News from December 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - An information technology specialist has been arrested on cyber hacking charges for allegedly damaging the servers of a north suburban company where he formerly worked as a contractor.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Dec. 12, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: SPOKANE, Wash. - On Dec. 13, 2017, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and (ATF) led a large scale enforcement action targeting a criminal organization distributing methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Washington, Idaho, and Montana. Hundreds of law enforcement officials, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Robin Summers-Grace, age 50, of Baltimore, Maryland to 42 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Summers-Grace’s co-conspirator, Joseph Pauling, age 40...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Jury Convicts Clif J. Seaway After a Four-Day Trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that earlier today Federal, state, and local law enforcement conducted a large-scale enforcement action targeting a criminal conspiracy distributing methamphetamine in the Eastern District of...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, sent a letter asking their respective Chairmen, Reps. Trey Gowdy and Bob Goodlatte, to issue subpoenas for ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: A five-count indictment was unsealed earlier today in federal court in Central Islip, New York, charging Zoobia Shahnaz with bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and three substantive counts of money laundering. As alleged in the indictment and court filings, the defendant defrauded numerous...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that the co-owner of Explo Systems Inc. pleaded guilty to conspiracy and false statements concerning the storage of munitions at Camp Minden that led to an explosion.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis today sentenced Humberto Nunez-Ocampo (38, Mexico) to 21 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after he had been deported. He pleaded guilty to the offense on Sept. 28, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to selling crack cocaine in and around Roxbury’s Orchard Gardens Housing Development.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: SOUTH BEND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Jason Arthur Keltz, age 36, of Osceola, Indiana, was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Miguel Angel Vasquez-Camacho, of New Garden Township, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about Nov. 29, 2013, Vazquez-Camacho, an alien, and native and citizen of Mexico, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about January 5, 1999.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Skagway - The National Park Service and Parks Canada, have finalized the overnight recreational fee for the Chilkoot Trail at $61.30 Canadian Dollars (CAD) for adults and $30.60 CAD for youth ages 6-16. Parks Canada will begin accepting 2018 hiker reservations on Wednesday, January 17. To reserve, call 1-867-667-3910 or toll free from Canada and the U.S. 1-800-661-0486. To learn more about reserving a Chilkoot Trail hiking permit, visit nps.gov/klgo/planyourvisit/permits.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - A federal grand jury has charged DANIEL WEBSTER "WEB" KEOGH, 47, and DANIELLE KEOGH, 36, both of Edmond, Oklahoma, with fraud crimes against First Pryority Bank, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Commuter Air Technology, Inc., and Oklahoma State University’s Multispectral Laboratories, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - At 8 a.m. Friday, Dec. 15, Yellowstone National Park roads will open to the public for motorized oversnow travel. Winter is here!.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - John Wayne Clark, 32, of Biloxi, Mississippi, pled guilty, before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden, to an indictment charging him with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst. Clark is a documented Simon City Royal gang member.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: Two Youngstown men were indicted on charges of conspiring to order fentanyl from China to be distributed in the Youngstown area, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joel Torres Diaz, 30, of Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that the co-owner of Explo Systems Inc. pleaded guilty to conspiracy and false statements concerning the storage of munitions at Camp Minden that led to an explosion.
