News from May 2017
By State Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, this evening made the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: MEEKER, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management seeks the public’s help in reviewing its road and trail inventory for lands managed by the White River Field Office in northwestern Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Kansas City, Mo., men pleaded guilty in federal court today to their roles in a $1.2 million conspiracy to distribute oxycodone that was obtained by using forged and fraudulent prescriptions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shavouy Paisley, age 25, of Queens, New York, was sentenced today by United States District Judge William W. Caldwell to 17 months’ imprisonment for credit card fraud. Paisley was convicted after a jury trial in September 2016, for conspiracy to possess 15 or more counterfeit or unauthorized access devices.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Jonathan William Vazquez, 37, of Bethlehem, PA, was charged today by indictment with fourteen counts of making false statements to federal firearms licensees announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about various dated between July 27, 2015 and March...
By USDA Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: A comfy pair of shoes is key to an enjoyable walking tour. Now, a new "app" for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA ) U.S. National Arboretum will make doubly sure visitors to the vast facility can easily find the gardens and plants they want to see. Adorned by more than 3,000 species of landscape plants, the National Arboretum encompasses 446 bucolic acres nestled within Washington, D.C.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Gunnison, CO: Summer is right around the corner and the National Park Service is getting ready for another great season at Blue Mesa Reservoir.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today that former Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) employee Kelvin...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging eight individuals with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and distribution and possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance. Eric Jean Gilles (Miami, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: HAMMOND-Acting United States Attorney Clifford D. Johnson announced that Johnny Clay Amos, 52, of Logansport, Indiana was sentenced before District Court Judge Philip P. Simon for production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Jamal Smith (31, St. Petersburg) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered him to forfeit a firearm traceable to the offense. Smith pleaded guilty on Feb. 27, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Six defendants were recently sentenced to prison for their participation in a massive insurance fraud scheme that resulted in federal judicial orders for more than $130 million in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: A man who violated the terms of his supervised release was sentenced on May 15, 2017, to three years in federal prison.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to press reports that President Donald Trump asked FBI Director James Comey to shut down the federal investigation into former national security advisor Michael Flynn in a February meeting in the Oval Office...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA - On May 11, 2017, Brandon Wayne Moore, age 40, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced by Senior United States District Court Judge Robert W. Pratt to 120 months in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Moore will also be required to serve a five-year term of supervised release following his imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A 53-year-old Alvarado, Texas, man, Jerry Wayne Smith, who pleaded guilty in January 2017 to one count of transporting and shipping child pornography, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 150 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today former City of Dunkirk Mayor Richard L. Frey, 85, of Dunkirk, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud involving a scheme to defraud his mayoral campaign and his supporters by stealing campaign contributions for his personal benefit, was sentenced to six months home confinement by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $54,361.30.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Miami-Dade Police Department Officer Michael Freshko has been charged in a criminal information with conspiracy to unlawfully export firearms from the United States to the Dominican Republic, on flights from Miami International Airport.
By State Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, this evening made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Defendant tried to drive through a security checkpoint at the Dallas Police Southwest Substation.
