News from July 2017
By DOT News Wire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: BTS’ National Transportation Statistics Updated - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today updated National Transportation Statistics (NTS) – a web-only reference guide to national-level transportation data. NTS, updated quarterly, includes a wide range ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND - Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Hammond has returned an indictment against William Moit, age 70, who was formerly a resident of Rensselaer, Indiana but now resides in Westfield, Indiana.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Dear Dr. Fitzgerald: In your role as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), you now lead the federal government’s efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to established and emerging health threats. Your agency is responsible for tackling public health crises both at home and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two men who had been admitted into the country from Mexico under a non-immigrant visa have been ordered to prison for illegally possessing firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Oscar Gumaro Pruneda-Garcia, 30, and Rene Garcia-Araujo, 25, pleaded guilty Jan. 3, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Following a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay, today a federal jury convicted Laroy Damont Johnson, 37, of Dallas, of drug and firearm offenses, announced Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the DEA, and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding Amnesty International’s recent report on torture at secret detention facilities in Cameroon...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad has announced that yesterday, a federal jury found Broderick A. Moore (age 24) of Milwaukee guilty of motor vehicle robbery (carjacking) and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, acting National Park Service (NPS) Director Michael T. Reynolds announced the selection of Gay Vietzke as regional director for the Northeast Region of the NPS. Vietzke currently serves as the superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Federal officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested a total of 123 criminal aliens and immigration violators throughout Central and South Texas during an eight-day enforcement action which ended Wednesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: FORT WAYNE - The Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announces that Tyquane Lamar Stewart, age 25, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced on July 21, 2017, before United States District Court Judge Theresa Springmann for the federal crime of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. sentenced Steven A. Morrill (54, Sanford) to 20 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release for attempting to entice a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity. The Court also ordered him to forfeit a cellphone that had been used in furtherance of the commission of the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Two Broward County residents have been charged federally with being felons in possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Jason Edgecombe, 40, and Cy Viator, 34, both of Houston, Texas, were sentenced this morning for their involvement in a “pill mill" operation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Washington County resident convicted at trial in February on charges of mail fraud and forging a Federal Judicial Order has been sentenced in federal court to 46 months in prison, followed by a term of three years of supervised release, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - An Algerian man made his initial appearance today following extradition from Spain for his involvement in conspiring to provide material support and resources to terrorists, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Louis D. Lappen of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security Dana J. Boente.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday chaired a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to consider six of President Trump’s nominees for key positions at the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of the Interior (DOI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that a federal grand jury returned a Superseding Indictment yesterday charging six defendants with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including Michael Leslie, aka “Bear," age 40, of Philadelphia, PA; Marvin Tyrone...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Barrio Azteca Gang Lieutenant Sentenced to Life in Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: HONOLULU - Ikaika Erik Kang, 34, an Army sergeant first class stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 19, 2017 with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham ("ISIS"), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Kang was previously arrested on July 8, 2017, and ordered detained pending further proceedings.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Price: We write in response to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) indicating it plans to unilaterally shorten the duration of grant agreements for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program. The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) has notified all 81 grantees...
