News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Luis Mejia, 32, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 70 months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition. Mejia will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought for Paramilitary Security Services at the Savannah River Site (SRS). The current Paramilitary Security Services contract at SRS is held by Centerra, LLC and expires on October 7, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Jose Alberto Nava-Reyes, age 35, from Guerrero, Mexico pled guilty in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, to Illegal Reentry into the United States after deportation, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). United States...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: On the morning of Aug. 21, millions of Americans are expected to step outside to witness the solar eclipse, a natural phenomenon that hasn’t been witnessed in the continental U.S. in 38 years. To celebrate, the National Park Service is hosting three local viewing events, two in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, and one near downtown Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Twelve Kilograms of Heroin Valued at $900,000 and Five Luxury Vehicles Seized Today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On July 25, 2017, three additional individuals were sentenced by the Honorable R. Leon Jordan, U.S. District Judge, for their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy centered in and around the Morristown, Tennessee area. Misty Munsey- Killian, 38, of Whitesburg, Tennessee...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Peter Farnum, age 41, of Ballston Lake, New York, appeared today in federal court on charges that he received and possessed child pornography.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement regarding a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report, requested by the Committee’s Ranking Member, to examine whether separating air traffic control service from the federal government as proposed by the 21st Century AIRR Act poses any constitutional issues...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that John William Lieba II was sentenced to 500 months (41.6 years) in prison, 5 years of supervised release, and a $300 special assessment. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris presided over the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Jaquan Latrel Samuel, a/k/a “Trey," a/k/a “Trap," age 30, of Hartsville, pled guilty in federal court in Florence to Robbery of United States Government Property and Use of and Brandishing a Firearm During and in Furtherance...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A grand jury in the Northern District of California has indicted a Russian national and an organization he allegedly operated, BTC-e, for operating an unlicensed money service business, money laundering, and related crimes. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on July 24, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Phoenix, Ariz. man was sentenced today to 819 months in prison in connection with the armed assault against federal law enforcement officers that occurred in the Bunkerville, Nev. area in April 2014, over rancher Cliven Bundy’s trespassing cattle from public lands. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Chief Judge Gloria M. Navarro sentenced Burleson to three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Ernest Dyer, age 44, of York, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing a firearm after having been previously convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Edwin Ferrer, age 44, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for unlawfully possessing a handgun, ammunition, and crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Alaskan Commercial Fishing Couple Charged with Willful Failure to Pay Over $400,000 in Income Taxes on Income Earned for 13 Years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Mason David Powell, age 28, of Biglerville, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty on July 25, 2017, before Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to sexual exploitation of children, production of child pornography, possession of child pornography, and online coercion and enticement of minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that BOBBY LEE RUPPEL JR, age 34, of Del City, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 96 months imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release, for FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: Defendant Disappeared During Trial And Was Convicted In Absentia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Walthill, Nebraska, woman was charged in federal district court with False Statement.
