News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Devonnaire Coffey, Darryle Butler, Bilal Maxey, Natasha Turner, Asia Keith, and Prather Abrams, have been arraigned on federal charges of conspiracy to steal 129 firearms from gun stores in Georgia, North and South Carolina. Coffey, Butler, Turner, and Keith were additionally charged with theft of firearms and possession of stolen firearms. Butler further faces charges of felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Paramus, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to one year of probation for helping funnel $80,000 in campaign contributions from a foreign source to the joint fundraising committee of the President of the United States during the 2012 presidential election, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
Release: ROANOKE, Va. - Transportation Security Administration officers at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA) prevented a Lexington, Virginia, man from bringing a loaded.38 caliber handgun onto an airplane on Wednesday, Feb. 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced the guilty plea of four defendants in a wide-ranging federal narcotics investigation. DARRELL LEWIS, a/k/a “Lil’ Darrell," age 31; KEVIN WALKER, age 24; CARL LEWIS, a/k/a “Curl," age 24; and STERLING PIPKINS, a/k/a “Shoe," age 32; all of New Orleans, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROHAN A. JAMES-DENNIE, JR., 22, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the arrest of David Wright (28, Sebastian, FL) in the Eastern District of Virginia. Wright has been charged in two separate indictments with attempted enticement of a minor and failure to appear, respectively. If convicted of the...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statement after a meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and the leaders of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that five previously deported aliens were indicted separately on Feb. 1, 2017, by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg on illegal re-entry charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kevin Theil, 53, of Corning, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receipt of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Ronald Castanon, 21, of Pinedale, to 20 years in prison for three counts of interference with commerce by robbery, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Theresa Wash, 51, of Meridian, was sentenced on Jan. 31, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, to serve two years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for exceeding authorized access, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze. She was also ordered to pay $797,287.85 in restitution and to forfeit a house which has yet to be appraised.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has extended the timeframe to repair the road and parking lot in the Soledad Canyon Day Use Area east of Las Cruces, until Feb. 10, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: FEB. 2, 2017 - This table set includes number of establishments and corresponding employment change for births, deaths, expansions and contractions from 2013 to 2014. The data are tabulated by geographic area, industry and enterprise employment size. Internet address: .
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rasheen Newkirk, 42, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of heroin with intent to distribute and unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced the guilty plea of four defendants in a wide-ranging federal narcotics investigation. DARRELL LEWIS, a/k/a “Lil’ Darrell," age 31; KEVIN WALKER, age 24; CARL LEWIS, a/k/a “Curl," age 24; and STERLING PIPKINS, a/k/a “Shoe," age 32; all of New Orleans, pled guilty today to conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: FEB 02 - CONCORD, N.H. - Jamie Smith, 28, of Raleigh North Carolina was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to one count of possession of materials to manufacture methamphetamine, and one count of conspiracy...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Encounters: Friend or Foe? Exhibit Highlights Plant and Animal Interactions in Biscayne National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - District Court Senior Judge Raymond L. Finch, on Jan. 31, 2017, sentenced Jose Luis Pacheco-Montes, 34, of Puerto Rico, to 46 months in prison for attempted possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Finch also sentenced Pacheco-Montes to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay a special assessment of $100.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Multiple arrests were made this week during a Montgomery area round up for gun and drug violations, announced George Beck Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2017
News Release: North Carolina Man Sentenced for Threats Against Mosque Members in Raeford, North Carolina.
