News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This morning in Las Cruces, N.M., Michael Ray Sepulveda, 38, of Silver City, N.M., pled guilty to federal child exploitation and child pornography charges. The plea agreement recommends a sentence within the range of 20 to 25 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release. Sepulveda will be required to continue to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged Eric Zyn Ho, 25, and Bryan Mathew Otero, 27, both of Cincinnati, with conspiracy to sex traffic children and conspiracy to produce child pornography in an indictment returned in Cincinnati. Both defendants are scheduled to appear in federal court at 1:30pm today for arraignment on the indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: John C. Gallagher Jr. Charged with Soliciting and Accepting Kickbacks for Years from Outside Contractor for the City School District of New Rochelle.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: After CNN reported that the Justice Department revealed Attorney General Sessions failed to disclose his contacts with Russian officials as part of his security clearance, Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), the Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County teen has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Labette County woman was indicted Wednesday on a federal charge of embezzling more than $200,000 from the bank where she worked, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing on the “Community Reclamation Partnerships Act" (Rep. Darin LaHood, R-IL), discussion draft legislation to authorize partnerships between states and non-governmental entities for the purpose of expanding abandoned mine reclamation projects.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued its new report on TrumpCare...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged Eric Zyn Ho, 25, and Bryan Mathew Otero, 27, both of Cincinnati, with conspiracy to sex traffic children and conspiracy to produce child pornography in an indictment returned in Cincinnati. Both defendants are scheduled to appear in federal court at 1:30pm today for arraignment on the indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 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.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON) - Three Madison, Connecticut high school students have won the grand prize in the Operation Prevention Video Challenge with a message about how not to let your life get “swallowed up by an opioid addiction."
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Destroyed Price Hill Home after Being Evicted.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - TAMI LEE JOHNSON, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty yesterday to check forgery, in connection with approximately $624,265.01 of embezzlement from a local real estate management company, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By USDA Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that USDA is seeking applications for technical assistance and training grants in the Community Facilities program.
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Acting EM Assistant Secretary Sue Cange testified today on EM’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget request before the U.S. Senate 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 24, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On May 23, 2017, U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Anatoly Samgorodsky, age 65, of Sarasota, Florida to 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to bribe a public official. Judge Chuang also ordered Samgorodsky to pay a $25,000 fine and restitution in the amount of $70,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - Two Longview, Texas men have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Christopher B. Epps, former Commissioner for the Mississippi Department of Corrections, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate to 235 months in federal prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Harold Brittain and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze. He was also ordered to pay a $100,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - Two Longview, Texas men have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Spanish native residing in Quincy was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for using counterfeit cashier’s checks to defraud victims, including charities and law firms, of nearly $1 million.
