News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Bartolome Olivar-Barrera, age 40, of El Salvador, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, to Illegal Re-Entry, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a)(2) and (b). United States District Chief Judge Terry L. Wooten, of Columbia, accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama, announces that Dr. John Patrick Couch has been sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for running a massive pill mill in Mobile, Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama, announces that Dr. John Patrick Couch has been sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for running a massive pill mill in Mobile, Alabama.
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Note: The dollar amount for total pension contributions that public-sector retirees receive for the nation has been corrected and is in bold below. Please disregard the previous version of the news graphic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A man who was convicted and sentenced to a quarter century in prison for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization has been indicted on attempted murder charges for allegedly trying to kill the warden of the federal prison where he was serving his sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: For Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former Massachusetts man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with running a $10 million Ponzi scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Edward Shia was sentenced to 84 months in prison for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI") Special Agent in Charge Ryan Spradlin. The sentence was handed down yesterday by the Honorable Vince Chhabria, U.S. District Judge.
By Homeland Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Culberson, and I would like to join you in welcoming the Secretary of Commerce, the Honorable Wilbur Ross, to the subcommittee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Albuquerque FBI Division Observes National Missing Children’s Day.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted a Shelby County woman on multiple fraud charges for falsely claiming she had terminal cancer in order to get money from family and friends and to solicit donations through an online fund-raising site, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Robert Posey, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger Stanton and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: A small encampment of WWII living historians portraying units that landed on the Normandy Beaches on D-Day will be set up at the Eisenhower National Historic Site June 3, from 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DARRELL LEWIS, a/k/a “Lil’ Darrell," age 32; KEVIN WALKER, age 25; and CARL LEWIS, a/k/a “Curl," age 26, all of New Orleans, were sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to federal narcotics charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Larry Jesus Navarete, aka NICA, age 35, of Los Angeles, California was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release on one count of Conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD")...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - A jury voted today to convict Nikolay Souslov, a/k/a Nikolay Glukhov, a/k/a Nikolai Kuznetsov, a/k/a Nikolai Burov, age 70, and a citizen of Russia, of alien smuggling, following a four-day trial.
By Homeland Newswire | May 25, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration today announced the expansion of its TSA Pre✓® expedited screening program to seven additional domestic and international carriers. Now in operation, the seven new partnering airlines are Copa Airlines, Dominican Wings, InterCaribbean Airways, Silver...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Johnny Willie Jones, age 30, of Columbia, South Carolina was sentenced today in federal court in Columbia for felon in possession of a firearm, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis, of Columbia, sentenced Jones to 84 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised probation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Timothy Gallagher, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Newark Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced charges against four defendants for their participation in a brutal kidnapping...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Agha Muhammad Khan Durrani, 28, of Pakistan, pleaded guilty to making a false statement before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. Judge Geraci then sentenced the defendant to six months in prison.
