News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - On May 12, 2017, United States District Court Judge Michael J. McShane sentenced John Martin Roos, 62, of Medford, to 63 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to possessing an unregistered explosive device and posting Internet threats to kill then-President of the United States Barack Obama and FBI agents. After his release from prison, Roos will be on supervised release for three years.
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: SEATTLE - A former Des Moines, Washington, man was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography, following a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that Darrell Janis, age 57, of Kyle, South Dakota, was found guilty of two counts of Abusive Sexual Contact as a result of a federal trial in Rapid City, South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Bruceton Mills, West Virginia man was convicted today of possessing a firearm illegally, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Statesboro, GA - Jeramie Thomas Leslie, 31, of Guyton, Georgia, was sentenced earlier this week by United States District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to 112 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. Leslie was the last of 13 defendants convicted as part of a joint federal and state operation targeting methamphetamine trafficking in South Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Anthony Allen Jean, age 45, of Bella Vista, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison followed by 15 years of supervised release on one count each of Receipt of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: A voluntary closure for climbing at Devils Tower will be in effect through the month of June. Climbers are strongly encouraged to refrain from climbing on the Tower June 1 -30 out of respect for the spiritual and cultural significance of the Tower to American Indian tribes. This voluntary closure was...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DARRYL MORRIS, also known as “King Sincere," 32, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: North Carolina Owner of Tax Preparation Business Sentenced to More than Ten Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROSEMARIE COLLAZO, 52, of Yonkers, N.Y., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing more than $700,000 from her employer.
By USDA Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Contact: USDA Press Office, press@oc.usda.gov. Washington, D.C., May 12, 2017 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today hailed the agreement between the United States and China on several key trade issues, most notably the return of American beef to the Chinese market after a hiatus that began...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Mark Komoroski, age 54, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was indicted on May 10, 2017, for violating federal export laws and unlawfully possessing ammunition as a previously convicted felon. The indictment was unsealed on May 11, 2017, following Komoroski’s arrest and initial appearance before United States Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Hamza L. Nijmeh, 32, of O’Fallon, IL, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge David R. Herndon to 12 years imprisonment for one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of receipt...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Ohio man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for exploiting at least six minor boys to produce sexually explicit photographs and videos.
By State Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming Committee events...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, after President Donald Trump tweeted “better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!" Rep. John Conyers, Jr., the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A local graduate student was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for attempting to have sex with two children, ages 5 and 7.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Detroit, MI - The collaboration of local, state, and federal law enforcement under the Detroit One program has led to the indictment of five members of a northwest Detroit street gang, Young and Skantless or YNS, on various racketeering offenses in a federal superseding indictment unsealed today. The charges are the result of the Detroit One initiative, a collaborative effort between law enforcement and the community to reduce violent crime in Detroit.
By US DOT Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - The Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment will hold a hearing next week to examine the status of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) implementation of its integrated planning policy. The Subcommittee will focus on ways EPA can work with states and municipalities to...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2017
News Release: Defendant Arrested Within Minutes of Final Robbery.
