News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Kyle, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Felony Child Abuse and Neglect.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Blanca Quintero (619) 546-7118.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Willie Harper, 48, of Guilford was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 21 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for distribution of heroin and oxycodone. Harper pleaded guilty to the charges on June 1, 2016.
By State Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: In 2015, opioid deaths in the United States exceeded 30,000 for the first time in recent history. As both parents and members of Congress, we find this unacceptable. Our first duty as lawmakers confronting this epidemic is to ensure that Americans have access to the drug treatment services that they...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Phillip Wilson, age 36, originally of the Bronx, New York and recently a resident of Chittenden County, Vermont, pled guilty today in federal court in Brattleboro to drug and gun charges arising from his heroin-related drug trafficking activity.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement on H.Res. 5, the Republican rules package for the 115th Congress. Prior to the passage of H.Res. 5, Rep. Neal also spoke on the House Floor in opposition to the rules package - click here to view his remarks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: SEATTLE - A formal assessment of the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) implementation of supervision-related provisions of the consent decree has found SPD to be in initial compliance with requirements of the Court-ordered agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced U. S. Attorney Annette...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Joseph, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to robbing UMB Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Phillip Wilson, age 36, originally of the Bronx, New York and recently a resident of Chittenden County, Vermont, pled guilty today in federal court in Brattleboro to drug and gun charges arising from his heroin-related drug trafficking activity.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Reno, Nev. -- The Bureau of Land Management will hold an online oil and gas lease sale March 14, 2017. The sale includes 67 parcels totaling almost 116,000 acres in the Elko District for northeastern Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 33-year-old resident of the Bronx, New York, has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions of wire and mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury convicted Christopher Donrick Daley Sept. 21, 2016, following a two-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: ROANOKE, VIRGINIA - A Blacksburg man pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke to a pair of federal charges, United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of production of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, interstate transportation of a minor for purpose of engaging in unlawful sexual activity, conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, and sex trafficking of a child, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Kasie A. Morgan, 24, of Columbus, Ohio was sentenced to 35 months in federal court today for transporting stolen goods across state lines, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Robert Lighthizer as United States Trade Representative (USTR)...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the announcement President-Elect Donald Trump will nominate Robert Lighthizer to serve as U.S. Trade Representative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Two men who were convicted in unrelated cases earlier this year on child pornography offenses have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison sentences by federal judges in Fort Worth, Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: John Edward Taylor Allegedly Masqueraded as a Millionaire and Businessman to Romance Victims, Steal Their Identifying Information, and Use Their Bank Accounts and Credit to Fund His Daily Expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: Operation Took Down Trafficking Organization Bringing Drugs into SW Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that BOBBY R. LOWE, age 66, a resident of Harvey, pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
