News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RANDY CROWELL, a/k/a “Roger," pled guilty today before United States District Judge Edgardo Ramos to fraudulently distributing more than $100 million worth of prescription drugs obtained on a nationwide black...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Hermitage, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to three years’ probation, ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $15,695, a $6,000 fine and to serve 150 hours of community service focused on the amelioration of the opioid epidemic, on his conviction of possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Late yesterday, U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Adrian Donte McFadden, age 23, of Baltimore, Maryland, to eight years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute heroin and for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
Release: BALTIMORE - A Baltimore County, Maryland, man was arrested at Baltimore Washington International-Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) on Thursday Jan. 5 after Transportation Security Administration officers caught him trying to carry a handgun past a security checkpoint. The.45 caliber semi-automatic handgun was not loaded.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Late yesterday, U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Adrian Donte McFadden, age 23, of Baltimore, Maryland, to eight years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute heroin and for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court on January 4, 2017, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced ANGEL GUERRERO-URIEL, 24, from Apex, N.C., to 252 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release for the Manufacture of Child Pornography (CP). GUERRO-URIEL pled guilty to the charge on July 13, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, U.S. Attorney, announced that on January 4, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against a man involved in habitual domestic violence offenses on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The indictment named Jeffrey Matchopatow (age: 22) of Keshena. Count One of the...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Dear Speaker Ryan: As we begin this new Congress, we are outraged at your promise to defund Planned Parenthood as Republicans rush to rip apart the health care system, but we are not surprised. We have seen this before. In fact, since 2007 when Vice President-elect Pence first waged the battle to defund...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court on January 4, 2017, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced ANGEL GUERRERO-URIEL, 24, from Apex, N.C., to 252 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release for the Manufacture of Child Pornography (CP). GUERRO-URIEL pled guilty to the charge on July 13, 2015.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said this following his re-election as chairman.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: GLADEWATER, Texas - A specialized fire investigation team from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) arrived in Gladewater, Texas, today, to assist with a structure fire that occurred at about 10 p.m. in the historical portion of the downtown area Wednesday.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Las Vegas - Bureau of Land Management (BLM) fire managers are anticipating favorable weather conditions for pile burning on BLM-administered lands along the Muddy River, approximately 5.5 miles northwest of Moapa. The prescribed fire is anticipated to commence January 9.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - On Jan. 6, 2017, the Bureau of Reclamation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Napa County (County) Board of Supervisors related to recreation management at Lake Berryessa. The MOU supports the County’s efforts to proceed with a Request for Information/Interest (RFII) through which they will hire a broker to contact representatives of the hospitality industry to determine possible interest in developing concession areas at Lake Berryessa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department announced today that there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against the Wilmington Police Department (WPD) Corporals involved in the fatal shooting of 28-year-old paraplegic Jeremy McDole on Sept. 23, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Prince George’s County Liquor Board officials, David Dae Sok Son, age 40, of Bowie, Maryland, and Anuj Sud, age 39, of Hyattsville, Maryland, and Prince George’s County business owners, Young Jung Paig, age 62, of Beltsville, Maryland, and Shin Ja Lee, age 55, of Landover, Maryland...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted Adam Carson, 34, of Amherst, on bank robbery charges, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Predator or Prey: Guess Who Has Talons" a new Junior Ranger program to be held at the Parkway Visitor Center on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 at 10:00 am. Join a park ranger for this 45-minute program. Learn how adaptations make...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Elizabeth Gallardo, 37, a U.S. citizen living in Mexico, was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Francisco Garcia, 19, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the federal firearms laws under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 6, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news from Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson that he has designated election infrastructure as a critical infrastructure subsector...
