News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A north suburban man who was free on bond while awaiting trial in a federal child pornography case has been arrested for allegedly furnishing sexually explicit images of children to an undercover law enforcement agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division (the “DEA"), and Charles Gardner, Yonkers Police Department Commissioner (the “YPD"), announced today the arrest of ANSLEY...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Harrison, AR: Around midday on Sunday (12/10) two separate fires were reported along Arkansas Highway 21 on the north side of Boxley Valley, involving a combination of private and national park lands. The Whitley Fire is currently estimated at 50 acres and the Edgeman Fire is estimated to be 15 acres.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announces that Christina E. Nolan will be formally sworn in as United States Attorney on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. in the Fifth Floor Courtroom of the United States Courthouse, 11 Elmwood Avenue, Burlington, Vermont.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: JASPER, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Carl Cannon Inc., an automobile dealership, for serious safety violations after three employees died and two were injured at its Jasper facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: A man who led a long-running heroin distribution organization in Cedar Rapids known by customers as “We the Best" was convicted by a jury today, after a five-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - On Friday, December 8, 2017, Dr. Shepherd A. Odom, 78, of Alexander City, Alabama, pleaded guilty to charges of drug distribution and conspiracy to commit money laundering, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Dr. Odom’s guilty plea was a part of the ongoing investigation and prosecution of those involved in operating a “pill mill" through the Family Practice medical office located at 4143 Atlanta Highway in Montgomery, Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Anthony Estrada, 24, of Las Cruces, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a felony information charging him with using interstate communications to threaten the lives and safety of children at a Las Cruces public elementary school.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kevin Marquette Bellinger, a federal inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, was sentenced today to life in prison for murdering another inmate, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: FBI Atlanta’s Athens Resident Agency, Along with Athens-Clarke County PD, Conyers PD, Seeking Information on Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: This evening, the House passed H.R. 1730, the “Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act," by a vote of 402-2. This bill would extend protections under current federal law for “religious real property." Currently, Section 247 of the Federal Criminal Code prohibits both the damaging of religious property because of the property’s religious character and the intentional obstruction - by force or threats of force - of anyone’s exercise of religious beliefs.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON - There isn’t a spare seat to be had on any airline. But you booked early, got a good fare, and you are genuinely excited about your trip. Before you get buckled into that middle seat on the aircraft, you and your belongings are going to need to get through the Transportation Security Administration’s security screening process. Below are the top five tips to make your holiday trip through the checkpoint go smoothly.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced today that Resit Tavan, age 40, of Istanbul, Turkey, was arraigned in federal court in Milwaukee on an indictment returned June 27, 2017. Tavan, owner and president of Ramor Dis Ticaret, Ltd. (Ramor), a Turkish company, and Fulya Oguzturk are charged...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Dear Director Fitzgerald: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has provided me with a copy of your completed Ethics Agreement dated September 7, 2017. The agreement, which is subject to the Freedom of Information Act, sets forth that you and your spouse are retaining investments that will...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man who sold heroin in June 2016 was sentenced today to four years and three months in federal prison for a drug charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. George Holloway, 45, previously pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Around midday on Sunday (12/10) two separate fires were reported along Arkansas Highway 21 on the north side of Boxley Valley involving a combination of private and national park lands. The Whitley and Edgeman fires have coalesced into one fire now and continue to burn within the containment zone while...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - On Friday, December 8, 2017, a Memphis staffing company operator was convicted by a federal jury for conspiring to defraud the United States, failing to pay over employment taxes, filing fraudulent employment tax returns, theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein expressing concerns ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal jury has found Michael Moore (36, Sarasota) guilty of possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. He faces a minimum mandatory term of 15 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 7, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On December 8, 2017 United States District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Jamil Cross, age 27, of Laurel, Maryland to 4 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm. Judge Russell imposed an additional consecutive term of 9 months because Cross committed the crime while on supervised release following a federal conviction for sex trafficking.
