News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - Robert Phelps, 49, of Jackson Center, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 36 months in prison for possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: FORT WAYNE - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Danurell M. Blair, age 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was charged by way of complaint with bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: Glades Drugs, Inc., a pharmacy located in Palm Beach County, Florida has agreed to pay the United States $300,000, to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by waiving or failing to collect required copayments from Medicare and TRICARE beneficiaries.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to news that the Intelligence Community assessed that North Korea engaged in the “WannaCry" cyberattack in May of 2017...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member pleaded guilty on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in federal court in Boston to racketeering conspiracy involving the murder of a 15-year-old boy in East Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Fulton, Mo., man who fired at law enforcement officers and other motorists during a high-speed pursuit pleaded guilty in federal court today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Honduran citizen was sentenced last week to 18 months in prison for possession of a firearm by an illegal alien.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) released the following statement in response to President Trump encouraging fifth generation (5G) wireless services in the administration’s national security strategy announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Charlie Lee Martin, 54, of Jackson, Mississippi, and Shredewrick Anderson, 42, of Lancaster, California, were sentenced on Dec. 12, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, for their roles in a drug conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst. Martin was sentenced to...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Bureau of Land Management, Mount Lewis Field Office, has completed its analysis of a Special Recreation Permit, submitted by North American Eagle, Inc., to conduct land speed record attempts on the alkali flat of Diamond Valley, Eureka, Nevada, using a vehicle equipped with a jet engine.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: Defendant Shot Victim Through the Heart.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement on President Trump’s national security strategy announcement including efforts to advance technological growth and innovation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Dec. 14, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Andie Nikolany-Geigel for interference with commerce by threats or violence, using a firearm during a crime of violence, and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Billy Lee Stevens, age 48, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced for possessing heroin with the intent to distribute it and for possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: Defendant Choked and Robbed a Woman Near the Fort Totten Metro Station.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - A Lewes, Delaware man pleaded guilty to one count of accessing with intent to view child pornography depicting a prepubescent child engaged in sexually explicit conduct in U.S. District Court of Delaware, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Delaware.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: Future communications networks that are less vulnerable to hacking could be closer to reality with an invention that measures the properties of single-photon sources with high accuracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: Defendant pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy involving murder, faces life in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS: In an effort to preserve Emerald Mound, the Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway) removed the stairs that lead to the top of one of its secondary mounds. Located in Jefferson County near milepost 10, the 8-acre, 35-foot high Emerald Mound has two secondary mounds on top of the primary mound, bringing...
