News from June 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on tomorrow’s anniversary of the shooting at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota man was sentenced Friday to 36 years in federal prison for sex trafficking three minor girls and for producing and receiving child pornography of two minor girls.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Two senior managers have been named to positions in the Alaska Region of the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Leawood woman was charged Friday with importing $194,000 worth of misbranded drugs, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Kimberly O’Toole, 49, of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, was charged by Information today with four counts of wire fraud, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Alliance, Nebraska, man convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter was sentenced on June 13, 2017, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news from the Administration that it has rescinded the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program and plans to preserve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 37-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to prison for federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Forged Prescriptions and Manipulated Various Online Pharmacy Networks and Government Databases to Commit Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Acting U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jay Trezevant, Cherie Krigsman, Charles Harden, Karin Hoppmann, and Jason Mehta, along with Legal Administrative Specialist Gina Wetherald, Senior Civil Investigator Charles Burnette, and retired Supervisory...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, on June 15, 2017, Phillip Wilson, 37, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison after his guilty plea to the charges of distribution of heroin, possession with intent to distribute heroin, and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss also ordered that Wilson serve three years of supervised release after his prison term.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: An NPS ranger patrol responded to a request for help at 17,500 feet on Denali’s West Buttress route at approximately 1 am on June 16. An independent party of three had been descending from Denali Pass when one of the teammates collapsed due to unknown illness. By the time the initial team of two NPS...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Joint Statement Update on Status of Shooting in Alexandria, Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: From the outset, this case has been closely monitored by the Department of Justice. An experienced career prosecutor with the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota was cross designated to assist the state prosecution team. We determined that this course of action was the strongest...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for heroin distribution.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, had this to say on Friday following a statement from DHS Secretary John Kelly to rescind a 2014 memo put in place by the Obama administration regarding Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) and expanded work authorization for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Steven Lemieux, 54, of Fairfield, Maine, was convicted yesterday following a jury trial in U.S. District Court of illegally possessing firearms and ammunition.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 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 | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Sterling man who downloaded thousands of child pornography images and videos was sentenced today to five years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, ID - High water along the South Fork of the Snake River in Bonneville and Jefferson Counties has resulted in several county road closures, which temporarily restricts access to several Bureau of Land Management boat ramps and recreation sites. As of June 16, the county road has been closed...
