News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Raymond Hopson, 32, and Lindsay Carrier, 32 both of Niagara Falls, NY, with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 28 grams or more of crack...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: Superintendent F. Gus Sanchez reminds those planning to visit Chamizal National Memorial in the coming months of our summer alcohol ban. The ban is in effect from June 1 - August 31 of each year, traditionally our hottest months in the northern Chihuahuan Desert, for visitor safety and to promote family-oriented...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: California Mother and Son Sentenced to Prison for Fraudulent Corporate Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that Sean Michael Fitzgerald, 35, of Boca Raton, Florida, was convicted today by a federal jury of operating a common carrier under the influence of alcohol. Chief United States District Judge Robert J. Jonker presided over the four-day trial. Fitzgerald faces a statutory maximum term of imprisonment of fifteen years at the time of sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced today that U.S. District Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced JIMMY R. DAVIS, age 29, of Zachary, Louisiana, to serve thirty (30) years in federal prison following his convictions for distribution of child pornography and transferring...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury to an Intimate Partner.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: 17 Firearms, 41 Pounds of Meth Seized During Operation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Victor Manuel Castillo, aka “Victor Manuel Garza," 44, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 188 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater sentenced three defendants, including a doctor, a pharmacist, and the owner of McAllen Medical Clinic, today for their involvement in a “pill mill" operation, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Maurice Darnell Geter, a/k/a “Rease", age 35, of Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, for possession of a firearm during a violent crime or drug trafficking crime, a violation...
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Guatemalan national was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with a federal immigration crime.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: The Democratic staff of the Energy and Commerce Committee today released state-by-state analysis of the impacts President Trump’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget would have on all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: Valles Caldera National Preserve will begin making improvements to the preserve’s main entrance road starting next Tuesday, May 30. The road improvement work is being implemented using Congressional funding provided to the National Park Service to reduce its deferred maintenance backlog. Visitors can expect minor traffic delays and congestion while the road work occurs over the next two to three weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - An indictment charging the former Tabasco, Mexico, Secretary of Finance has been unsealed following the arrest of his wife in the Houston area, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Jose Manuel Saiz-Pineda, 49, served as the Secretary of Finance of the Mexican State of Tabasco from 2007 to 2012 under former Governor Andres Granier Melo.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Derrick Pitts, 46, Shawn Cunningham, 46, and Travel Jefferson, 36, all of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a West Valley, Utah, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on May 16, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Orange County man pleaded guilty this morning to federal charges relating to his operation of a fraud scheme that took $2.2 million from distressed homeowners through false promises that he could help them avoid foreclosure by obtaining modifications to their mortgages.
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations for the United States Potato Board. Prospective nominees must submit completed applications by July 1, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Following a multi-agency investigation in Merced County that focused on crimes of violence, drug sales, and illegal firearms possession, 14 federal defendants were indicted on Thursday for drug trafficking and firearms offenses, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 26, 2017
News Release: Seeking Information in Jenny Lin Murder Investigation.
