News from March 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BISMARCK - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on March 20, 2017, Maisie Elizabeth Barnson, 37, Bismarck, ND, was sentenced before Chief US District Judge Daniel L. Hovland to serve 10 years in prison and five (5) years supervised release. Judge Hovland further ordered that Barnson pay a...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on March 20, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: ZTE Corporation Pleads Guilty for Violating U.S. Sanctions by Sending U.S.-Origin Items to Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Two Indictments Charge Seven Defendants With Bank Robbery, Robbery and Attempted Robberies of Jewelry Stores, Home Invasion Robbery, and Arson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago chiropractor with a clinic in the West Lawn neighborhood has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly submitting at least $10 million in bogus claims to Medicare and private insurers.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed Kern-Tulare Water District Oil Field Water Reuse Project. The project will include approximately 100 acres of private irrigation land into the District’s Central Valley Project service area that would be used to create a reservoir to store treated water from oil production.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BAR HARBOR, Maine - Peregrine falcons are again defending nesting territories at the Precipice, Jordan, and Valley Cove cliffs in Acadia National Park. Park staff has observed adults at these sites engaging in courtship and pre-nesting behavior signaling the birds’ intentions to nest and raise chicks...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced today that WADE BARBAY, age 54, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has pled guilty before U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles to engaging in a wire fraud scheme to defraud his former employer Axiall Corporation. Through the scheme, BARBAY embezzled approximately $1,406,080. His sentencing date has not yet been determined.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on March 21, 2017, George David Treece, 38, of Alabama, was sentenced for bank robbery. Treece received a term of imprisonment of 115 months to be followed by a three year term of supervised release. Treece...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A 51-year-old Dallas man has been indicted for investment fraud in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: A Homestead resident was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William P. Dimitrouleas to 24 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Update: LOS ANGELES - A father and son from Adelanto are scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon on federal charges related to a string of thefts from moving mail trucks and the robbery of a United States Postal Service facility in Victorville. Kory Kreshon Parker Sr., 46, and Kory Kreshon Parker Jr....
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that David Jesus Pagan, 40, of Dunkirk, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to 97 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - Fourteen defendants of a violent, drug trafficking street gang, along with fifteen individuals not affiliated with "Young Mob" were indicted on federal drug charges. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the charges yesterday.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Singh: As long time supporters of the U.S.-India partnership, we have worked diligently to deepen ties between our two countries. As the largest and oldest democracies in the world, India and the United States share bonds rooted in political pluralism and respect for the rule of law. It is...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - John Stuart Bruce, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned indictments charging RAYMUNDO BARRIOS-JIMENEZ, age 35, of Mexico, JAIME CARBAJAL-SANCHEZ, age 36, of Mexico, JESUS CERVANTEZ-RUIZ, age 47, of Guatemala...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 41-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Auxvasse, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing 21 firearms and three firearm silencers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Isidro Aguilar-Mendoza, age 43, of Mexico, was indicted by a federal grand jury with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
