News from January 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield for selling crack cocaine and marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: NOTE: Settlement agreement and other document links at bottom of release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced Logan Cobell, 27, of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, to one month’s imprisonment followed by one year of supervised release for possession of a firearm in a school zone, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced. Judge Gomez also ordered Cobell to two months’ home confinement while on supervised release. He must pay a $1,000 fine and a $25 special assessment and complete 400 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A former dispatch supervisor for the Chicago Police Department admitted in federal court today that she provided private government information to her boyfriend in an effort to help smuggle contraband into Cook County Jail.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against American Fruit & Produce Corporation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: A Colombian national was sentenced today to prison for unlawfully injecting silicone into victims’ bodies for aesthetic enhancements, without a medical license or approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: Ivan Chavez and Brent Hutchins Both Admit to Federal Drug, Gun Charges.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) invites photographers to submit entries for an exhibit at the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. The NPS is looking for striking digital images highlighting the spectacular views, historic sites, recreational opportunities, and diversity of life in the...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: ARPA-E today announced up to $30 million in funding for the development of a new class of building sensor systems aimed at improved controls for heating and cooling that will improve comfort, reduce costs, and reduce energy use.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. Jan. 18, 2017 - Since 2015, the National Park Service has implemented a phased in approach to fee increases for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. 2017 marks the completion of this project with entry fees for Motorcycles now $25 per individual from $20 in 2016 for a 7-days pass.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Roger Wheaten Webb, 53, of Ashburn, pleaded guilty today to receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office recently entered into a statewide settlement agreement with Dolgencorp, LLC, to ensure that all Dollar General stores in the state of Alabama are in compliance with the requirements...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Boston-based global financial services company State Street Corporation has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and agreed to pay a $32.3 million criminal penalty to resolve the government’s criminal investigation into a scheme to defraud at least six of the bank’s clients through...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: Four Miami-Dade County residents conspired to break into parked vehicles to steal personal property, including personal identification information, that was then used to carry out identity-related fraud schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for aiming his laser pointer at a Kansas City, Mo, Police Department helicopter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: ABILENE, Texas - A Fort Worth, Texas, man, Manuel Guadalupe Garcia, 21, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 135 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in October 2016 to one count of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Peggy Washington (36, Palmetto) to three years and three months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and making false statements to government agencies. The Court also entered a money judgment in the amount...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Gerald Tanner, 56, of Collinsville, Illinois, was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for conspiring to distribute oxycodone and methadone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a federal grand jury in Anchorage indicted Devin Lee Peterson for production and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 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 possessing child pornography.
