News from May 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 Homeland Newswire | May 8, 2017
Release: BOISE, Idaho - With the summer vacation travel season quickly approaching, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) encourages local residents to come to the Boise Airport (BOI) and enroll in the popular TSA Pre✓® expedited screening program. Enrollment will be offered at the airport for five days, starting Monday, May 8.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Two brothers were convicted today in connection with the attempted extortion and conspiracy to extort the co-owner of a suboxone clinic in Quincy and embezzling money from the clinic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that, following a five day trial, a federal jury has convicted Wilbert Hayes, Jr., 53, of Niagara Falls, NY, of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a California man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine that was shipped from California to Springfield, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Two brothers were convicted today in connection with the attempted extortion and conspiracy to extort the co-owner of a suboxone clinic in Quincy and embezzling money from the clinic.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2017
News Release: Midwest Region Incident Management Team News Release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2017
News Release: In a signing statement issued on May 5th concerning the omnibus spending bill, Donald Trump indicated he may no longer fund a decades old program that helps finance construction projects for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, asserting they “allocate benefits on the basis of race, ethnicity, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On May 4, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Nestor Morales-Cortijo, A.K.A. “Papum," and José Vázquez-Millán for carjacking and using a firearm during a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in charge of the investigation.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2017
News Release: At 8:30 p.m. Friday night, May 5, park rangers were contacted via cell phone about an incident on the East Inlet Trail on the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park. A 19-year-old man from Tennessee and two friends were backpacking in the area. They were roughly 3.5 miles from the trailhead, scrambling over steep terrain, boulders and downed trees when a large boulder fell on the man’s leg. The man’s friends were able to free him from under the rock.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2017
News Release: Buffalo National River, Harrison, AR - Visitors borrowed more than 89 life jackets during 2016, the first summer of the Buffalo National River Life Jacket Loaner program. The park began offering park visitors life jackets to borrow while swimming at the river in April, 2016.
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2017
News Release: FRANKENMUTH, MICH. - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following opening statement - as prepared for delivery - at the Farm Bill field hearing in Frankenmuth, Mich. entitled: Growing Jobs and Economic Opportunity: Perspectives on the 2018 Farm Bill from Michigan.
By USDA Newswire | May 6, 2017
News Release: FRANKENMUTH, Mich. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held the second hearing on the 2018 Farm Bill in Frankenmuth, Mich., titled, “Growing Jobs and Economic Opportunity: Perspectives on the 2018 Farm Bill from Michigan."
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2017
News Release: Another individual charged in a separate criminal complaint for carjacking.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2017
News Release: The canoeist who disappeared near Kyles Landing in the upper Buffalo River during a flood last Wednesday was found today at about 11 am by a Hasty Volunteer Fire Department boat searcher. This individual was last reported by an observer at Kyles Landing in Newton County, immediately prompting an intensive...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: A federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland has found that Marvin L. Binion Sr. violated the Court’s previous permanent injunction barring him from preparing tax returns for others and from operating a tax preparation business, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. Hubbert of the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: Gregory Lepsky, 20, of Point Pleasant, New Jersey, will appear in federal court today to face allegations that he planned to construct and use a pressure cooker bomb in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Lepsky is charged by criminal complaint with one count of attempting to provide material support to ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a Settlement Agreement with Superior Asphalt Enterprises, Inc., DBA Frontier Roofing Supply (“Frontier”), a business with its principal location in El Paso, Texas. The Settlement Agreement resolves allegations that Frontier violated the employment ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: The Justice Department announced that three former White River Juvenile Detention Center officers: Will Ray, 26, Thomas Farris, 47, and Jason Benton, 42, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to assault juvenile inmates. The seven-count indictment charges that Ray, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2017
News Release: Dismantling transnational criminal organizations is a priority of President Trump’s administration and the Department of Justice is committed to taking down these groups.
