News from July 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Federal, state and local law enforcement agency personnel joined together June 11 to create a special day for some young people.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TIMOTHY PAPROCKI, 33, of Ledyard, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing heroin involved in an overdose death last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On July 12, 2017, Brandon Scott Woodley, 35, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Leon R. Jordan, Senior U.S. District Judge, to serve 120 months in prison for knowingly possessing ammunition after having been previously convicted of a felony. Woodley was convicted in December 2016 after a jury trial in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution at McDowell pleaded guilty today to possessing weapons in prison, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Antonio Freeman, 30, entered his guilty plea to possession of a weapon by an inmate. In a separate prosecution, Robert Aguon, 42, also pleaded guilty to possession of a weapon by an inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Drug dog used by law enforcement to recover over a kilo of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: G. F. “Pete" Peterman, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces Clinton Scott Bass, age 34, of Hahira, Georgia, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Court Judge Hugh Lawson in Valdosta. Mr. Bass was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment, the maximum sentence under the statute and guidelines, for attempting to receive and transport explosive materials with intent to kill, injure or intimidate.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Lewis Davenport, age 40, was recently sentenced to serve 48 months imprisonment for committing aggravated identify theft and conspiring to commit theft on federal land. Court documents show that Davenport and other individuals broke into several unoccupied cars parked within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area last summer.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Carter, Ranking Member Roybal-Allard, and Chairman Rogers for holding this markup today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Holliston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to unlawful possession of ammunition after a substantial weapons trove was uncovered during a search of his home.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jesse Owen Maurice, age 27, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for offenses involving the sexual exploitation of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A California man who participated in a large-scale cocaine trafficking conspiracy was sentenced today to 162 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Dereke Lamar Collins Carroll, 27, of Daphne, was sentenced today in federal court on charges involving his illegal possession of marijuana and ammunition. The federal indictment alleged that Carroll was previously...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Bobby Willis, 45, a resident of Kirtland, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to wire fraud charges under a plea agreement recommending a maximum sentence of 24 months in federal prison. The plea agreement also requires Willis to pay restitution to the victims of his fraudulent conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jose Martir Romano-Hernandez, age 46, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today to time served (4 months in jail) for illegally re-entering the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: EMINENCE, MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways is hosting a free Junior Ranger Day Camp at Round Spring, July 24 - 27. Children are invited to spend the morning with a Park Ranger from 9:00 a.m. to noon each day from Monday, July 24, through Thursday, July 27. The day camp will be a great opportunity for kids to enjoy fun, exciting and educational activities as they become "Junior Rangers.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A brother and sister from New Jersey have been charged with running a multi-million-dollar fraudulent invoice scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PHILIP BAKER, JR., age 43, pled guilty today to an Indictment charging him with violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841, 841(b)(1)(B) and 846 for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute fifty grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: There are over 130,000 acres of opportunities for special events within Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and Obed Wild and Scenic River. To help ensure resource protection, visitor safety and make sure that other visitors’ experience is not significantly impeded, special events such...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Quincy man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for robbing multiple banks throughout the Boston area.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2017
News Release: Mr. Chairman, I am pleased we are here today and I appreciate your efforts to bring the Labor-HHS bill to markup for the third consecutive year-we are on a roll. I am looking forward to full committee markup next week.
