News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Wendell Delgado-Sanchez, and Jairo Figueroa-Suarez, both of Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison. In addition, Delgado-Sanchez pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Bossier City woman and a Minden man were sentenced last week for attempting to smuggle more than a pound of methamphetamine into Louisiana from Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two men today admitted their roles in a conspiracy to illegally transport foreign nationals into the United States via commercial airline flights, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Park rangers will be leading a guided hike focusing on winter ecology at Mesa Verde National Park on Saturday, February 4, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The guided hike is free, but advance sign-up is required. Children should be at least 7 years old to join the hike.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Matthew Allen Hayes (35, Osceola County) to more than 21 years and 10 months in federal prison for advertisement of child pornography. He pleaded guilty on Sept. 15, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former Pepperell man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with concealing $3-$4 million in his bankruptcy filings.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), will deliver remarks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, to discuss the Finance Committee’s agenda for the 115th Congress, including ongoing efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, remake the tax code, and advance a strong pro-trade agenda. The speech will take place at 8:30 a.m. at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice today announced that Anthony Sok Say pleaded guilty in federal court to joining an illegal scheme to purchase a firearm. Sok Say pleaded guilty to one count of the federal crime of Conspiracy to Make a False Statement in Connection with the Attempted Acquisition of a Firearm. Sok Say, 25 years old, lived in Lowell, Massachusetts, prior to his arrest.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - House and Senate leaders with jurisdiction over workforce protections and federal contracting today introduced a joint resolution of disapproval that would block implementation of the Obama administration’s flawed, and burdensome “blacklisting" rule through the Congressional Review Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Jimmy Cheatham, also known as “Shoe," 25, entered his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. B A Wichita man with a previous conviction for sexual abuse was sentenced Monday to 22 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The office of Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a statement following the decision to postpone the Finance Committee’s vote on Steve Mnuchin until 10am tomorrow morning...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Associate of Wildboys Gang Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Today the United States Attorney’s Office For the Southern District of Ohio unsealed a plea agreement with the owner and operator of Columbus Southern Medical Center, which provided unlawful prescriptions of controlled substances to numerous individuals who were addicted to drugs, in Ohio and surrounding states. The owner also pled guilty to engaging in a series of schemes to evade more than $3.5 million in taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on Jan. 27, 2017, Eric M. Swancutt, 39, formerly of Belleville, IL, was sentenced for Receipt of Child Pornography and Possession of Prepubescent Child Pornography. Swancutt was sentenced to a term...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Jan. 27, 2017, EDUARDO ZAYAS, also known as “Za," 38, of East Hartford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 65 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing crack cocaine and a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee was joined by fellow committee members Tom Carper, Jon Tester, Heidi Heitkamp, Gary Peters, Maggie Hassan, and Kamala Harris today as they demanded a meeting with Department of Homeland...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: An Iowa man who distributed significant quantities of ice methamphetamine was sentenced today to more than 20 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated today that former Alburgh Selectman, Bernard Savage, and his wife, Patricia Savage, both of Alburgh, were sentenced today in the United States District Court in Burlington. U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions III sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A federal court jury in Providence on Friday convicted Daniel E. Saad, 51, of Spencer, Mass., of devising and executing a scheme to burn down his Glocester, R.I., restaurant, Snow’s Clam Box Restaurant and Pub, and then attempting to collect on an insurance policy worth nearly one million dollars.
