News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Meadville, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez today sentenced Nathaniel Sumayah, 31, of St. Thomas, to 17 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. Judge Gomez also ordered Sumayah to pay a $100 special assessment and complete 400 hours of community service.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Park rangers at Brooks Camp issue pins to arriving visitors upon their completion of “bear school," a required safety orientation. This year, members of the local community are invited to enter their designs in a public competition for the 2017 pin-a first in the history of the 20+ year old Brooks Bear Etiquette Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Barry Terry, age 39, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A grand jury Thursday returned a federal indictment charging a mail carrier in Sheridan County with stealing mail, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Contact Person: Lance Crick (864) 282-2105.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Patrick E. Churchville, 48, owner and president of ClearPath Wealth Management, LLC, formerly located in Providence and Barrington R.I., was sentenced today to 84 months in federal prison for orchestrating a $21 million dollar Ponzi scheme that deceived more than 110 investors; stealing $2.5 million dollars of investors’ funds to purchase a waterfront home; and failing to pay more than $820,000 in personal federal income taxes.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: (Richmond, CA) - On Saturday, March 25th at 11:00am, Catherine Ladnier, a native of Los Angeles, California, will highlight two stories from California’s World War II Greatest Generation. One of the stories describes her discovery of letters written between Mills College students, who were incarcerated...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: On March 10, 2017, the Trump Department of Justice asked all 46 sitting U.S. attorneys to resign from office. At least one U.S. attorney resisted that request-and on March 11, 2017, President Trump fired Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ian Tarbell, 44, of Hogansburg, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of contraband cigarettes before U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Jose Esteban Ramirez-Hernandez, 38, of Mexico, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on March 15, 2017, for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Ramirez-Hernandez was arrested in Gillette, Wyoming. He received time served plus 10 days, was ordered ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Dracut, Massachusetts, man who allegedly made arrangements to engage in sexual conduct with a child was arrested this morning at a North Jersey hotel, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Chief District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis on March 15, 2017, sentenced Kalomi Kambui, 41, of St. Croix, to 18 months in prison for attempted possession of a controlled substance, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. Judge Lewis also sentenced Kambui to three years of supervised release and ordered her to pay a fine of $500 and a special assessment of $100.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CRYSTAL LANGDON, age 35, of Slidell, pled guilty today to buying cold medications with the knowledge that they would be used to manufacture methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: BOSTON -Ten men were arrested today in connection with an oxycodone, heroin, and fentanyl trafficking and money laundering operation operating between Massachusetts, Maine and Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Self-esteem project at Daniel Webster Elementary School becomes legacy mural at the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Southwest District.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Trump administration released its budget blueprint for Fiscal Year 2018. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago trader defrauded more than a dozen clients out of at least $1.5 million by pocketing their money instead of investing it, according to an indictment returned in federal court in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILFREDO GUTIERREZ, also known as “Bean" and “Big Pun," 40, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 180 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Gerald McErlean, 46, of Lockport, NY, with performing a lewd act aboard an aircraft in violation of Title 49 of the United States Code. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 90 days in prison and a $5,000 fine.
