News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Robert Cormier, age 32, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania was sentenced today by Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to serve 180 months’ imprisonment for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Three defendants pleaded guilty today in three separate cases to being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Three defendants pleaded guilty today in three separate cases to being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson stated, “We greatly appreciate Chief Carl Dabadie’s strong leadership and sacrifice in leading the men and women of the Baton Rouge City Police Department through a very difficult chapter in our city's history. Under his leadership, our...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man who owned a Lawrence nightclub has pleaded guilty to a federal sex trafficking charge, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Brandon Johnson, 37, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to serve 90 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that brought controlled substances, including heroin and methamphetamine, into Alaska.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: In an effort to help keep park visitors safe, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area park rangers will be conducting a safety checkpoint the weekend of August 11-13. Park rangers will be focusing on vehicle and occupant safety during the checkpoint but would like to remind visitors that other violations will be addressed if they are encountered.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Jeremiah Pless, 33, of Keene, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography. Pless was convicted by a jury on April 11, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Kansas Man Sentenced 30 Years in Plot to Explode Car Bomb at Fort Riley.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a citizen of El Salvador was sentenced last week to 11 months in prison for reentering the United States illegally.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A leader of the Sex Money Murder set of the Bloods street gang was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy that involved murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and conspiracy to distribute heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: “By any standard, the horrific crime uncovered last night ranks as a stark reminder of why human smuggling networks must be pursued, caught and punished. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations works year-round to identify, dismantle, and disrupt the transnational...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: The former chief of police of the Tama Police Department who stole and pawned a Tama police service weapon, two other guns held by the police department as evidence, multiple vehicles impounded by the police department, and then lied to a FBI Special Agent who was investigating those thefts was sentenced to federal imprisonment in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Abudullah Almashwali, 31, a Yemeni national formerly residing in Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today to six and a half years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and distribution of heroin and cocaine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: The former chief of police of the Tama Police Department who stole and pawned a Tama police service weapon, two other guns held by the police department as evidence, multiple vehicles impounded by the police department, and then lied to a FBI Special Agent who was investigating those thefts was sentenced to federal imprisonment in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Three defendants were sentenced today for running a foreclosure rescue scam in Bakersfield, Visalia and Salinas, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Celgene Corp., a manufacturer of pharmaceuticals headquartered in Summit, New Jersey, has agreed to pay $280 million to settle fraud allegations related to the promotion of two cancer treatment drugs for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Belleville, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to illegally obtain and distribute oxycodone in New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: Man with Spot on Neck, Black T-Shirt Robs Albuquerque Bank, Flees in Honda Civic.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced its plan to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) hydraulic fracturing rule. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
