News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Matthew P. Charo, age 36, of Saratoga Springs, New York, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for distributing heroin to a 30-year-old woman who died from taking it.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Portage, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Mexican national has been indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing more than two kilograms of cocaine thrown from his vehicle while fleeing from police officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Defendant among the 103 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a sealed three-count indictment last week, against Cameron Fox, 34, of Rocklin, charging him with online enticement of a minor for sexual purposes, production of child pornography, and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. The indictment was unsealed after Fox’s arrest on December 5, 2017. Fox was arraigned on Tuesday and he pleaded not guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joseph Vallejos, 25, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 60 months in prison for his conviction on methamphetamine trafficking charges. Vallejos will be on supervised release for four years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Altoona, Pa. has been sentenced in federal court to 40 months in prison, placed on supervised release for life, and required to register as a sex offender on his conviction of possession of child pornography, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Sean Moore, age 44, of New Castle, Del., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Andrews to 18 months of imprisonment, which was the sentence requested by the government. The sentencing came after Moore pleaded guilty to three counts of federal program theft on Nov. 2, 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a Finance Committee markup of the nomination of Kevin K. McAleenan to serve as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: DENVER - On Nov. 30, 2017, Tramell Thomas, of Phoenix, Arizona, was found guilty by a jury in U.S. District Court in Denver on all counts charged stemming from a financial aid fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Bob Troyer. Thomas was convicted of one count of conspiracy to defraud the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston announced that a Texas pilot has pleaded guilty today to federal wire fraud and arson charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Albert Castro, Jr., of Quincy, Washington, was sentenced after having previously pleaded guilty in March, 2017, to patronizing a thirteen-year-old child engaged in commercial sex. United...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held an initial oversight hearing on policies and concepts for reorganizing the Department of the Interior (DOI) to improve resource management and better serve the American people.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Duke Jimenez, 34, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to production and possession of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 50 years, and a fine of $500,000.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - As part of the Administration’s priority to make America safe through energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments as it considers offering 64 parcels totaling 58,694 acres of federal minerals in northwestern Colorado in the June 2018 competitive oil and gas lease sale.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A man from California was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison for conspiring to transport methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Eleven people from the Canton area were indicted in federal court for firearms violations, including firearms trafficking, illegal sale of a machine gun and drug charges, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: A Barberton man will be deported after pleading guilty to lying about his actions during the war in the former Yugoslavia, said U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman and Steve Francis, Special Agent in Charge of HSI’s Detroit office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PREBERR RAMOS-PALMA, age 24, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2017
News Release: Kevino Graham, 36, of Philadelphia was sentenced yesterday to 100 years in federal prison for sex trafficking by the Honorable C. Darnell Jones, II, United States District Court Judge, announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. In addition, Judge Jones imposed a fine of $1000, a $300 special assessment, lifetime supervised release, and restitution of $641,900.
