News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Mason County man who was caught by court security with a weapon while entering the Sidney L. Christie United States Courthouse and Federal Building in Huntington in April 2016 pleaded guilty today, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Sidney Huddleston, III, 69, of Apple Grove, entered his guilty plea to attempted possession of a dangerous weapon in a federal court facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Olathe woman pleaded guilty Monday in a scheme to collect income tax refunds by creating companies that existed only on paper, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - - A Bronx man, Edwin Alamo Jr., 22, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 22 kilograms of heroin in New Jersey. Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey jointly announced the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 29-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of sexual exploitation of a child, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Edward Lopez Jr. pleaded guilty Oct. 17, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: ***In order to protect the privacy of the child victim in this case, the United States Attorney’s Office is requesting that the media not disclose the victim’s name or display an image of the victim when reporting this story. We are aware that her identity and images were released to the public in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: An Iowa man who distributed pounds of ice methamphetamine was sentenced today to more than 24 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. B A Wichita man who held a jewelry store owner at gunpoint pleaded guilty Monday in that incident and a separate bank robbery, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland -Deonte Carraway, age 22, of Glenarden, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to 15 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child pornography, involving 12 minor victims ranging in age from nine to 13 years old.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: FBI, Espanola Police Investigate Shooting. The FBI is investigating a shooting that occurred within the boundaries of Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo on the night of Jan. 27, 2017. The victim currently is hospitalized. The Espanola Police Department is assisting with the investigation. This is all the information...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 29-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of sexual exploitation of a child, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Edward Lopez Jr. pleaded guilty Oct. 17, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Orlando, FL - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Ricardo Rodriguez (24) and Brandon Mojica (23), both of Deltona, have pleaded guilty to armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during that robbery. Each faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in federal prison for the armed robbery...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists identified 8 spinach varieties that have low oxalate levels, which is sometimes linked to better health. Oxalic acid, or "oxalate," is a naturally occurring plant chemical and in the human diet it's been linked to kidney stone formation. It also can react with calcium, iron, and other minerals to inhibit mineral absorption.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Federal court jury convicts owner of Snow’s Clam Box Restaurant and Pub of setting fire to his business to collect nearly one million dollars in insurance payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Melissa Moniz, 44, of Marianna, was arraigned today in the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging her with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and nine counts of wire fraud. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: John Vanderveer, 59, of Marietta, Georgia, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to federal charges of obstruction of justice, announced Jack Smith, Acting U.S. Attorney for the administration of this case.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Dontrail Xavier Roundtree has been sentenced to 11 years, nine months in prison for an armed carjacking in College Park, Georgia, last year. Roundtree stole a car at gunpoint at a gas station, led police on a high-speed chase, tried to flee after crashing the stolen vehicle, and then fought with police officers trying to take him into custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Tonight, in a letter to her senior leadership, Acting Attorney General Sally Yates ordered attorneys at the Department of Justice not to defend legal challenges to President Trump’s immigration order-which bans entry into the United States to travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries and to refugees from around the world. Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Pennsylvania Man Pleaded Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL and Transmitting a Communication Containing a Threat to Injure.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -Today, Acting United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced that Diallo Dotson, formerly of Battle Creek, Michigan, entered a plea of guilty in federal district court to conspiring with Derrick J. Gibson to file false and fraudulent federal income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service.
