News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Alrenzon Yazzie, 20, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Sanostee, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an involuntary manslaughter charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: Conspirators laundered over $6 million in drug proceeds.
By State Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: Mexico: Yucatan’s Energy Sector. Brazil: Renewable Energy Market. Ecuador: Amazon Oil Block Auction. Peru: Infrastructure Opportunities. Brazil: Healthcare Markets Seek Solutions. Costa Rica: New Electric Vehicle Law. Dominican Republic: Electricity Sector. Costa Rica: Port Project. Resource Links.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON, TX-The FBI Texas City office and the Galveston Police Department announced today a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to the identification and location of the family members caring for a boy whose body was found on a Galveston beach more than two weeks ago.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service and the Friends of the National World War II Memorial will remember and honor all those who died in the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor 76 years ago during a special event at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 12:53 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: A Houston resident was sentenced to federal prison on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy resulting in the seizure of $1.2 million dollars in cash, $72,000 in jewelry, and several kilos of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced Brian David Haney, 38-year-old partial owner of Vidor Pharmacy and Kevin Michael Gray, 45-year-old operator of Family Pharmacy, Inc., in the Houston area, each to 28 months in federal prison for bribery and tax violations in connection with a health care fraud scheme announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul C. Parisi, who is handling the case, stated that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force (JMDTF) have been investigating a suspected drug trafficking organization, primarily involving methamphetamine, in the Jamestown area. According to the complaint, the defendants, Cauley and Fields, are the main suppliers of methamphetamine to the organization.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations scheduled a hearing for Friday, December 8, 2017, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Role of the Department of Energy in Energy Sector Cybersecurity."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announces that United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced six North Carolina men this week for engaging in illegal dog fighting and selling narcotics in the Onslow County area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) stated.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a federal jury today found MARIA SOLY ALMONTE, a/k/a “Soly Almonte," a/k/a “Soly La Fuerte," a/k/a “SoSo," a/k/a “SoSo Wavy," a/k/a “Soly Montana," guilty of sex trafficking of minors, sex trafficking conspiracy, and use of interstate commerce to promote illegal activity. ALMONTE was convicted following a two-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Kimba M. Wood.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) praised the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to halt a costly rule proposed by the Obama administration under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). The proposed rule would have imposed duplicative financial requirements on America's hardrock mineral producers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The former Secretary-Treasurer of UNITE HERE Local 26 pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to embezzling over $100,000 from the organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the DEA and Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that James Rosemond, a/k/a “Jimmy the Henchman," was found guilty last night of murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Christopher Mikelinich, age 52, of Ancram, New York, was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with possessing firearms as a felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: Dear Administrator Verma: We write to express our profound concern regarding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) recent approval of an amendment to Iowa’s Health and Wellness Plan 1115 Demonstration that will eliminate Medicaid’s guarantee of retroactive coverage for the majority of...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CHRISTIAN CABA, 32, of Norwich, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing heroin and for violating the conditions of his supervised release that followed a prior federal conviction for distribution heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Willful Retention of National Defense Information.
