News from June 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Leonard Nathaniel Peragine, Jr., has been sentenced to over 28 years in federal prison for using the Internet to entice a child for sexual activity, and for distributing and possessing child pornography as part of that enticement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 53-year-old Houston-area contractor has been sentenced in absentia for his role in a $16 million loan fraud scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Uyiosa Eribo, age 42, and a citizen of Nigeria, was sentenced today to 10 months in jail for using a foreign bank account to accept money from fraud victims in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -- An Information charging Dereck James Harrison with one count of carjacking and one count of kidnapping was filed late Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on reports that the U.S. Department of Education hired Adam Kissel, a critic of current efforts to strengthen protections for survivors...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: JUNE 5, 2017 - Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released a new supplemental e-commerce table from the Annual Retail Trade Survey. This table provides information on estimated annual sales for U.S. electronic shopping and mail-order houses (North American Industry Classification System [NAICS] 4541) including total and e-commerce sales by primary business activity from 2011-2015 in an effort to respond to data users’ needs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: MILWAUKEE- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is looking for the public’s help in locating persons of interest who could advance the arson investigation into several Sherman Park businesses that were set ablaze during the August 2016 riots.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced that on Monday, June 5, 2017, Sergio Valencia, Sr., 41, of Moreno Valley, California, was sentenced to two concurrent terms of 13 years and four months (160 months) in prison for conspiracy to money launder and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Following the prison term, Valencia will serve three years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Eric Donys Simeu, a/k/a Martell Collins, a citizen of Cameroon extradited from France, has been sentenced to four years, ten months in federal prison for a series of “phishing campaigns" which targeted clients of Global Distribution Systems.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that local residents will have the opportunity to enroll in the popular TSA Pre✓® expedited screening program at Cheyenne Regional Airport for one week later this month.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - An Olathe man pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $8 million from a Turkish investor, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 29-year-old Dallas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug conspiracy charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 46-year-old Belizean man claiming to be a U.S. citizen has been ordered to federal prison after being found guilty of attempting to illegally re-enter the United States after deportation, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury sitting in Laredo convicted Jerome Aristedes Martinez, of Belize City, Belize, Feb. 15, 2017, following a two-day trial.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 4, 2017
News Release: The stark, other-worldly landscape of Idaho’s vast lava desert is the focus of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) Symposium to be held June 22-24 at the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES), with field trips to the INL (Idaho National Laboratory) on June 22nd and to Craters of...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will join President Donald J. Trump at the White House on Monday for an announcement on the president’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and air traffic control reform initiative.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 4, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C.- "Today, the Trump Administration announced principles for modernizing the U.S. air traffic control system by privatizing it. Privatization was a bad idea when it was proposed in the last Congress, and it remains a bad idea today despite President Trump's support. In fact, according to the Trump budget, this proposal would increase the deficit by at least $46 billion.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 The Department of Homeland Security is closely monitoring the ongoing situation in the United Kingdom.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2017
News Release: Devils Tower, WY -. On Friday, June 2, at approximately 2 pm, Devils Tower National Monument staff were alerted that a rock climber had been injured in a fall. Responding staff discovered the climber’s partners and local climbers in the process of lowering the injured climber to the ground. A physician...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2017
News Release: New York - - James Capers, aka “Mitch," was sentenced to 42 years in prison for the murder of Allen McQueen and participating in racketeering and narcotics conspiracies. The charges were all in connection with a violent street gang known as the “Leland Avenue Crew," which is based primarily in and around...
