News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today a Federal Grand Jury in Columbia, South Carolina, returned the following multiple-count Indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Trenton man was sentenced today to 74 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking organization that allegedly distributed hundreds of grams of heroin in Trenton and the surrounding area, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Brian LaChance, age 28, of Olyphant, was sentenced to 10 years in prison today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard P. Conaboy, for using a facility of interstate commerce to attempt to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - There is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against Albuquerque Police Department (APD) officers involved in the fatal shooting of James Boyd, the Justice Department announced today. Officials from the Department’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Jeffrey B. Reed, Resident Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), and Kenton Buckner, Chief of Little Rock Police Department (LRPD), announced today the arrest of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of illegally possessing firearms and ammunition, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing entitled, “Comprehensive Tax Reform: Prospects and Challenges"...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Jennifer Jackson, age 25, of Liberty, South Carolina, entered a guilty plea yesterday in federal court in Greenville to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), and Possession with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Director of South Korea's Earthquake Research Center Convicted of Money Laundering in Million Dollar Bribe Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) will celebrate its second ever Astronomy Day at the Dune Climb. The event will take place on Saturday, July 29, 2017. All astronomy events are free with a park pass. This event is the perfect opportunity to “Find Your Park" in observing the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- Today, U.S. District Court Senior Judge Daniel R. Domínguez sentenced state criminal defense attorney Lemuel Velilla-Reyes to 18 months of imprisonment, one year of supervised release and a $20,000 fine for concealing a fugitive from arrest, endeavoring to obstruct, influence and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON ‐ A 32-year-old Pakistani national who resided in the local area has been ordered to federal prison following his convictions on six counts of mail fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Babar Butt resided in multiple locations in Houston and Spring and operated an electronics export business, routinely shipping items to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Richard Ruiz Leyva, 37, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 82 months in prison for assaulting federal law enforcement officers. Leyva will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), aided by investigators from the Chicago field offices of the FBI and the local police department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Arizona Department of Public Safety and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to nearly 15 years in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Three Georgia men and a New Jersey woman were charged today with conspiring to illegally sell numerous firearms bound for New Jersey, including an assault rifle with a 75-round magazine and multiple handguns with extended magazines, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Mr. David Kautter is nominated to serve as Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy. It is a tough job, and it’s never tougher than when the Congress is gearing up to work on major tax legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price, M.D., announced today the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, involving 412 charged defendants across 41 federal districts, including over...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after the failure of Senate Republicans' health care bill and announcement that they plan to vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act without a replacement plan...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - As House Republicans prepare to publish budget reconciliation language today that could lead to opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling - continuing a decades-long ideological effort to drill in one of the nation’s most pristine protected habitats - Ranking Member...
