News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that LURLYN A. WINCHESTER, a Justice for the Town Court of Monroe...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - In remarks delivered today during the Bloomberg Global Transfer Pricing Conference at the National Press Club, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) discussed current efforts between Congress and the administration to unite behind a tax overhaul plan that will strengthen the economy, spur new job growth, and promote better opportunity for all Americans. Key excerpts follow...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Gary Todd Smith (“Todd Smith") (47, Fayetteville, North Carolina) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud affecting a financial institution, and to wire fraud affecting a financial institution. He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: A Richland County man was indicted for three bank robberies, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released the following statement today in response to FAA legislation introduced by Committee Democrats...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that EFRAIN ISABEL RUIZ-GARCIA age 35, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Attacking Hezbollah’s Financial Network: Policy Options.".
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve continues its year-long celebration of its 100th birthday, kicking off the busy summer season with a day of fun, family-oriented activities at SummerFest on June 10. SummerFest is held at the Denali Visitor Center campus and will include live local music, hands-on activities for all ages, special ranger programs, birthday cake and more!.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker announced the sentencing of RANDY MILAND, 63, to 90 months in federal prison for operating a Ponzi scheme through which he stole or attempted to steal more than $500,000 from purported investors. MILAND was indicted on June 7, 2016, and pleaded guilty on September 9, 2016. MILAND was sentenced on June 6, 2017, before United States District Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Sonja McQuillar, 50 of New Castle, Delaware was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison for embezzling from Northern Children’s Services, where she was employed. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court ordered 3 years of supervised release, a$300 special assessment, and $607,067 restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Gregory L. Garmon, 35, of Cranston, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Garmon was arrested by members of the Cranston Police Department on May 3, 2016, approximately 30 minutes after Providence Police reported shots fired in their city and provided a description to Cranston Police of a vehicle believed involved in the incident.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal grand jury sitting in Asheville returned a criminal bill of indictment late yesterday against David R. Payne, 52, of Fletcher, N.C., charging him with multiple counts of bank fraud and making false statements to a bank, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney forr the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - As the 2016-2017 school year nears its completion, today nearly 300 students in Winman Jr. High School in Warwick participated in the United States Attorney’s Office’s opioid and heroin addiction and overdose awareness program. Today’s presentation, the final in-school program of the current school year, marks the 28th presentation in more than two dozen schools in 13 communities across Rhode Island.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - The BLM will join other local emergency response units at the City of Rock Springs annual Touch-A-Truck day for the fourth year in a row. The free event is being held on June 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Rock Springs Family Recreation Center, 3900 Sweetwater Drive, Rock Springs, Wyoming.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Westmoreland County man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance, resulting in an overdose death and with possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin, a Schedule I controlled substance, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: GALVESTON, Texas - A 44-year old resident of Angleton has entered a guilty plea to one count each of distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Courtney Lamar Forbes, age 27, of Jackson, was sentenced on May 23, 2017, by U.S. District Judge William H. Barbour, Jr., to a term of 60 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Harold Brittain. Forbes was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: 27 year-old man used 14-year-old girl for commercial sex acts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Leon Hayward, Acting Director of the New York Field Office of U.S. Customs and Border...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that LURLYN A. WINCHESTER, a Justice for the Town Court of Monroe...
