News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Defendant Posted Ad on Craigslist for Sex with a Minor that got Attention of Law Enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Zechariah Hazard, 31, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 60 months in prison by Senior United States District Judge Richard G. Kopf, for receipt of child pornography. After his release from prison, Hazard will also serve five years of supervised release and be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Christy Romero, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, on Jan. 26, 2017, Shatu H. Gadson, 44, of Queens, New York, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after his guilty plea to charges that he distributed heroin and cocaine base. U.S. District Court Judge J. Garvan Murtha also ordered that Gadson serve three years of supervised release after his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Three Individuals Plead Guilty in $55 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme at Two Brooklyn Medical Clinics.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Sanchez-Ocampo, 37, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr., to conspiracy to unlawfully employ 10 illegal aliens in a 12-month period. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a citizen of Mexico pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally reentering the United States after having been previously removed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Marquise Dahryan Newman (25, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to access device (credit card) fraud. He faces up to 10 years in federal prison. As part of his plea agreement, Newman agreed to pay restitution to Citibank. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: In El Paso, an El Paso man faces between ten years and life in federal prison after a federal jury convicted him on multiple drug trafficking charges announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr. and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Robbed or attempted to rob CVS and Walgreen’s stores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lee’s Summit, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a more than $3.7 million mortgage fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a 60-minute program on Feb. 11, 2017, beginning at 2pm at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center. This program will caravan to Tour Stop #5, then hike to Lilly’s battery of artillery in Viniard Field.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Arnoldo Rueda-Medina, known by several aliases including “La Minsa," arrived in the United States today from Mexico to face criminal charges in connection with his top leadership roles in the “La Familia-Michoacan" Mexican drug cartel. His arrival was announced jointly by Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Dallas Field Division and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By State Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. President: This morning, your advisor Kellyanne Conway said in an interview that lifting sanctions on Russia is "under consideration" as you prepare to speak with President Putin on Saturday. Such an action would be a catastrophic misstep. I strongly urge you not to take any action that would...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 39-year-old Palestine, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: Williamsport, Md.- A high water event in the Potomac River has caused the water to crest the Chesapeake and Ohio National Historical Park (C&O Canal) towpath in several locations along the canal from McMahon’s Mill (MM 88.1) to Burnside House (MM 89.5). Please avoid the towpath in these areas. Visitors...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the Executive Order on refugee vetting...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to cancel outreach about open enrollment, which ends on January 31st.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 27, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Kevin Allen, Jr, of Buffalo, NY, with assaulting federal officers and injuring government property. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
