News from May 2017

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a criminal defense attorney and her client have been charged for allegedly smuggling drugs into the State of Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) Anchorage Correctional Complex (ACC) for distribution to inmates.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Colin McDonald (619) 546-9144.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - An associate of Philadelphia District Attorney Rufus Seth Williams today admitted providing bribes to Williams and making and subscribing a false federal tax return, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RANDY CROWELL, a/k/a “Roger," was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for fraudulently distributing, through his Utah-based wholesale distribution company, more than $100 million worth of prescription...

By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) praised President Trump’s Executive Order to promote free speech and religious liberty...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Ohio Man Charged With Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Ilie Sitariu, age 37, and a citizen of Romania, was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for working with others to steal account information and personal identification numbers (PINs) from people using ATMs in the Capital Region.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the return of a five-count charging Mark Charles Barnett (49, Ocala) with attempted arson, possession of a destructive device in furtherance of a crime of violence, possession of a destructive device by a convicted felon, and two counts of unlawful possession/manufacturing of a National Firearms Act weapon. If convicted on all counts, Barnett faces up to life in federal prison.

By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) today released the following statements after the United States Senate voted to confirm Robert Lighthizer as United States Trade Representative (USTR)...

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced the sentencing today of Justin Vazquez, 30, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted by a jury of being a felon-in-possession of a firearm, was sentenced to 72 months incarceration by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. In reaching his sentence, Judge Geraci commented that the defendant had demonstrated a total disrespect for any authority.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: MAY 11 - BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that federal criminal charges have been brought against three individuals accused of making their residences in Chittenden...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: CareCore Admits to Improperly Authorizing Over 200,000 Procedures Paid For With Medicare and Medicaid Funds.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On May 10, 2017, Matthew Barrow, age 43, of Toledo, Ohio, pleaded guilty to bribery charges related to contracting at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), in Harford County, Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Shreveport man was sentenced Tuesday to 240 months in prison for distributing more than 15 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Shreveport area.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On May 10, 2017, Matthew Barrow, age 43, of Toledo, Ohio, pleaded guilty to bribery charges related to contracting at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), in Harford County, Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a criminal defense attorney and her client have been charged for allegedly smuggling drugs into the State of Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) Anchorage Correctional Complex (ACC) for distribution to inmates.

By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Anthony Francis Silvester, III, 38, of Elkins, West Virginia, was convicted today of making and possessing counterfeit money, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: For Being a Felon In Possession Of A Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a North Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for firing a pistol into the air as he attempted to outrun police officers.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2017
News Release: Carlsbad, N.M. -- Calling all fourth graders to America’s public lands! Last year, to help engage and create the next generation of public land visitors, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) participated in the Every Kid in a Park program in partnership with other federal land management agencies. It...