News from February 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: SAN JOSE - Nicholas Anthony Rodriguez was sentenced to 188 months (15.7 years) in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence follows a guilty plea entered July 25, 2016, in which Rodriguez admitted he conspired to and did in fact possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted Henry Kamen for possession of child pornography. Kamen, a British citizen currently residing in Barcelona, Spain, is a well-known historian and Professor of Spanish History, who resided within the Athens Division of the Middle District of Georgia. The grand jury alleged...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Maurice McLain, 33, of Newport News, was sentenced today to 40 years in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy involving the Thug Relations gang in Newport News.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, will launch a multi-day visit to the U.S.-Mexico border over the upcoming Congressional recess, ahead of possible Congressional action this year on border security.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Shane Rucker, 33, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, was arrested today on a two-count federal indictment in the District of Idaho charging him with destruction of religious property and using a fire to damage or destroy religious property. A federal grand jury sitting in Boise returned the indictment on Feb. 15, 2017. Rucker will make his initial appearance tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. at the federal courthouse in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Noah Bradley Lester, 64, of Farmers Branch, Texas was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle to serve a total of 262 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in April 2016 to two counts of bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Sidney Caleb Lanier, 36, of Lubbock, Texas, pleaded guilty this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge D. Gordon Bryant Jr. to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the nomination of Alexander Acosta for Secretary of Labor, following Andrew Puzder’s withdrawal from consideration.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, released the following statement on the nomination of Alexander Acosta to serve as the secretary of labor...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that Aaron Michael Sullivan, 29, of Anchorage, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to serve 10 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, followed by three years of supervised release. His federal term of imprisonment will run concurrent with his convictions by the State of Alaska in case 3AN-14-9136 CR.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that GERALD URSIN, JR., age 63, of New Orleans and a retired Chief Deputy of the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office (“OPSO"), was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Victim taken to Hospital Bloodied and Beaten.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Walt Green announced today that BRIAN P. JOHNSON, age 44, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been sentenced to serve thirty-four (34) months in federal prison, as a result of his conviction for hacking into the computer system of an industrial facility to disrupt...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Theophil Hollis, age 27, of Newark, Delaware, was indicted today for distribution of fentanyl that resulted in the death of another person.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Chattanooga Man Convicted of Solicitation to Burn Down a Mosque in Islamberg, New York.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries are hosting a saddle-trained wild horse and burro adoption event on Saturday, February 25 at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC) located at 1721 Snyder Avenue, south of Carson City, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An airline passenger today admitted assaulting a female passenger who did not know him aboard a flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport on July 30, 2016, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Shane Rucker, 33, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, was arrested today on a two-count federal indictment in the District of Idaho charging him with destruction of religious property and using a fire to damage or destroy religious property. A federal grand jury sitting in Boise returned the indictment on Feb. 15, 2017. Rucker will make his initial appearance tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. at the federal courthouse in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: TWIN FALLS, ID - Several of the major Bureau of Land Management (BLM) access roads within the Twin Falls District have experienced severe erosion due to the recent flooding. “The wet conditions have destroyed sections of these roads and when vehicles attempt to pass through they further the damage by...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2017
News Release: Spokane-Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Dale H. Weber, age 53, of West Richland, Washington, was sentenced today for one count of Travel in Interstate Commerce for the Purpose of Engaging in a Sexual Act With a Minor. United States District...
