News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: For Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Elizabeth J. Schreiber, 37, of Scio, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to manufacture, possess with intent to distribute, and distribute, a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina----United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Aaron Vennefron of Hamilton, Ohio, pled guilty to his role in a conspiracy involving theft of government funds. Vennefron admitted that he and another man conspired to defraud the government by creating fraudulent invoices...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Two defendants of thirteen charged were sentenced yesterday in the smash and grab theft of more than $100,000 in Chanel purses from the Saks Fifth Avenue department store at Plaza Frontenac on Nov. 26, 2016. According to the plea agreements of various defendants, a large group of...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A registered sex offender from Kansas pleaded guilty Wednesday to picking up a 16-year-old girl in Virginia and taking her across state lines to have sex with him, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Larry D. Mays, 63, of Mt. Vernon, IL, was recently sentenced to federal prison on gun and drug related charges, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - The entire administration of the Luchese Family, as well as the captains, soldiers and associates, 19 members in total, are being charged with racketeering, murder, narcotics and firearms offenses. The superseding indictment announced Wednesday stems from a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: After pleading guilty to producing child pornography, a former Miami-Dade County resident was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Marcia G. Cooke to 225 months (19 years) in prison, to be followed by twenty-five years of supervised release.
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Douglas Tonkay, director of the EM Office of Waste Disposal, has been elected a vice president of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management.
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. -Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), the management and operations contractor at the Savannah River Site, recently streamlined calibration laboratories, avoiding an estimated $12 million in costs.
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Before mowing his lawn, Ben Culver inspects the mower and the surrounding area. He tosses a net his 3-year-old daughter uses to catch bugs out of the way.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that EDWIN ESCRIBANO, also known as “Bebo," 25, of Hartford, was arrested yesterday on a federal criminal complaint charging him with distributing heroin and fentanyl. The charges stem from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics dealers who distribute heroin, fentanyl or opioids that cause death or serious injury to users.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - Three men crashed a stolen Jeep Wrangler through the front of a Livingston County gun store last summer and stole 20 firearms, according to a federal indictment announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Clifford D. Johnson, announced that Larry Norton, age 66, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, after a six-day jury trial, before United States District Court Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Air Force Veteran Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Attempting to Join ISIS and Obstruction of Justice.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Join Park Rangers from Arizona’s 22 National Park units to celebrate and learn more about your public lands at two Get Outdoors Events in.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Troy Cooley, 54, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to time served (31 months) by Senior U.S. U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: An engineering contractor, Paulin Modi, 48, of Troy, was charged today in an information with one count of conspiracy to bribe a public official of Washington Township in connection with public contracts, Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm and possessing marijuana for distribution.
By USDA Newswire | May 30, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 130,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2016/2017 marketing year.
