News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, Redinel Dervishaj was sentenced before Judge Eric N. Vitaliano in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York to 57 years and one day of imprisonment for three counts of Hobbs Act extortion conspiracy, three counts of attempted Hobbs Act extortion, three counts of threatening physical violence...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Damon Jackson, age 24, of Columbia; Bakari McMillan, age 24 of Columbia; and Cory Miller, age 44, of Orangeburg; were convicted in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for Sex Trafficking of Minors in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1591. United States District Judge David C. Norton of Charleston presided over the trial and will impose sentence at a later date.
By State Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after the State Department issued a permit approving construction of the Keystone XL pipeline...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), House Rules Committee Ranking Member Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY), and House Judiciary Committee Members Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) released a legal analysis ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement on the decision by President Trump and Speaker Ryan to pull Trumpcare from the House floor.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Washington - In a complaint filed on Dec. 14, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Fresh & Easy LLC, of Riverside, Calif., for failure to make full payment promptly in the total amount of $201,468 to 23 sellers for multiple lots of produce in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Eunice man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for convincing a minor girl to send him sexually explicit pictures.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota woman convicted of Felon in Possession of Firearm was sentenced on March 20, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with the sale of machine guns and handguns stolen from the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Worcester.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: California Man Pleads Guilty to Filing False Corporate Return.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Influencing a Federal Officer By Threat and Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: Defendant Conspired with Active-Duty New York City Police Officer in Extortion Schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A Redlands man has been arrested after being charged in federal court with selling AR-style rifles without a license.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A man dubbed the “Incognito Bandit" was arrested this evening at Dulles International Airport in Virginia as he attempted to board an outbound flight to South Africa and charged with armed bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Four Lubbock residents, who pleaded guilty to their respective roles in cocaine trafficking have been sentenced, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont and the Vermont State Police announce.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Manderson, South Dakota, man was acquitted of Sexual Abuse and Sexual Abuse of a Minor as a result of a federal jury trial in Rapid City, South Dakota. The jury returned their verdict on March 23, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: A former pharmaceutical salesman was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for his role in a $13 million dollar money laundering conspiracy involving more than 2 million dosage units of oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Christopher David Gonzales, aka “Chris," 41, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 121 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in December 2016 to his role in a methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 24, 2017
News Release: MOOSE, WY-A heavy snow load appears to have caused the collapse of the front porch roof on the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve Center in Grand Teton National Park. The collapsed roof was discovered mid-morning Thursday, March 23, 2017. The seasonally-used building is closed each winter from late September through late May and was unoccupied at the time of the porch roof collapse. The main building structure and its contents appear to be undamaged upon initial evaluation.
