News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A Kaufman man, Danny Hall, 51, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 123 months in federal prison for committing multiple bank robberies, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: SAN JOSE- Vilasini Ganesh and Gregory Belcher were convicted of providing false statements to health benefit programs by a federal jury yesterday, announced United States Attorney Brian Stretch and Special Agent in FBI Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The verdicts followed an eight-week jury trial before the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, U.S. District Court Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - On Dec. 13, 2017, a resident of New Castle, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A federal grand jury has indicted four individuals for drug crimes related to the distribution of large quantities of fentanyl. Gadiel Ortiz-Flores, age 39, of Lawrenceburg, Ky., Brian Walker Hensley, age 38, also of Lawrenceburg, Ky., Miguel Alberto Esparza, age 29, of Lexington, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: Maryland Chiropractor Convicted of Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns and Obstructing the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced today that a federal jury unanimously convicted WALTER GLENN, of Connecticut, following a week-long jury trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: Defendant Admits Robbing Two Stores Within Three-Week Period.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Donald Golden, 62, of Richardson, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 300 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in July 2017 to one count of attempted production of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Xavier L. Johnson, 37, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to two years and six months in prison and three years of supervised release for trafficking in goods bearing counterfeit trademarks, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
Release: SAN ANTONIO-The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced that new carry-on baggage security procedures at San Antonio International Airport (SAT) will be implemented after the first of the year.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: MIAMI, Fla. - Everglades National Park is pleased to announce that its Shark Valley district, which has been closed since flooding associated with Hurricane Irma in September 2017 and subsequent heavy rains, will reopen to visitors beginning this Saturday, December 16.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Reynaldo Diaz-Guzman, 25, of Hartford, Conn., with possession with the intent to distribute heroin, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Clay Center man was sentenced Thursday to two years on supervised release for selling assets he had pledged as collateral on a federal loan, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said today. The defendant was ordered to pay approximately $84,594 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Maria T. Vullo, Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, at the Subcommittee on Federal Lands legislative hearing on H.R. 4558, the “Grand Staircase-Escalante Enhancement Act," former Utah Governor Mike Leavitt (R-UT) and Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) detailed the process by which the Clinton administration designated the Grand Staircase-Escalante...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Lebanon, Mo., sex offender has been indicted by a federal grand jury for receiving and distributing child pornography over the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that a federal judge yesterday found Noe Blas-Jahuey (30, Mexico) guilty of illegal reentry of a deported alien. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for March 9, 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Election industry representatives from across the country met yesterday with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and representatives from the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to launch the formation of an ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a public invitation to submit ideas on food crediting, the system that defines how each food item fits into a meal for the National School Lunch Program and other federal child nutrition programs. The information collected will help USDA officials better understand its diverse stakeholders’ perspectives on navigating today’s evolving food and nutrition environment.
