News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: The last of seven individuals associated with a string of violent armed robberies in Miami-Dade County has been sentenced to over 138 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Defendant Found Guilty In One Case and Admits Guilt in Another.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy & Commerce Committee packed in quite a bit this week, holding three hearings and a subcommittee markup. #SubCommTech kicked off the week with a hearing Wednesday morning where members examined the country’s emergency alerting systems. That same day, #SubHealth reviewed four...
By Homeland Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - A Los Angeles-area man was sentenced Friday to 120 years to life in state prison for sexually assaulting a toddler relative and possessing over 220,000 pornographic photos and videos of prepubescent children.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: The last of seven individuals associated with a string of violent armed robberies in Miami-Dade County has been sentenced to over 138 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A Louisville, Kentucky, resident has admitted she unlawfully obtained citizenship by entering into a sham marriage with a Houston man, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Park snowplow operators have been working through the day to plow roads and numerous parking lots. Park rangers have also accounted for all wilderness camping permit holders who were camping overnight in the park’s backcountry.
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 Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Democratic Leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Acting Director Dr. Anne Schuchat today requesting an update on the CDC’s Zika virus outbreak preparedness and response capabilities in anticipation of the increase in cases of Zika...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Travis Beckley, 63, of Miami, FL, pleaded guilty to attempt to possess with intent to distribute 50 kilograms or more of marijuana, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a federal jury today found former Ramapo Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence guilty of 20 counts of conspiracy, securities fraud, and wire fraud in connection with municipal bonds issued by the Town...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - On May 18, 2017, United States District Court Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Wilson Lee Clow, Jr., 68, of Grants Pass, Oregon, to two years in federal prison for illegal gun sales. Upon his release from prison, Clow will be on supervised release for three years. A federal jury previously found Clow guilty on three counts of selling a firearm to a felon and two counts of making false statements during firearms sales during a three-day trial ending June 29, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance, was sentenced on May 15, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Silvano Zaragoza-Ambriz, 31, of McAllen, Texas, was sentenced today to 353 months in prison after pleading guilty in August 2016 to armed drug trafficking and conspiracy to distribute heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine. Co-defendant Kyle James Corbi, 32, of Milton, Florida, pled...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Two more people, a married couple, who participated in a scheme to defraud victims across the United States have pled guilty in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - A federal grand jury returned a 39-count indictment against a former law firm office manager. Lawrence J. Laurenzi, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the indictment today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: A man who possessed child pornography pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: A Farmington Hills, Michigan, doctor was sentenced yesterday to 19 years in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute prescription pills and conspiracy to commit health care fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel Lemisch announced.
