News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced today the sentencing of a Roanoke man on a federal drug charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced James Ricardo Williams, a/k/a Snipe, age 28, of District Heights, Maryland, today to eight years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and phencyclidine (PCP) and for possession with intent to distribute narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Opposing, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on Jan. 30, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 23-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for making a terroristic threat in the Eastern District of Texas announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Eight people were sentenced to prison this month for their roles in a penny-stock fraud that resulted in a $39 million loss to investors, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Elkins residents pled guilty to methamphetamine charges in federal court today, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, sentenced SHELBY SHERROD PETTIES, 33, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to 92 months imprisonment followed by 10 years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be hosting the 17th Annual Spring Planting and Music Festival on Saturday, April 29, 2017. Traditional arts and crafts as well as music will be included as part of the festival throughout the day. The park would like to take this opportunity to extend...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Spokane, WA - Michael C. Ormsby, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Richard Estes, age 77, of Renton, Washington, was sentenced, after having previously pled guilty on Dec. 16, 2015, to Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering. United States District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: A former part-time Linndale police officer was sentenced more than three years in prison for transporting large amounts of MDMA and marijuana, law enforcement officials said.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We are writing to express grave concerns about widespread reports that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are failing to comply with federal court orders staying actions relating to the President’s Executive Order banning refugees broadly and travelers from seven specific...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A McAllen woman has entered a guilty plea to falsifying bank records in order to conceal theft of $1.25 million in bank funds, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Owners of Sunnyvale Auto Dealership Used Family Business to Defraud Companies, Individuals in Scheme to Illegally Export Luxury Automobiles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A McAllen woman has entered a guilty plea to falsifying bank records in order to conceal theft of $1.25 million in bank funds, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned separate indictments charging Camp Street Gang Members, Mario McGee, 36, and his brother, Tramell McGee, 34, both of Buffalo, NY, with possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Central Ore.-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Prineville District has started implementing a series of annual wildlife closures to protect several species of birds of prey during sensitive nesting periods. Harassment by humans-unintentional or deliberate-is a leading cause of nest failure or abandonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Kenneth Duffy, 64, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison today, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. In 2016, the defendant pled guilty to one count of theft of government funds, for stealing Social Security benefits intended for his deceased mother...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Three Cleveland men were sentenced to prison for more than a decade for committing armed robberies in Solon, Bath and North Olmsted, said Carole S. Rendon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Trevor Velinor, Special Agent in Charge of ATF’s Columbus Field Division.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) recently hosted police departments and government agencies from five states to test vehicles equipped with radiological and nuclear detection.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 31, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - On Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, Dr. Robert M. Ritchea, 54, of LaGrange, Georgia, pled guilty to one count of conspiring to unlawfully distribute a controlled substance through the operation of a “pill mill" and money laundering, announced United States Attorney George L. Beck, Jr. A “pill mill" is a medical clinic created to dispense controlled substances inappropriately, unlawfully, and for non-medical reasons.
