News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Larry Joseph Fraley, age 58, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced after having previously pleaded guilty on April 13, 2017 to Possession of Child Pornography. Chief United States District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - On July 13, 2017, Lt. Col. Kenneth Alleyne, of St. Croix, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and one year of supervised release for wire fraud, theft of government money, and making a false statement to the government, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Jackson, TN - Preston Bryson, 40, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joleen Sedillo, 42, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court to 27 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her conviction on bank robbery charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former New Bedford seafood wholesaler was indicted yesterday for failing to file tax returns and filing a false tax return for his business’ income.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two former Kansas City, Mo., residents pleaded guilty in federal court today to their roles in a $10.5 million conspiracy to distribute synthetic cannabinoids, commonly referred to as K2, to customers nationwide.
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Clinical Psychologist and Owner of Psychological Services Centers Sentenced to 264 Months for Roles in $25 Million Psychological Testing Scheme Carried out Through Eight Companies in Four States.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: MIAMI - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a man with an outstanding warrant for murder to the The Bahamas on July 13. ERO officers turned him over to proper authorities in The Bahamas.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce that we are partnering with Velo Paso, City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD), the Hispanic Access Foundation’s Latino Heritage Internship Program and several other partners to celebrate Latino Conservation Week, July 16-22, with special programming and events at Chamizal National Memorial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: A doctor pled guilty for his participation in a multi-million dollar health care fraud and money laundering scheme that involved the filing of fraudulent insurance claim forms and defrauded health care benefit programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The former deputy treasurer for the City of Compton pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges stemming from his theft of more than $3.7 million of city funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Jackson, TN - Caricus Hendrix, 30, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge on Thursday sentenced the former president of the Communications Workers of America, Local 3901, in Oxford, Ala., to one year and a day in prison for embezzling from the organization, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards, Investigator Hollis Lindley Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Vehicle Pursuit in Las Cruces Results in Federal Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston man and woman have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors and sex trafficking of minors, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury convicted Jazsmine Arielle Joseph, 28, on Sept. 2, 2016, following a week-long trial and approximately six hours of deliberation. Co-defendant Xavier Cooper, 32, had previously pleaded guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Loveland, Colorado businessman, who owned a delicatessen franchise in Fort Collins, Colorado, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison today for conspiring to file fraudulent claims for tax refunds, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer for the District of Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: Ahead of Trump’s voter commission’s first meeting , the Congressional Black Caucus and House Judiciary Committee Democrats will host a forum on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 3p.m. to examine voting rights and privacy concerns related to recent requests made by the commission’s co-chair, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of $10.5 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants to fund training and education for workers and employers to help them identify and prevent workplace safety and health hazards.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding localities like New York City ignoring the agency’s current authority over nutrition labeling, and instituting their own standards. The letter was signed by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA).
