News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted in federal court on charges that he sold heroin that caused at least two overdoses in Wooster, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Defendant Profited By Promoting To Investors Worthless Stock Of A Company That Purported To Be A Worldwide Distributor And Provider Of LED Lighting Products.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: BISHOP, Calif. - The Inyo National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office (BLM) have submitted to the California State Parks Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) preliminary applications for grant funds to enhance and manage motorized recreation. The agencies invite public comments on the preliminary grant applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A Texas man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to charges related to his scheme to steal more than $545,000 from a retirement account after the account owner and his designated beneficiary both died, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: MARCH 1, 2017 - Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released monthly construction spending for January 2017 as well as revised estimates for 2016. Total construction spending in 2016 was estimated at $1,164 billion. This represents a 4.7 percent increase from 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 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 1, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 24-year-old Dallas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for her role in a series of violent crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a three-year, multi-million-dollar fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: CLEVELAND, Ohio - Law enforcement officials announced today that six people were indicted in federal court for their roles in a drug conspiracy that resulted in the seizure of 17 kilograms of cocaine and more than $500,000 in cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: FBI Congratulates Director’s Award Recipient. The Federal Bureau of Investigation selected Mr. Jonathan Zur, President and CEO of the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities (VCIC), as the 2016 Director’s Community Leadership Award recipient for the Hampton Roads region. On Monday at the Norfolk Field...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - United States Attorney, Emily Gray Rice announced today that Ryan Freeman, 27, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of bank robbery. Freeman was also sentenced to three years of supervised release, which will begin when he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: A Toledo man was indicted on charges of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation of a child after taking and advertising sexually explicit photos of a minor on the Internet and facilitating dozens of commercial sex acts, said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon and FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen D. Anthony.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Ryan Zinke as Secretary of the Department of the Interior.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: BOSTON -A Chelsea man was charged today in U.S. District Court in Boston with trafficking in counterfeit Apple, Inc. iPhone components at three retail locations in the Boston area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Carol Casto announced the filing of a substantial forfeiture action yesterday involving First National Bank of Williamson for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm that he stole from a vehicle in the parking lot of the Liberty Community Center in Liberty, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHAQUILLE PEARSON, 23, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 24-year-old Dallas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for her role in a series of violent crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: Larry Brown and Thomas Lewis were each found in Possession of “Shanks".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2017
News Release: INTERPOL Washington Helps Take Down International Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme.
