News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Adam Tyler Shrader, age 22, of Lancaster, South Carolina, was sentenced today in federal court in Columbia to conspiracy to straw purchase a firearm, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis, of Columbia, sentenced Shrader to 21 months in federal prison followed by 2 years of supervised probation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The founders and principals of Inofin Inc., a shuttered motor vehicle finance company based in Rockland, Mass., pleaded guilty today to fraud in connection with soliciting investments that resulted in losses of over $11 million to investors.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: [BOISE] Camping during the Memorial Day holiday may be challenging as many higher elevation campsites and campgrounds are still covered with snow or are too wet and muddy to use. Consequently, more people may be vying for a limited number of lower elevation campsites. For the best chance of getting a great spot, head out to public lands early.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: On Monday, May 29th, 2017 at 10 a.m., Camp Verde Mayor, Charles German will present a short program entitled, “The Greatest Generation" in honor of his service to our country. Please join us as we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Pratt company pleaded guilty Thursday in an oil and gas fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Cerpa-Coy Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Three Nigerian nationals, who were extradited from South Africa to the Southern District of Mississippi in July 2015, were sentenced to prison this week for their roles in a large-scale international fraud network.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Mark Chartrand, 46, of St. Louis pleaded guilty to one count of violation of the Stolen Valor Act for posing as a purple heart awardee. Chartrand pleaded guilty before Judge Henry E. Autrey who accepted his plea and set his sentencing for Aug. 22, 2017. Chartrand will remain in custody until sentencing.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: American Memorial Park News Release. Release Date: May 26, 2017. Contact: Brooke Nevitt, Lead Ranger. Email address: e-mail us. Phone: 670-234-7207, Ext 2020. American Memorial Park Hosts Junior Ranger Camp. Garapan, Saipan - This summer, American Memorial Park and its partner, Pacific Historic Parks, will...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to heroin trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID QUATRELLA, 62, of Trumbull, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in a scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Tyquil Clayron Norris III, 20, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged today by Indictment with sex trafficking via force, fraud and coercion, and sex trafficking of a minor, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to 30 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today reintroduced the Move America Act, legislation that will bring billions of dollars of investment to state and local governments to help grow and repair America’s aging infrastructure. Move America...
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: GOES-16, the most advanced weather satellite NOAA has ever developed, will be moved to the GOES-East position at 75 degrees west longitude, once it is declared operational in November. Top officials from NOAA announced the long-awaited decision at today’s 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook news conference in College Park, Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: FBI Observes National Missing Children’s Day.
By DOE Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Acting EM Assistant Secretary Sue Cange testified today on EM’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget request before the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. In her testimony, Cange provided an overview of the EM program, key achievements in the past year and planned accomplishments to be achieved with EM’s request of approximately $6.5 billion, which marks EM’s largest budget request in a decade.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Daron Murray, age 22, and a citizen of Jamaica, pled guilty yesterday to mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, for his role in a Jamaica-based lottery scam that targeted elderly victims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Daniel Neil Alexander, age 49, of Anderson, SC, was sentenced in federal court, in Greenville, SC, by United States District Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks. Mr. Alexander had previously pled guilty to Conspiracy to Possess...
By Homeland Newswire | May 25, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate late last night unanimously approved a bipartisan bill led by Senator Claire McCaskill and Republican Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas to protect Missouri’s agriculture industry by addressing the threat of agro-terrorism and mitigating the risks to food put on tables across the country.
