News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA -Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced today that Bryant Emerson Freeman, age 40, of Grants Pass, Oregon, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Shelly D. Dick to a total of 73 months in federal prison as a result of failing to update his registration as a sex offender and violating the terms of his supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that an Anchorage man was found guilty yesterday of attempting to pass a counterfeit $100 bill at the Anchorage International Airport. Abdikhaliq Hussein, 28, of Anchorage, was convicted by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess after a two-day bench trial. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 8, 2017. The maximum potential penalty is 20 years imprisonment and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Chief Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Thomas Jefferson Laffitte on May 19, 2017 to serve a term of imprisonment of 70 months followed by 3 years of supervised release for illegally...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Robert Mason Wildes, 35, of Dunn Loring, was sentenced today to 136 months in prison for distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Police officers in the Southern District of Ohio are diverse in every way but one: they put their lives on the line for us every day on the job. I am grateful for our officers’ diversity-and even more grateful for their one commonality.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Canadian woman was sentenced to serve 26 months in prison following her December conviction for international parental kidnapping, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Patrick D. Hansen of the Central District of Illinois.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: On Saturday, May 27, from 10:00am-5:00pm, the public is invited to participate in the Union Army Recruitment camp recreated by the 114th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry Reactivated in the Lincoln Neighborhood.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Today, federal, state and local authorities arrested 26 individuals, including “TMM General" Raul Ramos, and are looking for four others in connection with a heroin/cocaine trafficking operation in the San Antonio area announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of Body Armor by a Violent Felon was sentenced on May 18, 2017, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present a special panel discussion and battlefield tour about General Braxton Bragg, commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, on Saturday, June 3. Presenting their views about the leadership of General Bragg will be three...
By US DOT Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Leaders of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee introduced bipartisan legislation today to reauthorize, strengthen, and support the United States Coast Guard.
By US DOT Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: FAA Statement Regarding US Court of Appeals Decision
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 Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a New York Times report that President Donald Trump conceded to Russian officials that he fired former FBI Director James Comey a day earlier to ease pressure on himself, according to a document summarizing the meeting...
By State Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on Iran’s elections...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - The former manager of the Regions BankWhitehaven North Branch was sentenced to 15-months in federal prison. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Pecos, NM:- Join us for an evening under the fabled western sky. Pecos National Historical Park will offer a free performance by cowboy musician Dr. Steve Cormier followed by a night sky program on Saturday, June 3rd. Both programs will take place on the grounds of the Forked Lightning Ranch House. Due to limited space, reservations are required.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Washington, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jolene Davis, 41, of Stockton, was sentenced today to five years in prison for her role in the sexual exploitation of a child of whom she had custody, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX- This week, Melvin C. Yazzie, 40, of Hotevilla, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 90 month of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Yazzie had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.
