News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: Today, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee applauded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for finalizing a rule to prohibit the use of pre-dispute, binding (“forced") arbitration in contracts for consumer financial products such as checking or savings accounts, student loans, or credit cards.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man involved with others in distributing heroin in the Huntington area in 2014 and 2015 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Bradley William McCutchen, 36, entered his guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: RUPERT, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation’s Upper Snake Field Office will hold its annual C.A.S.T. for Kids fishing event Saturday, July 15, from 9:30 am to 1 pm. The event will be held at the Burley Golf Course Boat Docks, located off Interstate 84, exit 211 toward Burley.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Carolina Giselle Berrio, a/k/a “Carolina Slocum Berrio," “Karrie," 37, of Lafayette, Louisiana, was sentenced last week for her involvement in a “pill mill" operation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A second North Texas woman pleaded guilty Monday to charges related to operating a brothel posing as a massage parlor in Dallas, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - A pair of Christiansburg residents were sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke on Federal drug conspiracy charges, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD")...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: GETTYSBURG, PA - Texas native and U.S. Veteran Ernan Cesar Rivera will begin a month-long residency at Gettysburg National Military Park on July 15. Rivera will use his time at Gettysburg to study the history of Latinos who served in the Union Army during Civil War. He will reflect on this work during...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Salina man was sentenced Monday to 20 years in federal prison on drug and gun charges, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The former owner of a Providence convenience store who admitted to masterminding a $1.1 million dollar scheme to defraud the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has been sentenced to 31 months in federal prison, after a court imposed sentence of five-year probation with intermittent confinement was revoked at the government’s request.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Rosalee Vavages, 55, of Sacaton, Ariz., a member of the Tohono O’odham Indian Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 63 months in prison. Vavegas had previously pleaded guilty to child abuse, likely to produce death or serious bodily injury. Previously, co-defendant...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man today admitted robbing a bank in Fort Lee, New Jersey, in January 2017, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Halima Mohamed, 35, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to theft of government funds before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: Join us at Effigy Mounds National Monument on July 15th, 2017 for another great Junior Ranger Day. Children of all ages are invited to join us from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for hands-on learning about prehistoric fire starting, hunting, and natural fiber cord making.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore invites you to the.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: Your business operates on a tight budget. Your sales team complains of old cell phones with inadequate data plans; your desktop computers are no longer supported by the manufacturer and spare parts are hard to find; and replacement hardware purchased on the aftermarket could contain viruses. The question before you: Where do you invest your limited resources?
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Weirton, West Virginia, man was convicted today of distribution of a controlled substance, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - Kelly Neil Black, 24, of Fritch, Texas, appeared today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater and pleaded guilty to one count of transportation of child pornography, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists and Soliciting the Murder of a Federal Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Olathe man was sentenced Monday to a year and a day in federal prison for stealing more than $275,000 in merchandise while he was working for a store that catered to runners, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. In addition, he was ordered to pay back the full amount.
