News from July 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: A federal jury found two Mexican nationals guilty today of murder of a federal officer, attempted murder of a federal officer, and related offenses in the killing of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila on Feb. 15, 2011, in Mexico.
By State Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded committee passage of the fiscal year 2018 State Department authorization bill. This is the third year in a row that the committee has successfully ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An investment manager with an office in Short Hills, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for that he fraudulently inducing investments, concealing investment losses, and diverting more than $675,000 in investor money for his own use, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Three local men are in custody on separate, but similar cases of soliciting a minor for sexual purposes, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Allen J. Pendergrass and Terrell McQueen have been arraigned on charges of orchestrating a nationwide unclaimed property fraud scheme. They provided asset recovery services for clients, claiming they would recover unclaimed money and assets held by local and state governments for a fee. During...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - A Roanoke man who conspired with others to distribute heroin and other drugs was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brian Woodhams, 40, of Wayland, NY, pleaded guilty to making false statements to a federal agent, before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that NG LAP SENG, a/k/a “David Ng," a/k/a “Wu Liseng" (“NG"), was convicted after a four-week trial on six counts in connection with his multi-year scheme to pay more than $1.3 million in bribes to ambassadors of the United Nations (“UN").
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
Release: SEATTLE - In what is expected to be the busiest August ever at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Sea-Tac Airport showcased one of the key assets they will use to keep passengers safe and secure: canines specially trained to detect explosives and explosive components.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Johnny Dawson (38, Sarasota) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered him to forfeit the firearm and ammunition seized during his arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama- Today, Johntarance Henriquis McCray (23), a former Alabama Corrections Officer from Hope Hull, was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison for smuggling multiple drugs into a state correctional facility, announced A. Clark Morris, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. At the time of the offense, McCray was a prison guard at Draper Correctional Facility in Elmore County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Jamal Ulysses Green, age 24, of Bowie, Maryland, to 16 years in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release for commercial robbery and using, brandishing and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Kalispell, MT - Stage II Fire Restrictions will go into effect at 12:01am on Friday, July th 28 across most of Northwest Montana. Federal, State, and Private jurisdictions implementing restrictions include.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man with two prior federal firearm convictions was indicted today in federal court in Boston on a federal firearms charge.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate HELP Committee, today announced that Senate Republicans plan to bring forward legislation late tonight to move Trumpcare through to conference with extreme House Republicans. This bill has currently received no official Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score and has not been made public to Senators or the American people.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Pablo Ulloa, 33, of Webster, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine before U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years and a $5,000,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today announced that she is expanding her wide-ranging investigation into the causes of the current opioid epidemic by requesting information and documents from four...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: Research showing extracts of red or purple rice bran can stimulate glucose uptake in mice fat cells, offering potential to help with diabetes management, is among the new nutrition and health findings in the latest issue of the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Food and Nutrition Research Briefs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On July 27, 2017, Keith Wayne Page, 28, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 16 months in prison for escape, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Page will be required to serve three years of supervised release following his imprisonment.
