News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - James Cherry, 58, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to a federal charge stemming from a 911 call he made last summer that falsely claimed numerous bombs were set to go off at Union Station, announced Channing D. Phillips, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Andrew Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Neil Trugman, Interim Chief of the Amtrak Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that a federal jury has found Maurice Phillip Mitchell (32, Jacksonville) guilty of unlawfully possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony. Due to his status as an Armed Career Criminal, he faces a mandatory ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Five Topeka men were indicted Wednesday in separate cases on federal firearms charges, U. S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert C. Logel, 53, of Williamsville, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on February 7, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging William C. Wilber IV (age: 35), of Suring, Wisconsin with child sex offenses on the Menominee Indian Reservation. This...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Samuel Hernandez, of Dunkirk, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, cocaine, was sentenced to 27 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man pleaded guilty Tuesday for his participation in a $3.2 million scheme to fraudulently obtain money from victims seeking business loans, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after Amnesty International found that as many as 13,000 people - mostly civilians - were executed through extrajudicial executions by the Syrian regime between 2011 and 2015...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: James Benjamin Jones, 35, pleaded guilty today to two federal hate crimes for threatening two Muslim grocery stores in Fort Myers, Florida, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Tom Wheeler of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III for the Middle District of Florida.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: At a recent court hearing, a judge ordered a man to serve 90 days in jail for a series of bad decisions he made while driving from Grand Canyon National Park to Flagstaff, AZ. Marcus Sharpe, age 32, pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer, reckless driving, and other charges that stemmed from incidents during the early morning hours of June 1, 2016.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Joint statement from Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA); Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA); and Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Garret Graves (R-LA) on the Department of the Army’s intent to grant an easement in connection with the Dakota Access Pipeline...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that Faycal Taouzinet, 28, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to five years in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two St. Albans men were sentenced to federal prison today for their roles in a large-scale drug trafficking organization, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Mark Cobb, 30, of St. Albans, was sentenced to seven years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Shayne Shamblen, 47, was also sentenced to seven years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: News release from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, February 8, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: A three-count indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging Richard Jacobellis with distributing heroin that caused the death of 20-year-old Nicholas Weber, and conspiring with others to distribute heroin. Jacobellis was arrested earlier today...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: Defendant is currently serving a 210-month sentence for distribution and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Enrique Chavarria, 33, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 40 months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition. He also was sentenced to an additional 20 months in prison for violating the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Five Topeka men were indicted Wednesday in separate cases on federal firearms charges, U. S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2017
News Release: CONTACT: Barbara Burns. PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert C. Logel, 53, of Williamsville, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years...
