News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - The three leaders of a Houston area indoor marijuana grow house organization have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms, announced Acting United States Attorney Abe Martinez. Quang Nguyen, 50, pleaded guilty Aug. 15, 2016, while Phuc Tran, 44, and his wife, Thuy Tran, 44, pleaded guilty in July and October 2016, respectfully. All resided in Houston.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), full committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), Digital Commerce...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Galveston, Texas - A ship captain for Majestic Ventures, Majestic Dinner Cruises and Majestic Yacht Charters dinner cruise lines has entered a guilty plea to aggravated identity theft and making false statements in a passport application, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Defendants Conspired to Engage in Fraudulent Short Sale of Real Property to Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead, New York, For New Athletic Fields.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: MAR 30 - NEW HAVEN, 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 Daquone Johnson, 24, of Bridgeport, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty in New Haven federal court to one count of distribution of heroin.
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 DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC) today issued a Draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Environmental Management (EM) Portsmouth Paducah Project Office (PPPO) Technical Support Services procurement, and is inviting industry...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: For the better part of two decades, the relationship between African-American communities and their police departments across the nation have hovered in a state of volatility, awaiting a single incident to combust. These tensions have grown as allegations of bias-based policing by law enforcement agents, sometimes supported by data collection efforts and video evidence, have increased in number and frequency.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A solider of the Sex Money Murder set of the Bloods street gang today admitted his role in a racketeering conspiracy that involved attempted murder and conspiracy to distribute heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two brothers have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of possession with intent to distribute a synthetic cannabinoid mixture or substance, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Roy Valent Jr., 31, and Arnold Ray Valent, 29, both of Corpus Christi, pleaded guilty Jan. 4, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Steven Michael Maddox, 56, resident of Anchorage, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to serve 15 years and 8 months in prison, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, for three counts of enticing and attempting to entice minors to engage in sex acts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- Yesterday, defendant José Centeno-González was sentenced by Honorable Judge Francisco Besosa to 12 years of imprisonment and 3 years of Supervised Release, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today after the Senate passed H.J. Res 43, which would invalidate a final rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services in December 2016 that ensures patients can access family planning and preventative services through any Title X-qualified provider...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: MAR 30 - NEW HAVEN, 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 Adele Bouthillier, 43, of Groton, pleaded guilty in New Haven federal court to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor and heroin distribution offenses.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) responded to the announcement that FirstNet will partner with AT&T to build a nationwide broadband network for first responders...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Karen E. Ramm, age 50, of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, was indicted on March 29, 2017, by a federal grand jury for bank fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Defendant is facing a forfeiture allegation of $203,605.55.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Jamie Hussey, 35, of Gorham, Maine, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to committing federal program fraud.
