News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Sheldon Lamont Jackson (43, Jacksonville) to 15 years in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Timothy Czeiner, age 30, of Wilmington, Delaware, pled guilty in federal court on July 10, 2017 to a four-Count Indictment charging him with gun and heroin offenses. Specifically, he pled guilty...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), today announced a subcommittee markup for Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Members will markup H.R. ____, Staff Draft on Highly Automated Vehicle Testing and Deployment Act.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Joao Pereira da Fonseca, 55, a citizen of Portugal, pled guilty today to a federal charge stemming from a scheme in which he conspired to help an Iranian company unlawfully obtain sophisticated equipment from two companies in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH - Nathaniel Roshaun Bowens, 34, of Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 400 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), advanced a bill last week that will play an important role in how medical professionals respond to mass traumas.H.R. 880, the MISSION ZERO Act, establishes a grant program for military-civilian partnerships in trauma care that will allow the military and private citizens to benefit from each other’s expertise and experience.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - Local physician Dr. Robert Rand pleaded guilty today to involuntary manslaughter of a patient and unlawful distribution of oxycodone to another patient, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 23, 2017, before U.S. District Judge Miranda Du. At the time of sentencing, Rand faces a maximum of eight years in prison on the manslaughter count and a maximum of 20 years in prison on the drug count.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: Donald Paul Clippinger, 49, of Miami, was sentenced on July 14, 2017, to 58 months in prison and 25 years of supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga, after having pleaded guilty to three counts of accessing with intent to view child pornography. Clippinger was also ordered to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - The BLM Bobcat-Houlihan Recreation Area, located 28 miles southwest of Cody along the South Fork Highway (State Hwy. 291), was recently buried in up to 8" of mud and debris by a flash flood and culvert failure in an irrigation ditch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: Allegedly kept at least $550,000 in settlement amounts that should have gone to his clients.
By State Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Rep. Christopher H. Smith, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations; and Rep. Karen Bass, Ranking Member of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Travis Christopher Ellis (27, Keystone Heights) to five years in federal prison for transporting, receiving, and possessing child pornography. The Court also ordered him to pay $2,500 in restitution to the victims of his crimes and to serve a 20-year term of supervision following his release from prison.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $ 290.6 million in airport infrastructure grants to 105 airports in 38 states across the United States as part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Mark Anthony Esparza, 32, of Dallas, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 100 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in September 2016, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: SHOSHONE, ID - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Shoshone Field Office will host an open house July 27 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. at the Community Campus (1050 Fox Acres Rd., Room 301 & 302) in Hailey to discuss the recently launched travel management planning (TMP) process for the Wood River Valley.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: Guaranteed parking will enhance a visitor’s experience during Yosemite’s busiest month.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - In Aug. 2016, a multi-agency investigation led by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) concluded with the filing of 59 federal indictments and a federal criminal complaint charging 104 Bernalillo County residents with federal firearms and narcotics trafficking offenses. To date, 66 of the 104 defendants charged as the result of this investigation have entered guilty pleas and 29 of them have been sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: Three men have pleaded guilty in federal court in Cedar Rapids to various fraud charges, including counterfeiting, possession of stolen United States Mail, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Gloucester woman pleaded guilty Friday, July 14, 2017, in federal court in Boston for her role in a conspiracy to traffic steroids and launder money.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Matthew Czap, age 68, formerly of Newark, was sentenced on July 12, 2017, by Chief U. S. District Court Leonard P. Stark to one year and one day of imprisonment and 2 years of supervised release. The sentencing came after Mr. Czap pleaded guilty on March 22, 2017 to one count of structuring financial transactions to avoid currency reporting requirements.
