News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Taunton man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to trafficking heroin and fentanyl in southeastern Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- Dean Thompson, 47, of St. Thomas, made his initial appearance Monday before United States Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller on an indictment charging him with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, Acting United States Attorney Joycelyn Hewlett announced. Thompson was detained pending a detention hearing on Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Defendant Produced and Shared Pornographic Video and Images of Children, Including 5-Year Old.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 48 months imprisonment to be served concurrently, followed by a lifetime supervised release, on two charges of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On May 23, 2017, Jason Michael Mowerheather Jean Reekr, age 43, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 80 months in prison for receipt of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Mower will be required to serve eight years of supervised release following his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that David K. Shaqfeh, age 49, of Hanover, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on May 18, 2017, before U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner to tampering with a witness. No date has been set for sentencing.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump proposed a $1.097 billion Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) budget for the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation. The budget supports the Administration’s and Interior’s goals of ensuring the efficient generation of American energy, provision of secure water supplies, varied use of resources, celebration of America’s recreation opportunities and fulfilling commitments to tribal nations.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2017
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By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former office manager for a Lawrence property management company was sentenced Tuesday to 24 months in federal prison for embezzlement, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said. She was ordered to pay more than $485,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that, on May 22, 2017, The Honorable William K. Sessions III, sitting in Burlington, sentenced Michael J. Foreste, aka “Beast," of Valley Stream, New York to 110 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release. Foreste...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: FBI Observes National Missing Children’s Day.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: “Good afternoon. It is my pleasure to welcome Mr. Miller back to the Health Subcommittee to help us continue our discussion on the Medicare program, payment systems, and extenders.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: DAYTON - A federal grand jury returned two indictments today charging five people with robbing two Middletown pharmacies and stealing prescription drugs including morphine, oxycodone and hydrocodone for the purpose of selling the drugs on the street.
By Homeland Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A North Texas man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to commit false statements in connection with immigration documents.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Sho’Nee Ganadonegro, 26, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to three years of probation for her conviction on a child abuse charge. Ganadonegro was also ordered to complete substance abuse counseling and childcare classes, and to refrain from the use of alcohol.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Kan., man was sentenced in federal court today for enticing a child victim, whom he met online, into engaging in illegal sexual activity.
By DOL Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) issued the following joint statement on the decision by Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta not to delay the implementation of the conflict-of-interest rule, which requires retirement investment advisers to act in the best interests of their clients.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: CAREY, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation has detected coliform bacteria in the drinking water system at Little Wood River Reservoir Campground. The system has been shut off; however, the campground and related facilities are unaffected and will remain open during the camping season.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ADOLFO BOLANOS-BONIFACIO, age 38, a native of Mexico, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of misapplication of funds by a bank employee, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
