News from June 2017
By DOT News Wire | Jun 8, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 8, 2017
The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that OSCAR OMAR CAMPOS-ROJAS, age 32, a native of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The first major narcotics trafficking indictment resulting from an investigation by the Los Angeles Strike Force was unsealed today as authorities arrested seven defendants charged with drug trafficking, money laundering and weapons offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Elijah Alon Algiene, 24, of Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson, on June 7, 2017, for being a felon in possession of firearms. Algiene was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received 37 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Evetta Galloway Griffin, 49, of Grand Prairie was sentenced this afternoon by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle to nine months in federal prison. U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas made today’s announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - George Patino, 57, of Houston, Texas, was convicted by a jury on Wednesday after a three-day trial of conspiracy, distributing Human Growth Hormone (“HGH") for unauthorized medical purposes, and smuggling.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on June 6, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against a man and woman allegedly involved in drug trafficking and firearms offenses on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The indictment...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Although I was not happy with the results of the November election, I was hopeful that investing in our Nation’s infrastructure was one area in which I could work with President Trump. During the campaign, he said all the right things about investing in infrastructure, to the tune of a $1 trillion infrastructure package, and to the ire of the Republican Leadership in Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Defendant previously deported after serving sentence on federal drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Failed to include over $600,000 in reportable income on federal tax returns.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Higher costs and fewer choices have plagued many Americans struggling under a law that has proven to be unaffordable and unworkable.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Brandon Lancaster, 21, of Norridgewock, Maine, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to four years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for distributing oxycodone. Lancaster pleaded guilty on Feb. 22, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of health care fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Federal and state authorities arrested six members and associates of the “Cruces Boys" gang this morning on federal drug trafficking charges and seized 25 firearms announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Albuquerque Division; Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, El Paso Division; and, Las Cruces Police Chief Jaime Montoya.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District, has extended the public comment period for an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Dixie Meadows Geothermal Development Project. The BLM is also seeking public input under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that four Columbia, Mo., and Jefferson City, Mo., residents and a Compton, Calif., man have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Cole County, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that four Columbia, Mo., and Jefferson City, Mo., residents and a Compton, Calif., man have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Cole County, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Yesterday, Rietta M. Miller, 52, of Harrisburg, IL, was sentenced in federal court in Benton, Illinois, on her federal bankruptcy fraud conviction, United States Attorney Donald S. Boyce announced. The court ordered Miller to serve three years of probation, with the first six months of that time being...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: William Robertson, 65, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by Indictment, unsealed today, with five counts of wire fraud, one count of theft of government funds, one count of social security fraud, and one count of making false statements announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
