntary manslaughter charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, June will be sentenced to 97 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: Bakersfield, Calif. -Edward Padilla, 56, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for his embezzlement of union funds, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s July 2017 jobs report...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A previously convicted felon pleaded guilty today to his role in a violent carjacking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Williamson man was sentenced today to eight years and four months in federal prison for a heroin charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Jerome Anthony Smith, 42, previously pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
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By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Wayne County man who assisted others in distributing oxycodone in the Fort Gay area in 2015 and 2016 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Dennis Ransbottom, Jr., 32, entered his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are asking for a hearing on violent white supremacism following the domestic terrorist attack in Charlottesville that killed one woman and injured many others.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), Ambassador of Ukraine to the U.S., and XCoal all celebrated the first shipment of Pennsylvania thermal coal to Ukraine. The shipment will depart from the Port of Baltimore later this week and arrive in Ukraine in September.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Wednesday, Aug. 16, at 5:30 PM ET/2:30 PM PT, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) will deliver a speech at President Ronald Reagan’s Ranch in Santa Barbara, California, about how tax reform will directly improve the lives of all Americans. Chairman Brady will be joined by Ways and Means Committee Members Reps. Peter Roskam (R-IL), David Schweikert (R-AZ), and Carlos Curbelo (R-FL).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Eric Scott Barker, of Mount Clare, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 120 months incarceration for drug possession, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Roneldo James, 28, of Pinon, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to eight years of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. James had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon. James committed the offense with his two brothers, Delfred Lee and Milfred James, who were previously sentenced to seven and six years of imprisonment, respectively, for their roles in the offense.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: The Roosevelt-Vanderbilt-Van Buren National Historic Sites, in partnership with the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, present the 240th Military Police Battalion Organizational Day, on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, from 10:00am-4:00pm. This family oriented event is free to the public, and no pre-registration is required.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Adler, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, on July 28, 2017, Niagara County Probation Officers performed a home visit for a woman living at 1224 Niagara Avenue, Upper Apartment, in Niagara Falls. As they entered the residence, officers...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: Tammy Martin Admits to Producing Hundreds of Images of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RODNEY KINCAID, 36, formerly of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl and other controlled substances.
