News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Brandon Maestas, 32, of Nambe, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by using and carrying firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Okreek, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating and Wounding was sentenced on July 19, 2017, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: For Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON -The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation announced today that it has selected 57 Small-Scale Water Efficiency Projects in 15 states to receive a total of $3.6 million as part of the WaterSMART grants program. The WaterSMART grants are leveraged with local and state funding to support $7.47 million in efficiency improvements.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC-Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Jason Chaffetz, Chairman of the Oversight Committee, John D. Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Committee on Judiciary, Stephen F. Lynch, and Hakeem Jeffries, introduced H. R. 5920, the Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act, to expand whistleblower protections to additional federal contractors and grantees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Italian national who smuggled counterfeit electronics, including Apple iPhones, iPads and iPods, from China for sale in the United States was sentenced today to 37 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Member of Conspiracy to Import and Traffic Counterfeit Electronic Products Sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas ‐ The owner of Penitas Family Pharmacy aka Riverside Pharmacy and a marketer employed by the pharmacy have been indicted in connection with a scheme to defraud Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, announced Acting United States Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A criminal bill of indictment was unsealed today in federal court charging five individuals for their involvement in a $3 million debt collection scheme operating in Mecklenburg County that targeted victims throughout the country, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. A criminal bill of information was also filed today charging a sixth defendant for her role in the conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that Desarae Makes Him First, age 26, of Standing Rock, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann on July 20, 2017, and pled guilty to a Superseding Information that charged her with Second Degree Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Charlene E. Honeywell has sentenced George A. Frampton (63, Brandon) to seven years in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. The Court also ordered him to pay $5,300 in special assessments and to serve 15 years on supervised release following his term of imprisonment.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Ivan Velasquez-Caballero, aka Talivan or 50, has been sentenced to federal prison for 30 years following his convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Harrold, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Florida man who over seven years embezzled almost $2.5 million from a small business fencing company was sentenced today to 63 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $2.5 million in restitution to victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A McAllen federal jury has convicted a lawful permanent resident who was residing in Mission, Texas for possessing with the intent to distribute approximately 50 kilograms of cocaine, announced Joseph M. Arabit the DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. The jury deliberated for less than an hour before convicting Leonel Luis Nordhausen-Cuevas, 58, following a two-day-trial.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: With Senate Republicans still seriously considering legislation to repeal Medicaid expansion next week, Congressman Joe Kennedy III (MA-04), Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report focused on the impact of...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: With Senate Republicans still seriously considering legislation to repeal Medicaid expansion next week, Congressman Joe Kennedy III (MA-04), Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report focused on the impact of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Orlando Juarez Cardenas, 41, of San Angelo, was sentenced today before Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 27 years in federal prison for the distribution of methamphetamine in San Angelo, Texas, announced Special Agent-in-Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the DEA, and U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
