News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A man and a woman from Manhattan were sentenced Monday to 28 years in federal prison for taking part in the kidnapping of a Junction City woman who was killed during the abduction, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Heather Wagoner, age 31, of Buchanan, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to a sex trafficking conspiracy involving a sixteen year old girl.
By Homeland Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A 35-year-old El Salvadoran man was removed to his home country Friday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned a verdict on Friday night finding Albuquerque residents Fidal Abdeljawad, 49, and Ashley Watson, 31, guilty on synthetic cannabinoids trafficking charges after a five-day trial. Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy of the DEA’s El Paso Division announced the guilty verdict.
By State Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: I write with strong concern about a video that the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia recently posted. The homepage of the embassy and the Arabic-language handle affiliated with the US embassy in Riyadh, @USAinKSA, included a video of President Trump’s announcement of his upcoming travel...
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join a ranger at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore on Sunday, May 21, from 9:00 am-11:00 am for a two-hour tour of the national park in one of our 15-passenger buses. This is a great way to see the park’s amazing landscapes without having to do a lot of walking.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area rangers located human remains at the base of Horseshoe Bend on Sunday. The Coconino County Sheriff's Office is conducting an investigation and will release details as they become available.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: Katie Williamson of Cody and Wade Wyman of Worland have been recognized for their excellence in dispatching and dispatching support.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two men who participated in a heroin conspiracy in the Huntington area between 2014 and 2016 pleaded guilty today to federal drug charges, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Mark Steven Bush, Jr., 29, of Detroit, entered his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. Tiquan R. Lang, 22, of Port St. Joe, Florida, entered his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, ahead of a major reporting milestone for the Digital Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act, leaders from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sent a letter to the heads of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the U.S. Treasury warning of ongoing implementation challenges that threaten the Act’s ultimate success if left unaddressed.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: Join a park ranger for this special event with guided bird walks at 9:00 am on Saturday and Sunday, May 13 and 14, 2017. This is an easy 90-minute bird walk starting at the Faraway Ranch Parking Lot and hiking through the historic district along Bonita Creek. During the program, visitors will have the...
By Homeland Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Fifteen illegal aliens were criminally arrested Thursday following their indictments on charges of identity theft and unlawfully working in the United States by providing false identities.
By State Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, joined by her colleagues Chairman Ed Royce, Ranking Member Eliot Engel, Congressmember Karen Bass, Congressman Jim McGovern, Chairman Chris Smith, Congressman Michael Capuano, and Congressman Tom Rooney, sent a bipartisan letter to Treasury Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the former city clerk of Walnut Grove, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to a credit card fraud scheme in which she embezzled city funds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, Ruben Betancourt-Hernandez, 29, of Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 78 months of imprisonment. Betancourt-Hernandez had previously pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute marijuana and to the use of a firearm during a drug trafficking offense.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Michigan residents Devin Arthur Searcy, 23, and Juwuan Demilo Gordon, 27, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Searcy pleaded guilty today and Gordon pleaded guilty on April 24. They were indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise in February 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RICHARD BRUNO, 47, of Waterford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to one count of production of child pornography.
By State Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Price: As Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, we are writing to express our concern that Taiwan may not be granted observer status at the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva from May 22-31. We urge you to meet with the delegation that Taiwan...
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: Alexander Joseph Sevier last seen in Yosemite Valley on May 3rd.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that AARON PAUL VICTORY, age 38, of Valiant, Oklahoma, pled guilty to FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not...
