News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Holt, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for sharing child pornography over the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Ricardo Favela (age 44) was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for two counts of aggravated sexual abuse on a child and one count of abusive sexual contact with a child. Senior United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev.- A Las Vegas man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert C. Jones to 70 months in prison and four years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute 400 grams of heroin and methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Puzder: I write to inquire when the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee might expect to see the required Committee paperwork in advance of your hearing, which is currently scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, and to reiterate my request that all of President Trump’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Hurley C. Jackson, 34, Milwaukee, was found guilty today of participating in a conspiracy to distribute heroin. The jury reached its verdict after six hours of deliberation following a four-day trial in federal court in Madison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., returned a verdict yesterday evening finding Michael Dalton, 34, of Roswell, N.M., guilty of unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition after a three-day trial. The verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, 5th Judicial District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Michael Wayne Wade, 31, of Boise was sentenced today in United States District Court to 240 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for sex trafficking of a minor, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Wade pleaded guilty on Aug. 16, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Faces at Least 30 years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - According to signed documents filed in U.S. District Court in Providence, Charles F. Denno, 66, of East Providence, a former finance director for the Providence Plan, has agreed to plead guilty to devising and executing a scheme in which he fraudulently converted more than $500,000 of Providence Plan funds for his own use.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the filing of a criminal complaint charging Anthony J. Klatch, II (35, previously of Tampa) with one count of wire fraud. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Seng Xiong stole more than $1.7 million in affinity fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former Army Reservist who was previously charged with the theft of military weapons, and then later escaped while in federal custody, has now been charged with two counts of attempted bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two Wayne County, West Virginia business owners were sentenced to prison today for failing to pay over employment taxes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Carol Casto for the Southern District of West Virginia.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: Tonopah, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), will begin a wild horse helicopter gather of the Reveille herd management area (HMA) on Monday, January 30th. The Reveille HMA is located about 50 miles east of Tonopah in Nye County, Nevada, and is currently above the appropriate management level...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
Release: ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin to offer expedited screening to passengers departing Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) who are enrolled in TSA Pre✓® starting Jan. 27.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS - Justice and equality for all does not always come easy. Non-violent marches and demonstrations that engaged deeply committed men, women, and children were essential to the success of the 1960s Civil Rights movement across America. During Black History Month in February, in remembrance of that struggle for justice and equality, the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center will host an informative photo display and the documentary film Never Lose Sight of Freedom.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Danielle Ey, 29, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, admitted to assisting in heroin distribution in federal court in Martinsburg today, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced an indictment charging ALEX BOYD, 38, SASAH MARIE ERDNER, 30, and TRINITY JAMES WICKA, 19, with stealing and attempting to sell approximately 75 guns. BOYD, who is a convicted felon, was also charged with illegally possessing a firearm. The indictment was unsealed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr., and Timothy J. Plancon, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Detroit Field Division, announced today that George Kudmani, a Louisville physician, was convicted in U.S. District Court on multiple counts including unlawful distribution of controlled substances and health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced today a federal grand jury handed down a third superseding indictment charging three men with nine counts of firearms charges. NOLAN CASON, 26, of New Orleans, was charged with two counts of possession of a firearm and one count of possession of ammunition by...
