News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: The set fire resulted in the death of a firefighter.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - A crackdown on violent street gangs in San Diego County over the last 75 days has resulted in federal charges against more than 140 gang members and associates, many of whom are accused of terrorizing neighborhoods with shootings, robberies and other violent crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Wednesday, May 3, 2017, United States District Court Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Pamela Jean Gygi, 58, of Westlake, Oregon to ten years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Gygi pleaded guilty on Jan. 23, 2017 to using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of a murder-for-hire and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: COUER D’ALENE - Loren Michelle Toelle, 52, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to launder money, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Loren Toelle to 212 months...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Lake Charles man pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine and possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Willie Brothers, Jr., of Wilmington, was sentenced to 9 years’ incarceration following a conviction for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Brothers’ co-defendant, Raheem Ridley, is scheduled to be sentenced next month.
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) today released the following statement after the United States Senate passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) blocking U.S. Department of Labor regulations on state-run retirement programs...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that a Lake Charles man pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine and possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: U.S. Representatives John Conyers (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Dan Kildee (D-MI), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), and 17 cosponsors, today reintroduced the Emergency Financial Manager Reform Act to address unchecked decision-making powers that appointed emergency financial managers ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: ***** MEDIA ADVISORY *****. PRESS CONFERENCE REGARDING FEDERAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION PINTO DEATH OF ALTON STERLING. BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced today that his office, together with the United States Department of Justice-Civil Rights Division and the Federal...
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Strong City, KS - According to a recently released report, visitors to Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in 2016 contributed over 1.7 million dollars to the regional economy, roughly within 60 miles.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that a 42-count federal indictment was unsealed against nine defendants, all from the Columbia area. The nine individuals indicted include: Christopher Donnell Brown, age 38, Delvaron Mufeed Jonel Thomas, age 34, Brian Lamark...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: A Canton man was indicted on federal drug and firearms charges, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Jensen, UT & Dinosaur, CO - As the summer kicks off and families hit the road, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Park Service (NPS) are teaming up to increase seat belt use in and around national parks this summer.
By DOL Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Led by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today 7 Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Trump requesting more information on his decision, against historical precedent, to dismiss Dr. Vivek Murthy as U.S. Surgeon General. Dr. Murthy was scheduled to serve a four-year term as Surgeon General ending in December 2018.
By State Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed two bipartisan anti-human trafficking measures. The Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking Act (H.R. 1625 ), introduced by Chairman Royce, allows the State Department to use...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Federal prosecutors last week charged an Irondale man with identity theft in connection to nearly $400,000 embezzled from the company where he worked, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert O. Posey and FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Steven Doty, 52, of Mattydale, New York, pled guilty yesterday to two counts of distribution of child pornography, one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2017
News Release: An Akron man was indicted for being a felon in possession of a firearm, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
