News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Joshua Manuel Treat, 20, of Virginia Beach, pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The former owner of a well-known Boston-area jewelry chain, Alpha Omega Jewelers, was arrested yesterday in Los Angeles after living abroad for almost 10 years following a scheme to defraud the company’s former lenders.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Curtis Fogg, 29, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a total prison term of 22 years on charges stemming from a series of armed robberies that targeted commercial businesses in Washington, D.C. and Maryland during a three-week period in 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: GREAT FALLS, MT - In an effort to combat the growing epidemic of prescription drug and heroin abuse, the FBI and DEA have released Chasing the Dragon: The Life of an Opiate Addict, a documentary aimed at educating students and young adults about the dangers of addiction. The film focuses on educating...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: DENVER - Stephen Paul Anderson, age 27, of Arvada, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello to serve one year in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release for the manufacture of a schedule I controlled substance and the unlawful use of a...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Jerome Harrod, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, on Feb. 22, 2017, to 10 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a stolen firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: SOUTH BEND - United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, David Capp, announced that Brian Keith Jennings, Jr, 19, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio following a guilty plea to 2 counts of theft of firearms from a licensed firearm dealer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Clark, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Randolph and Boone Counties, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that JORGE EDUARDO VALLEJO, age 37, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment charging him with violations of the Federal Gun Control Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Samuel Bozochovic, age 36, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury with stealing handguns from a gun store in Muncy, Pennsylvania, and possessing controlled substances with the intent to distribute them.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: Join the National Park Service for “America’s Best Idea" Volunteer Education Night at Fuller Lodge.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Anthony Oby Loose, age 33, of Grand Rapids, Michigan was sentenced to twelve and a half years in prison for bank robbery. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney also ordered Loose to pay $20,458.73 in restitution.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Led by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), today Senators Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) wrote to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos regarding reports that President Trump has asked Jerry L. Falwell, Jr., President of Liberty University, to lead a new “task force" to recommend changes to federal regulations, policies, and procedures in higher education.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration's Title IX action...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Yamil Mediavilla-Diaz, age 30, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Feb. 22, 2017, by a federal grand jury on a firearms charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland man pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl that killed a woman, U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon said.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: Las Vegas - Crews will begin pulverization and paving on the 13-mile scenic drive in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area on February 26. The construction, which is scheduled to proceed into summer, will rehabilitate pavement on the entire scenic drive.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Bossier City man pleaded guilty Wednesday to possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Eyal Katz, 38, a citizen of Israel, was sentenced today to seven years in prison for his role in an immigration fraud and money laundering scheme. Katz was sentenced to three years of supervised release, a $20,000 fine and ordered to forfeit certain property.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2017
News Release: Federal, State Agencies and HealthCare Providers meet in Great Falls for Community Outreach and Education
