News from February 2017
By USDA Wire | Feb 17, 2017
The US Agriculture Department published a one page proposed rule on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 17, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 17, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 17, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 17, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The latest issue of Yellowstone Science focuses on the efforts to restore native fish to Yellowstone National Park waterways. The articles provide opportunities to anyone who wants to learn more about the critical role native fish play in this dynamic ecosystem.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: Todd Erling Becker, 46, of Stuart, Florida, was sentenced today to 794 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Donald L. Graham, after having been convicted at trial for committing and conspiring to commit fives robberies with a firearm at business located in Stuart, Vero Beach, and Orlando, Florida and Lexington, Kentucky.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston man was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison today for sex trafficking of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson and Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SEAN STEWART, a former managing director at an investment advisory firm headquartered in Manhattan, was sentenced today to 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain for tipping his father...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Paul Randolph Beeks, Jr., age 59, of Mt. Airy, Maryland, on Feb. 16, 2017, to 15 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud arising from a scheme to defraud one of his clients of at least $526,000. Judge Russell also entered an order requiring Beeks to pay a money judgment of $180,515, the amount of the loss that Beeks has not yet repaid.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Tony Archie has been found guilty after a seven-day trial of wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. Archie, while the manager of ACE Wholesale and later the owner of Westside Wireless, bought tens of thousands of brand new cell phones from sellers who obtained them through fraudulent means.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lester, Iowa, man convicted of Attempted Trafficking in Involuntary Servitude and Forced Labor was sentenced on February 9, 2017, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Metin Metlu Sado, age 48, of Encinitas, California, was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison and ordered to pay a $9,900.00 fine on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD-07) on Friday praised Rep. Walter B. Jones (NC-3) for becoming the first House Republican to cosponsor their H.R. 356, the Protecting Our Democracy Act, to create an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jacob Anthony Mora, 33, of Roseville, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 21 years and 10 months in prison and lifetime supervision upon release, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: Todd Erling Becker, 46, of Stuart, Florida, was sentenced today to 794 months in prison, by U.S. District Judge Donald L. Graham, after having been convicted at trial for committing and conspiring to commit fives robberies with a firearm at business located in Stuart, Vero Beach, and Orlando, Florida and Lexington, Kentucky.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: Defendant Agrees to Two-Year Prison Sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Alikubar Shaw, age 34, of Troy, New York, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for possessing more than 28 grams of crack cocaine with the intent to sell it.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 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 Andre Jackson, 29, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 17, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A former New Jersey attorney and his father have been indicted for their respective roles in a $13 million Ponzi scheme, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.