News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Savannah, GA - Preston Q. Howard, 49, of Wright City, Missouri, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury in Savannah for transmitting threats in interstate commerce to members of the Islamic Society of Augusta, Georgia. Today, Howard was arrested on those charges, the indictment against him was unsealed, and he will make an initial appearance before a federal magistrate judge in Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas man, Stephen Christopher Plunkett, 42, was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 114 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $10,220 in restitution for committing three bank robberies, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in March 2014, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that a draft commercial air tour management agreement for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument is available for public review. The agreement will guide how the NPS, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and commercial...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos and Dr. Johnson...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Reiterates Support for Opening 1002 Area and Tax Reform During Conferee Meeting
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today the guilty pleas in three cybercrime cases. In the District of Alaska, defendants pleaded guilty to creating and operating two botnets, which targeted “Internet of Things" (IoT) devices, and in the District of New Jersey, one of the defendants also pleaded guilty to launching a cyber attack on the Rutgers University computer network.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Robert F. Stout (51) and Kasey N. Riley, a/k/a Kasey Stout (33), to 18 months’ imprisonment and 12 months of home detention, respectively, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and copyright infringement relating to the sale of illegal activation keys for Microsoft products. As a part of their sentences, the Court also ordered them to pay $1,480,227, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration and local law enforcement authorities today took into custody seven defendants linked to a drug-distribution ring that operated out of Van Nuys and used a fleet of cars and a staff of drivers to make rapid deliveries - primarily of heroin - in response to phone orders.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A former official for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and an accountant for a private accounting firm were indicted today for their roles in a bribery scheme involving a government contract, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steve W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg said today that because of the Trump Administration’s energy policies, “We have reason to be optimistic about coal.".
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm has sentenced a woman who defrauded her former employer, a Bloomington, Ill., landscaping business, of more than $1,000,000. Yesterday afternoon, Dec. 12, Judge Mihm ordered that Tina Cozart, 55, formerly of Carlock, Ill., serve 42 months in federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Robert F. Stout (51) and Kasey N. Riley, a/k/a Kasey Stout (33), to 18 months’ imprisonment and 12 months of home detention, respectively, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and copyright infringement relating to the sale of illegal activation keys for Microsoft products. As a part of their sentences, the Court also ordered them to pay $1,480,227, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - An Elkview man who transported methamphetamine from Georgia to West Virginia was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Randy George Vance, 59, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Shreveport felon pleaded guilty to possessing a revolver.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ERWIN J. MIERISCH, JR., age 49, of Nicaragua, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment charging him with violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Juan David Monzon Tejada, age 29, and a citizen of El Salvador, pled guilty today to illegal re-entry into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating the federal firearms and drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Did not pay nearly $400,000 in employment taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh and charged with violations of federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JOHN RODRIGUEZ, 37, of West Haven, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday in Bridgeport federal court to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, heroin.
