News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 47-year-old Houston woman has been ordered to pay more than $2 million following her conviction of mail fraud in relation to seven-year cell phone fraud scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Renee Heyd pleaded guilty Nov. 28, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man and a Huntington woman who participated with others distributing heroin in the Huntington area between 2014 and 2016 pleaded guilty today to federal drug charges, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Derrick C. Morris, 27, entered his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. Dorothy D. Pannell, 23, entered her guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Gary Lee Joiner, age 56, and Timothy Weldon Arthur, age 39, both of Columbia, were sentenced in federal court in Columbia for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349. Joiner was sentenced to two...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Levar Washington, age 37, an inmate at United States Penitentiary, Allenwood, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Matthew W. Brann to 72 months’ imprisonment for assault with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: MAY 15 - CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Dennis Higgins, 23, formerly of Hudson, New Hampshire, pled guilty to unlawful distribution of fentanyl.
By Homeland Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A North Houston-area man was sentenced Monday to more than 27 years in federal prison following his conviction for producing and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Essex County, New Jersey, Man Convicted of Robbing Two Banks, Using Firearm in Connection with Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: FBI Releases 2016 Preliminary Statistics for Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: For over 1000 years, Scarlet macaws have dazzled people of the southwest. Their brilliantly colored plumage and large size inspire curiosity in all who gaze upon them. Remains of macaws have been documented in early archaeological excavations at both Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A California businessman has admitted to directing the manufacture of counterfeit labels and sending them to Houston, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at 8:30 a.m., Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, will deliver remarks at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Chairwoman Foxx will discuss the need to change the narrative surrounding career and technical education, as well as highlight bipartisan efforts to strengthen CTE and help more Americans succeed in the 21st century workforce.
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will meet this week to mark up H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. Additionally, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Tim ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Three Laredo men have entered guilty pleas for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic drugs from Laredo to the Dallas area via the use of tractor trailers, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that fourteen individuals indicted for the illegal trafficking of eagles and other migratory birds have made their initial appearances in Federal Court. The Indictments were the result of a two-year undercover operation, dubbed Project Dakota Flyer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Caleb Andrew Bailey, age 31, of Waldorf, Maryland, pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegal possession of unregistered machine guns, unregistered short-barreled rifles, unregistered destructive devices, and possession of child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Erika Jimenez, 31, of Deming, N.M., was sentenced Friday, May 12, 2017, in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 33 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for her methamphetamine trafficking conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Clifton R. Summerfield, 34, of Marlinton, West Virginia, was sentenced today in federal court to 12 months and one day incarceration for failing to update his sex offender registration, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Gary Lee Joiner, age 56, and Timothy Weldon Arthur, age 39, both of Columbia, were sentenced in federal court in Columbia for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349. Joiner was sentenced to two...
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), today issued the following statement regarding the ongoing “WannaCry" global ransomware infection crippling thousands of computers in hundreds of countries.
