News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Raymond Brown, 34, Rockford, Ill., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 20 years in federal prison for transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct. This prison term is to be followed by a lifetime period of supervised release. Brown pleaded guilty to this offense on September 7, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: ROCKFORD - A man from Lake in the Hills has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Rockford on charges of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kevin Theil, 54, of Corning, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and 10 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to House Republicans bringing a Continuing Resolution to the floor that funds the federal government through January 19 and that further delays a bipartisan extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Community Health Centers and other public health programs...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today in response to House Republicans bringing a Continuing Resolution to the floor that funds the federal government through January 19 and that further delays a bipartisan extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Community Health Centers and other public health programs...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement after the nomination of Kathleen Hartnett White to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) was returned to President Trump as ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Dec. 20, 2017, Chief United States District Court Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Lonnie Dale Spotted Bear, 73, Twin Buttes, ND, to serve 30 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release for multiple child molestation offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government, by a vote of 231-188. Included in the CR is a provision providing short-term funding for the state Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This temporary patch is similar to one passed by the House earlier this month.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Morgantown, West Virginia woman has admitted to a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Paul Creager, 39, of Wildwood, pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in connection with the sale of equity in his construction business. Creager appeared before U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel, and admitted to misrepresenting the financial health of his company in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Des Moines, Iowa - On Dec. 21, 2017, sentencings were completed in the federal.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Raymond Brown, 34, Rockford, Ill., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 20 years in federal prison for transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct. This prison term is to be followed by a lifetime period of supervised release. Brown pleaded guilty to this offense on September 7, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) detailing how drug company profits have skyrocketed over the past decade as prescription drug prices have continued to escalate for American consumers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore sentenced Natasha Pierre (46, Davenport), a/k/a Elsie Petitfrere, to six months in federal prison for obtaining U.S. citizenship through false and misleading representations to U.S. immigration authorities. She pleaded guilty on Aug. 30, 2017. The Court also entered an order denaturalizing Pierre and stripping her of her United States citizenship; she is now subject to deportation to Haiti.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: HELENA - On Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, United States District Court Judge Sam Haddon sentenced Christian Jesus Ruiz, 23, of Sunnyside, Washington, to 60 months in prison, 5 years’ supervised release, and a $100 surcharge for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. Ruiz...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, and U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after Judge George Daniels’ ruling in CREW v. Trump in the Southern District of New York...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Salvadoran national, who was previously charged with illegally reentering the United States after deportation, pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt expressing concerns over EPA’s list of 21 sites recently selected for prioritized cleanup under the Superfund program.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JADALLAH SAED age 31, of Gretna, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to one count of trafficking in counterfeit cigarettes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ROMAN WILLIAMS, age 36, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft.