News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Victim Severely Beaten While Being Held Captive in U-Haul Storage Locker.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, - A former LaRue County Sheriff was charged in a felony information this week with a single count of embezzling money, that was under his care and custody, and belonged to Larue County, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the unsealing of an charging Susan Marie Kort (61, Ocala) with theft of government funds. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. The indictment also notifies Kort that the United States is seeking a money judgment in the amount of $35,577.60, which represents the proceeds of the alleged criminal conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden, New Jersey, man was sentenced today for his role in a crack cocaine distribution conspiracy, one of three members of a drug trafficking organization sentenced this week, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Pennsylvania Woman Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to File Tax Returns Using Stolen IDs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Box ElderRapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet was sentenced on June 13, 2017, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A man who owned a medical imaging business was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in federal prison followed by six months home detention for health care fraud, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said today. He was ordered to pay more than $1.5 million in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 44-year-old Beaumont man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Birmingham man to eight years in prison and ordered him to repay $10.9 million he embezzled from the Shelby County scrap metal brokerage where he was chief financial officer, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Christopher Rueter, 46, of Lincoln, Nebraska, to 57 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Daniel Quinn, 48, of Nashua, New Hampshire, was sentenced to serve 63 months in federal prison for armed bank robbery, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: The Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials will hold a hearing next week to examine challenges and opportunities related to intercity passenger rail service in the United States, with witnesses to testify on behalf of the Federal Railroad Administration, Amtrak, and several passenger rail initiatives in California, Florida, and the New York City metropolitan area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jenny Parker, Victim Assistance Specialist, Kyle Edelen, Public Information Officer, and Todd Bradbury, Assistant United States Attorney, all of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Kentucky, were three of 179 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director Monty Wilkinson at the 33rd Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Daniel Quinn, 48, of Nashua, New Hampshire, was sentenced to serve 63 months in federal prison for armed bank robbery, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: MOOSE, WY- The annual John Colter Day will be held Monday, June 19, at the Colter Bay Visitor Center in Grand Teton National Park. Colter explored the vast Yellowstone country during the winter of 1807-1808, and was likely the first European to travel the region. This marks the tenth year that Grand Teton has offered special presentations to highlight the life of John Colter and the mountain men of the 1800s.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on Thursday, June 15, 2017, Robert L. Mayfield, originally of Sacramento, California, was convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine after a three-day trial. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 29, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Owner-Operator Arrested in Los Angeles to Face Charges in the Indictment.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Travis Marcel Hickman (31, Bradenton) has pleaded guilty to possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon, and to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 20 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump announced he is reimposing commercial restrictions on Cuba previously lifted by President Barack Obama...
