News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Troy Malecki, 48, of Williamsville, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, depicting minors less than 12 years of age, before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that TRAVIS DANIEL PHILLIPS, age 37, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, and 36 months of supervised release for FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 236,700 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations. Of the total 170,700 metric tons is for delivery during the 2016/2017 marketing year and 66,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: A Canton man was indicted on federal drug and firearms charges, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: “Good morning and thank you Chairman Conaway for holding today’s meeting. And welcome, everyone, to the Agriculture Committee.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Jacobs Village Farm satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announces that on today, in federal court, United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, sentenced MIRNA LETICIA DURAN, 39, of Rose Hill, North Carolina, to 24 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release and ordered her to pay $247,290 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement on Republicans’ decision to rush through and advance for a vote the nomination of Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education despite...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Timothy Justin George, 27, of Gloucester County, pleaded guilty today to distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that ALEX OBDULIO CRUZ-MATUTE, age 39, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent letters to the acting heads of 15 cabinet-level agencies after Administration officials confirmed that ‘beachhead’ teams are overseeing various decision-making...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Louis Matthews, 35, was sentenced today to life in prison for drug and firearm crimes that resulted in the death of a man during a drug deal at a North Las Vegas apartment in November 2013, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Jill Snyder of the ATF. United States District Judge James C. Mahan also sentenced Matthews to 10 additional years in prison and five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Mark Hanshaw, 27, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and Tiara Adams, 31, of Red Lion, Pennsylvania, were convicted for their roles in a heroin distribution operation, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today former City of Dunkirk Mayor Richard L. Frey, 85, of Dunkirk, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to wire fraud involving a scheme to defraud his mayoral campaign and his supporters by stealing campaign contributions for his personal benefit. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: Robert Wozniak to Pay $16,500 in Restitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement after Committee Republicans forced through the nominations of Congressman Price and Mr. Mnuchin and also voted to break committee rules to allow them to do so...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: Terence Tyree Admits to Participating in Violent Crime Spree.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: Seven defendants including owners, doctors, a manager, and a laboratory representative of sober homes and alcohol and drug addiction treatment centers were charged for their participation in a health care fraud and money laundering scheme that involved the filing of fraudulent insurance claim forms and defrauded health care benefit programs.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Charles Hicks, Fenton, Missouri, was sentenced to 27 months in prison involving a false invoice scheme to defraud two employers, causing a loss of $386,000. In addition to the prison sentence, Hicks was ordered to pay restitution of $386,000.
