News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court on Nov. 28, 2017 to one year and one day in prison as a result of again violating his federal supervision, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of bank robbery and Hobbs Act robbery, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jared Mendez, 32, of Bradford, NY, who was convicted of theft of anhydrous ammonia with knowledge it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine, was sentenced to 46 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: 'Tis the Season for Holiday Online Shopping Scams; Don't Be a Victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: FBI Requests Public Assistance to Identify Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) today issued the following statement on legislation produced by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich today sentenced Wayne St. Aubyn Smith (50, Parrish), a/k/a Wayne Smith El-Bey, to 3 years and 10 months in federal prison for attempting to file a false lien against a federal judge. A federal jury found him guilty on July 19, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: The Senate tax reform plan provides real tax relief for small business owners across the country. The plan includes simple tax deduction on qualifying income of pass-through businesses, as well as making a number of much-needed reforms businesses on Main Street need to invest and grow. Additionally, the plan has earned the endorsement of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the largest small business association in the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An Orlando, Florida resident pleaded guilty today for his role in a telemarketing scheme to defraud more than 1,000 victims, many of them elderly, of more than $3.3 million, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Scott Allen Reed, 67, of Plummer, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 70 months in prison followed by ten years of supervised release for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Reed pleaded guilty to that charge on June 28, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of bank robbery and Hobbs Act robbery, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: After robust discussions across the Senate Republican Conference, and because a revenue “trigger" does not comply with reconciliation rules, the Senate Finance Committee made further modifications to the underlying legislation to further reflect member priorities. The amendment was filed this evening. A full copy can be found HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOSE ALBERTO SANTOS-MONTALVAN, age 42, a citizen of Honduras, was charged today in a one-count Indictment for illegal use of a Social Security number, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
