News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Former North Charleston, South Carolina, Police Department (NCPD) Officer Michael Slager, 35, pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights offense for his fatal shooting of Walter Scott, Jr. on April 4, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Wisler Cyrius (36, Naples) to three years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering. The Court also ordered him to pay $270,329.92 in restitution to the victim automobile insurance companies, and to forfeit property in the amount of the proceeds traceable to the offense. Cyrius pleaded guilty on May 18, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jeffrey Turns, age 33, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on May 1, 2017, before United States District Court Judge John E. Jones, III, to 132 months’ imprisonment for committing two bank robberies and federal firearms charges.
By DOL Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: The House today passed the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 (H.R. 1180) to reform outdated federal labor rules and extend workplace flexibility to more Americans. Introduced by Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL), the legislation would allow private-sector employers to offer employees eligible for overtime ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On May 1, 2017, John S. Mattingly, age 71, of Charlotte Hall, Maryland, pleaded guilty to bank fraud in connection with a scheme to steal funds from St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, while he was the pastor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Two Alabama Men Arrested and Indicted on Sex Trafficking Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A concert promoter with operations in Dallas, Texas and West Hollywood has been arrested on federal wire fraud charges in a case that alleges he defrauded investors in connection with concerts and other events.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: FRITCH TX: Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (LAMR) is leading three bird walks and participating in the “Global Big Day " bird count in celebration of “International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD)" on Saturday, May 13, 2017. Meet walk leaders at the Alibates Visitor Center (for the McBride and Mullinaw...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Mississippi woman was sentenced Monday to 94 months in prison for being part of a scheme to file fraudulent income tax returns using stolen identities and causing the refunds to be mailed to post office boxes in Louisiana.
By USDA Newswire | May 2, 2017
Release: Leesburg, VA May 1, 2017 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide greater flexibility in nutrition requirements for school meal programs in order to make food choices both healthful and appealing to students. Perdue made...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, following a two-week trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, returned a guilty verdict on all counts against Louis Petrossi, a former registered broker, for his role in a $131 million fraudulent promotion and market manipulation scheme involving ForceField Energy Inc. (ForceField)...
By DOL Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration
By Homeland Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s tweets advocating a government shutdown.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a New Haven, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for attempting to entice or coerce a 14-year-old victim (actually an undercover law enforcement officer) to engage in illicit sex.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Pilar Angel Lucero, 33, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today to violating federal firearms laws. The plea agreement included the recommendation that Lucero be sentenced to 48 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lee’s Summit, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for a series of embezzlement schemes totaling more than $1.5 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for trafficking fentanyl and possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Arranged for more than 6 kilograms of heroin to be shipped from Guatemala to Rhode Island.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Morristown, NJ - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 252,500 visitors to Morristown National Historical Park in 2016 spent $14.8 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 193 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $20.7 million.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2017
News Release: Carson City, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) campground adjacent to Indian Creek Reservoir in Alpine County, California will open May 12, 2017.
