News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Jacqueline Green-Morris, 41, of Woodbridge, was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for her role in a money laundering conspiracy which resulted in a loss of $4.1 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSE LUIS GRACESQUI was sentenced today to life in prison after having been convicted at trial of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire, and murder in connection with a narcotics conspiracy for his role in the murder of a 28-year-old Manhattan man in 1999. U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel, who presided over the three-week jury trial, imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Salvatore Commisso, age 33, of Albany, New York, was sentenced today to serve 36 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute the controlled substance oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Steven Simmons and Joseph Meli Charged with Defrauding Investors and Diverting Fraudulent Proceeds For Their Own Use and to Further the Ponzi-Like Operation of a Hedge Fund.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: ed. “This first is a law that President Obama signed just before leaving office, called the U.S.-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act which I authored with my, with my good friend from here in Miami, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. “Let me say that as the former Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee,...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Learn about the wide variety of birds at Tonto National Monument, such as Cactus Wrens, Gila Woodpeckers, Gambel's Quail, and more on ranger-led walks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: $20,000 Reward Offered for Information Leading to Arrest and Conviction of 'Khaki Bandit' Suspected in Nine Northern California Bank Robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Donald Etheredge, age 51, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been charged with receipt and possession of child pornography. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed today in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released the following statements amid reports that the Administration has ended outreach and advertising that provides Americans with information on how to enroll for health insurance at HealthCare.gov...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Federal and City officials gathered this afternoon at the City of Albuquerque’s Cerro Colorado Landfill to witness the destruction of drug paraphernalia valued at more than $220,000. The drug paraphernalia was seized and forfeited in connection with several federal investigations into synthetic cannabinoid trafficking occurring in “smoke shops" in New Mexico and west Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: (MANHATTAN, NY - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSE LUIS GRACESQUI was sentenced today to life in prison after having been convicted at trial of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, murder-for-hire, and murder in connection with a narcotics...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: In celebration of Black History month and to kick-off the 150th Anniversary of the founding of Storer College, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to attend the following programs highlighting Harpers Ferry's rich African American history. These programs will be offered every Sunday during the month of February. Please note, times and locations vary. For additional information, call the park Visitor Center at 304-535-6298.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man arrested in 2014 as part of “Operation Protect the Powerless," a joint law enforcement operation to catch child predators in southern Nevada, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Andrew P. Gordon to 156 months in prison and lifetime supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Jefferage Capice White (55, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft. He faces a mandatory minimum of two years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Release Date: Friday, Jan. 27, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Former Marine and Police Officer ran Illegal Operation Doling Out Narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Monett, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today in two separate cases for illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Jacqueline Green-Morris, 41, of Woodbridge, was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for her role in a money laundering conspiracy which resulted in a loss of $4.1 million.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that WILSON MAURICIO OSORTO-ESTRADA, age 35, was charged today in a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a) & (b)(2).
