News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), announced the arrest and unsealing of a complaint charging ROBERT WALTER MURRAY with securities and...
By Homeland Newswire | May 19, 2017
Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Norfolk, Virgina man was arrested at Richmond International Airport on Thursday, May 18 after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected a loaded semi-automatic handgun in the traveler’s carry-on bag.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Boise, ID - Norm Jensen, a long time volunteer for the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Cottonwood Field Office, will be honored for his contributions during a national ceremony in Boise on Wednesday, May 24. 83-year old Jensen will receive one of the BLM’s most prestigious volunteer awards, the “Making...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Curtis D. Solomon, 33, recently of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. The charge carries maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced David Edward Weatherholtz, age 57, of Berlin, Maryland today to 36 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for production of child pornography. Judge Hollander also ordered that Weatherholtz pay a total of $105,471.12...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of sex trafficking of a child and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Felix Gomez, 37; Roman Jose Aguilera Gig, 37; Jesus Garcia, 34; Rosauro Morao, 47; Manuel Rodriguez, 51; Juan Rodriguez, 25,; and Jhoan Gomez, 28, all of Venezuela, made their initial appearances today before U.S. Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon, Jr., after being charged in a complaint...
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Release Date: May 20, 2017. Contact: Tanya Taitano Sortor, Education Program Coordinator, Pacific Historic Parks. Phone: 671-482-1234. Sign up now for Reef Ranger Summer Camp. This July and August, War in the Pacific National Historical Park and its partner, Pacific Historic Parks, will host the annual...
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: President Eisenhower’s 1955 Chrysler Crown Imperial Derham limousine will be featured as part of Gettysburg’s Memorial Day Parade May 29 beginning at 2 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Fairbanks, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a four-time convicted felon was sentenced to 64 months in federal prison for illegally possessing 32 firearms, some of which were stolen, and possessed in connection to drug distribution in Tok, Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: The former program director of Priority: My Education, a supplemental educational service provider, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to federal program fraud, Acting United States Attorney Daniel Lemisch announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announced that those persons listed below were arraigned before the U.S. Magistrate and the indictments handed down by the Grand Jury unsealed.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Michael Browne, 49, of Dorchester, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to knowingly selling a firearm and ammunition to a felon. United States District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin scheduled sentencing for Sept. 1, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Troy Titley, 36, of St. Thomas made his initial appearance today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after being charged by indictment with Hobbs Act robbery, conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence and conspiracy to possess a...
By Homeland Newswire | May 19, 2017
Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The number of passengers expected to fly this summer season is expected to be the highest in years with more than 2.2 million passengers per day expected to pass through Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints between Memorial Day and Labor Day with almost a quarter million of those passengers going through security screening in the New York Metropolitan region alone.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging four Washington, D.C. residents for their alleged roles in 19 separate armed robberies in the Washington, D.C., metro area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Bear Lake, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months in jail, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release, and was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $696,273.72 on her conviction of embezzlement of credit union funds, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A federal jury convicted Virginia Beach man last night of bank fraud and identity theft offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Officer Jovany Perez, 34, of Miami, Florida, was arrested on a criminal complaint charging him with receiving a bribe while a public official.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Former Correctional Officer in West Virginia Pleads Guilty to Using Force to Punish A Detainee.
