News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Glen Joel Lester, 39, a member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 24 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the ATF continue to combat gun trafficking in Atlanta, including eight federal cases involving 32 defendants prosecuted in the past four months. In particular, ATF reported a dramatic increase in thefts of firearms from federally licensed firearms dealers in Georgia, facilitating the trafficking of these illegally obtained guns to criminals within and outside the state.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Charlene Honeywell has sentenced Carlos Eyder Paz-Utima (41, Colombia, South America) to 24 years and 4 months in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine on vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, and for conspiring with others to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine intending that it be unlawfully imported into the United States. He pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Dennis Heilman, Jeffrey Heilman, Joyce Hendricks, and Becky Hendricks, all of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, were arrested this week and appeared before a federal magistrate judge in Florence, South Carolina for an arraignment hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 20-year-old Pharr man has been convicted of both conspiracy to commit hostage taking and conspiracy to transport undocumented aliens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. The federal jury sitting in McAllen convicted Luis Gerardo Betancourt in absentia following a five-day trial and less than three hours of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jose Angel Sanchez, 35, of Las Cruces, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Sanchez will be sentenced to ten years in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joann Palmatier, age 54, of Great Bend, Pennsylvania, was charged by felony criminal information with mail fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Office of River Protection contractor Bechtel National Inc. this month energized the Balance of Facilities (BOF) switchgear building, Building 91, one of the more than 20 structures that make up the Balance of Facilities at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP), and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: A six-count indictment was unsealed this morning in federal court in Central Islip, New York, charging John Quadrino, the owner/operator of Princess Cut Industries, Inc., Sassy Jewelry Buyers, Inc., and Golden Glitter Trading, Inc. (collectively referred to as the “Gold Purchasing Companies"). The defendant...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: MARCH 30, 2017 - More than one-third of the adult population in the United States has a bachelor’s degree or higher marking the first time in decades of data.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - JoAnn Bell, 36, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to a theft of mail charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Man Wearing 'Yung Forever' T-Shirt Robs Albuquerque Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Anthony Michael Cobb, age 47, of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, was indicted on March 29, 2017, by a federal grand jury with unlawful possession of a firearm and three drug trafficking offenses.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 165,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two Trenton, New Jersey, men admitted their roles in a drug trafficking organization that allegedly distributed hundreds of grams of heroin in Trenton and the surrounding areas, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced today.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today expressed optimism about the opportunity for cooperation between Congress and the Trump administration on implementing a new strategic vision for the U.S. approach to the world. The comments came during a committee hearing featuring testimony from former national security advisor Stephen Hadley and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, met with Mexico’s new Ambassador to the United States Gerónimo Gutiérrez yesterday. Ranking Member Engel offered this comment on their meeting...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: MAR 30 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Raymond J. Martin, 49, of Easton, pleaded guilty in Bridgeport federal court to one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: City Employee and Co-Conspirator Stole Approximately $59,000 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits Earmarked for Needy New Yorkers.
