News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Texas man was convicted by a jury Tuesday of kidnapping and driving a woman against her will from Nevada to New Mexico, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: St. John, Virgin Islands - Virgin Islands National Park today declared all roads, trails and beaches open at the park, 105 days after Hurricane Irma ravaged the island of St. John.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Michael Ruiz, age 53, and James Mondell, age 55, both of Greenville, South Carolina, were sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Henry M. Herlong, Jr. Ruiz was sentenced to a term of incarceration of 160 months...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-The FBI Phoenix Field Office has noticed a recent increase in people reporting e-mail threats where they are being ordered to pay in virtual currency or prepaid cards to avoid harm to themselves or their families. The FBI has determined this to be a scam and has no information to support or validate the threats.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) joined Senate Republicans early this morning in a press conference to praise Senate passage of the first tax overhaul in more than three decades.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Three Miami-Dade residents were sentenced today for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and to illegally export aviation parts and equipment to Syria, contrary to comprehensive U.S. economic sanctions against Syria, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371 and the...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today joined President Donald Trump, congressional leaders and administration officials on the White House Lawn following the passage of H.R. 1 - comprehensive tax reform legislation that will put more money in the pockets of the middle-class, level the playing field for small businesses, and update and improve the tax code for American businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: The owner of multiple towing companies in southeast Michigan, Gasper Fiore, 57, of Grosse Pointe Shores, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit bribery, in connection with a municipal towing contract in Clinton Township, Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Felix Silva, age 49, of Hazelton, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Dec. 19, 2017, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Savannah, GA - Boasso America, Inc., headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, and with a facility in Garden City, Georgia was sentenced to 5 years of organizational probation last week by United States District Court Judge William T. Moore, Jr. for its actions in the illegal transportation and dumping...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two Boone County men pleaded guilty today to federal gun crimes, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Jason Allen Davis, 34, of Van, entered his guilty plea to aiding and abetting the theft of firearms from a federal firearms licensee. Joshua Wade Sheets, 32, of Danville, entered his guilty plea to aiding and abetting the receipt, possession, and sale of stolen firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of the City of Pittsburgh has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute heroin and synthetic opioids, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An illegal alien found in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of Illegal Re-Entry After Deportation, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Dec. 20, 2017, United States District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller sentenced Jaboree Williams (age: 31) to 30 years in federal prison for sex trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Juan Thompson Admitted to Threatening Jewish Community Centers as Part of a Campaign to Harass and Intimidate His Victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A former corrections officer at the federal prison for women in Alabama pleaded guilty Tuesday to committing a sexual act with an inmate and lying about his contact with her while he worked at the facility, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, Miami Field Office, Assistant Special Agent in Charge James F. Boyersmith.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RYAN STONE, 30, of Plainfield, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Carlique DeBerry, 38, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl causing death before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years in prison, a maximum of life and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former city attorney of Manhattan, Kan., was sentenced Tuesday to 210 months in federal prison on child pornography charges, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that Lenn W. Zuhlke, age 55, of Bancroft, Nebraska, pled guilty earlier this week, in front of the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, to bank robbery. His sentencing is set for March 19, 2018, at which time he faces 20 year’s imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, 3 years of supervised release and a $100 special assessment.
