News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates today announced that Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, known by various aliases including “El Chapo," will face charges filed in Brooklyn, New York, following his extradition to the United States from Mexico, alleging that he was operating a continuing criminal enterprise and other drug-related crimes through his leadership of the Mexican organized crime syndicate known as the Sinaloa Cartel.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Robert Lorenzo Perea, 32, of Sandia Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating federal firearms laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Steven Choi, 41, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio today, 26-year-old Jordan Jericho Bautista Gunter was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for illegally carrying a firearm on an aircraft announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Special Agent in Charge Kendall Whittington...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that COREY BRINSON, 36, of Hartford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to a money laundering charge stemming from his involvement in a securities fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: COTTONWOOD, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the release of the Record of Decision and approved Cottonwood Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment for Domestic Sheep Grazing.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - With ideal weather conditions entering the region, firefighters from the Northwest Colorado Interagency Fire Management Unit plan to burn slash piles on Bureau of Land Management-administered lands northeast of Granby.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Irick Dron Oneal, age 43, of Midland, faces up to life in federal prison after a jury in Midland convicted him of the sex trafficking of a 15-year-old girl announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist, El Paso Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Settlement Includes Admissions by the Bank and Provides Compensation for Borrowers Harmed by the Discriminatory Lending Practices.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced it is reprogramming $76,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to acquire a key public access point to the Colorado River.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. B A Missouri man is set to appear in federal court here Monday on charges he and his accomplices scammed desperate homeowners with false promises to help them save their homes, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - David Murillo has been named Acting Commissioner for the Bureau of Reclamation, which is the largest wholesale water supplier in the United States and the nation’s second largest producer of hydroelectric power. He will serve in this capacity until a commissioner is nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 20, 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 Senate confirmation of General John F. Kelly to be Secretary of Homeland Security...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS - A special program of dulcimer music will be provided by the North Mississippi Dulcimer Association from 10:00 am to 1:00 pmon Saturday, February 4, 2017, at the Parkway Visitor Center located at milepost 266 near Tupelo, Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh doctor pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of Oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, and health care fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: Harrisonburg, VIRGINIA - A Winchester, Virginia man, who filmed himself sexually exploiting two minor children, pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Harrisonburg to two federal child pornography production charges, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - Steven Scudder, 62, of Centerville, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to wire fraud, admitting that he used his position as an attorney to facilitate a fraudulent investment scheme operated by someone else.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - Steven Scudder, 62, of Centerville, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to wire fraud, admitting that he used his position as an attorney to facilitate a fraudulent investment scheme operated by someone else.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: In Pecos, George Mariadas Kurusu, a 58-year-old Indian national and a Fort Stockton Independent School District (FSISD) teacher, pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a wire fraud scheme involving the hiring of Indian nationals to teach in the United States announced United States Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ A Rio Grande Valley area doctor has been taken into custody for his scheme to solicit and obtain illegal kickbacks in exchange for Medicare patient referrals, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson.
