News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Kenton Buckner, Chief of Little Rock Police Department (LRPD), announced today the arrests...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Enrique Marquez Jr. - a longtime friend of Syed Rizwan Farook, the male shooter in the San Bernardino terrorist attack - has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring with Farook in 2011 and 2012 to provide material support to terrorists.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: “Before we start with today’s business, I would like to recognize our newest Member, Representative Judy Chu from California, who joins us, replacing long-time California Member Xavier Becerra. Ms. Chu - welcome.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Today, Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following joint statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Ryan J. Lebrun, 23, of Pawtucket, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to a three-count federal indictment charging him with possession and distribution of child pornography. According to court records, Lebrun, a registered sex offender, was previously convicted in Rhode Island state court in two unrelated child pornography cases. He faces between 15-40 years in federal prison when he is sentenced in May.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Dalvin Michael Davenport, Jr., age 23, of Greenville, South Carolina, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release and restitution of $30,857.89, after pleading guilty to charges of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: FEB 14 - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Collin Fletcher, 52, last residing in Bridgeport, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, MDA and MDMA.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Steven Mnuchin as Secretary of the Treasury...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Feb. 13, 2017, Ross A. Bertucci (age: 32) of New York State, was sentenced in Federal Court in Green Bay to 72 months in prison for the crime of attempted bank robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a).
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Victor Oyewumi Oloyede, age 42, of Laurel, Maryland today to 234 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracies to commit wire fraud and money laundering, and for aggravated identity theft arising from...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Led law enforcement officials on high speed chase trying to escape.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings. Democratic Leader Press Conference on Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. Feb. 14, 2017-12:30. Let me begin by asking everyone in this room a question. Do you hear that? Do you hear that silence? That is the sound of House Republicans conducting no oversight of President Trump.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a Criminal Information was filed on Feb. 13, 2017, charging Brian LaChance, age 27, of Olyphant, Pennsylvania, with using a facility of interstate commerce to attempt to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: FBI, Navajo Nation Seek Public's Help Investigating Man's Death.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: PIKETON, Ohio - With nearly 150 people in attendance, EM’s Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant recently marked one of the largest turnouts for a public meeting since the inception of its decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) project in 2011.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Researchers from Florida International University (FIU) are set to return to the Savannah River Site (SRS) to help EM determine the disposition of a local watershed’s contaminated areas.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A Rockingham County, Virginia, woman was caught with a gun at the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (CHO) today, Feb. 14 after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected a handgun in her carry-on bag as she was entering the security checkpoint. The 9 mm semi-automatic handgun was loaded with seven bullets, including one in the chamber.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Catherine Leahy Scott, New York State Inspector General, and Brian M. Hickey, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Northeast Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General (“ED-OIG"), announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Honduran citizen was sentenced Monday to 87 months in prison for reentering the United States and illegally possessing firearms.
