News from July 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: An inadequate nondefense allocation results in a bill with damaging cuts to critical investments in clean energy, advanced energy research, and nuclear nonproliferation; as well as several divisive policy riders.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Mark Q. Stafford was sentenced to 51 months in prison on charges of mail fraud and filing a false tax return in connection with a large-scale investment fraud arising out of his company, the Stafford Financial Firm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - On Friday, July 7, 2017, a federal jury handed down a guilty verdict against former TSA officer Jamie Blunder, 48, of Charlotte, convicting him of drug conspiracy and firearms offenses for his involvement in a drug trafficking network operating in Charlotte and Greensboro, N.C., announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 162 months in prison for purchasing more than three kilograms of heroin from a source in Bronx, New York, and re-selling it to drug dealers in Paterson, New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to President Trump demanding he clarify his statements regarding his plan to set up an “impenetrable Cyber Security Unit" with Russia. The plan, announced at the G-20 summit, provoked...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that all Defendants in Operation Three Amigos announced on Feb. 3, 2015, have now been sentenced in Federal Court. A joint operation by the Camden Police Department, Ouachita County Sheriff’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Donald J. Trump, Jr., White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner, and former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort requesting information about their meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer, during the 2016 presidential campaign on the promise of damaging information about Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An Athol man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that David Thompson, also known as “Super Dave," 43, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for his involvement in an August 2015 home invasion that left one person dead, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that William Lee Taylor, age 53, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced for being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Senior United States District Judge Justin L. Quackenbush sentenced Taylor to a 72-month term of imprisonment and a three-year term of court supervision following release from Federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Price, and Chairman Frelinghuysen for your work on this bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced today the unsealing of an indictment that charges Zan Morgan, 40, Eau Claire, Wis., with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The indictment was returned by a federal grand jury on June 22, and was unsealed following Morgan’s arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for armed bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: Defendant Provided Childcare for a Friend; Molested Child and Sent Images of Abuse to Others.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Alfonso Escobedo Garcia, 36, citizen of Mexico, was sentenced yesterday before U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 144 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in October 2016, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Mallinckrodt LLC, a pharmaceutical manufacturer and one of the largest manufacturers of generic oxycodone, agreed to pay $35 million to settle allegations that it violated certain provisions of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) that are subject to civil penalties, Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: Mr. Chairman, before I begin I want to thank you again for the collaborative process you have led during the formulation of this bill. You continue to be accessible and receptive to concerns that subcommittee Members have raised. It has been a pleasure working with you.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: RAPID CITY, S.D. -- Reclamation and South Dakota Game Fish and Parks today implemented fire restrictions for specific activities at Belle Fourche Reservoir; including Rocky Point State Recreation Area. Restrictions are necessary due to the continued dry weather conditions and the fire restrictions enacted by Butte and Meade Counties. The following restrictions apply to Belle Fourche Reservoir, Rocky Point State Recreation Area and all surrounding lands managed by Reclamation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced the former Chief Financial Officer for Hillsborough Achievement and Resource Centers (HARC), Frank Pannullo (71, Land O’ Lakes), to two years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to make false statements to the Social Security...
