News published on Federal Newswire in July 2017

News from July 2017


News Release: DALLAS -A tax preparer who operated a tax preparation business in Irving, Texas, was sentenced yesterday for preparing false tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


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News Release: President and Pharmacist-in-Charge Distributed Cancer Drugs Contaminated With Mold.


Subcommittee to Examine the Implementation of the FAST Act’s Safety Provisions

News Release: Washington - The Subcommittee on Highways and Transit will hold a hearing next week to examine how the policy provisions of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act are improving the safety and reliability of the Nation’s roads. The Subcommittee will hear testimony from the administrations within the Department of Transportation responsible for implementing these provisions of the FAST Act, as well as the National Transportation Safety Board.


District Man Sentenced to 9 1/2-Year Prison Term For Sexually Assaulting 12-Year-Old Boy

News Release: WASHINGTON - A 37-year-old man was sentenced today to a 9½-year prison term for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy, U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips announced.


News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - David Ackell, 48, of Seekonk, Massachusetts, will serve a 33-month prison sentence for using facilities in interstate commerce to stalk a female resident of New Hampshire, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.


Statement of Special Agent in Charge Amy S. Hess Regarding Fugitive Eric C. Conn

News Release: Statement of Special Agent in Charge Amy S. Hess Regarding Fugitive Eric C. Conn.


News Release: Savannah, GA - DeVonte Shyheem Green, 23, from Savannah, Georgia, pled guilty earlier this week before Senior U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore, Jr. for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Green remains in U.S. Marshal custody and will be sentenced after the U.S. Probation Office completes a presentence investigation.


Man from El Salvador pleads guilty to reentering the U.S. after having been removed four times

News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a man from El Salvador pleaded guilty Thursday to reentering the United States after having been previously removed four times.


Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Atlanta-Area Tax Return Preparer

News Release: Justice Department Seeks to Shut Down Atlanta-Area Tax Return Preparer.


Virginia Man Sentenced for Felon in Possession of Firearms

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Yusuf Abdirizak Wehelie, 26, of Burke, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for possession of firearms by a convicted felon.


Plains Township Man Indicted For Firebombing The Luzerne County Children And Youth Office Building

News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on July 11, 2017, Phillip Finn, Jr, age 47, of Plains Township, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for stalking, making threatening interstate communications and causing malicious damage to federal property by fire.


Chairman Murkowski and Ranking Member Cantwell Announce Upcoming Committee Schedule

News Release: The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today announced the hearing schedule for next week. The full committee hearings will examine the status and outlook for U.S. and North American energy and resource security and consider various nominees for the Department of Energy and the Department ...


News Release: A man who distributed child pornography pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.


“Pimp” Sentenced to 293 Months in Federal Prison in Child Sex Trafficking Case

News Release: LUBBOCK - Dimitrise Lyghts, 23, of Lubbock, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 293 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in March 2017 to one count of sex trafficking of a child related to his pimping a 15-year-old girl in Lubbock, Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.


News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge this week sentenced a Mississippi man to nearly six years in prison for conspiring with his girlfriend to steal more than $1 million from the Birmingham surgical practice where she worked, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David W. Archey.


News Release: The Department of Justice announced today the filing of a civil complaint seeking the forfeiture and recovery of approximately $144 million in assets that are allegedly the proceeds of foreign corruption offenses and were laundered in and through the U.S. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A.


BLM Tres Rios Field Office Rescinds Stage 1 Fire Restrictions

News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - On Friday, July 14, at 12 p.m., Stage 1 Fire Restrictions within the Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office are rescinded including BLM managed lands in Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose and San Miguel counties.


Williamsport Man Sentenced to 15 Years’ Imprisonment for Drug Trafficking

News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Larry Eason a/k/a “Tree," age 34, of Renovo, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on July 12, 2017, to 15 years’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann for conspiracy to distribute 1,000 grams or more of heroin.


Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 1,300,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2017/2018 marketing year.