News published on Federal Newswire in January 2017

News from January 2017


News Release: Defendant Committed Crimes While Registered as a Sex Offender.


News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev.-A Las Vegas man was sentenced Tuesday by United States District Judge James C. Mahan to 260 months in prison and six years of supervised release for felon in possession of a firearm, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the District of Nevada.


Latta on Appointment of Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen as Acting Chairman of FTC

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement after President Donald J. Trump designated Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen as Acting Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today.


Marion County man pleads guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm

News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Duane Jabbar Martin, 31, of Rivesville, West Virginia, was convicted for unlawful possession of a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.


Disbarred Winter Park Attorney Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Clients and Banks of $2.7 Million

News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Julie W. Kronhaus (52, Winter Park) has pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and one count of bank fraud. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for the wire fraud count and up to 30 years’ imprisonment for the bank fraud count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.


Albion Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher Ridder, 45, of Albion, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging John Kays, age 42, his wife, Danielle N. Kays, age 41, both of Bel Air, Maryland, and Matthew Barrow, age 42, of Toledo, Ohio, with conspiracy and bribery charges related to contracting at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics...


Latta on Appointment of Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen as Acting Chairman of FTC

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement after President Donald J. Trump designated Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen as Acting Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today.


News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Six of 19 defendants to be sentenced in a gang-related racketeering and murder case received their sentences this week in U.S. District Court.


News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that LESTER MORNAY, 68, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information charging him with conspiracy to commit bribery and honest services wire fraud.


Lansing Pimp Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking a Minor, Becoming the Tenth Person Convicted Federally of Sex Trafficking in West Michigan

News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Nicko Ray Rush II, 26, of Lansing, Michigan, pled guilty on Jan. 24, 2017, to sex trafficking a minor by force, threats of force, fraud, or coercion. A grand jury charged Rush in November 2016 with sex trafficking two girls, ages 15 and 16, and one adult in Ingham County and...


Middlesex County, New Jersey, Man Gets Over Three Years In Jail For Particpating In International $200 Million Credit Card Scam

News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Iselin, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 46 months in prison for his role in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: Vicksburg, MS. - The National Park Service (NPS) proposes to mitigate continued erosion of the bluff adjacent to the Texas State Memorial and railroad redoubt within Vicksburg National Military Park in order to stabilize the site. The purpose of the project is to prevent further erosion while protecting the memorial and fortification.


Chaffetz Applauds President’s Immigration Actions

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) issued the following statement after President Trump took action to combat illegal immigration within the United States.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold its first field hearing of the 115th Congress in Manhattan, Kan., on the upcoming Farm Bill reauthorization.


Appropriations Democrats Call on Speaker Ryan to Address Trump Administration Conflicts of Interest

News Release: Appropriations Democrats Call on Speaker Ryan to Address Trump Administration Conflicts of Interest.


News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging John Kays, age 42, his wife, Danielle N. Kays, age 41, both of Bel Air, Maryland, and Matthew Barrow, age 42, of Toledo, Ohio, with conspiracy and bribery charges related to contracting at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics...


News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX), and all Republican members of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee, today sent a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai requesting that he close the docket on the set-top box proceeding.


News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on President Trump’s Executive Order on the “border wall":