News from May 2017
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 Interior Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS - The Natchez Trace Parkway invites children and their families to “Animal Masquerade," a special Junior Ranger program at the Parkway Visitor Center. The event is at 10:00 am on Saturday, June 3, 2017. Join a park ranger for this 45-minute program to discover how animals along the Parkway...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: Registered Sex Offender Used Peer-to-Peer File Sharing to Obtain and Trade Images of Rape and Molestation.
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 DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Zargham Bukhari, 22, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 10 years in prison for sex trafficking a minor, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: A Port St. Lucie resident was sentenced to 30 months in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, after pleading guilty to assisting in the preparation of false tax returns and filing false tax returns, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Sections 7206(2) and (1).
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Deshawn Earl Chestnut, age 24, Matthew DeWitt, age 27, and Stacy Cambas, age 30, pled guilty on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, to participating in a drug conspiracy that operated in the Florence, Charleston, and Myrtle Beach...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Nashville, Tenn. today, returned a two- count indictment charging Tad Cummins, 50, of Columbia, Tenn., with transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of engaging in criminal sexual conduct and obstruction of justice, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jack Smith of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Dominique Pearson, 25, of Houston, Texas was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to serve a total of 120 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in October 2016 to his role in the conspiracy to rob Tilak Jewelers in Irving, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Roberto Miramontes Roman, 44, an armed drug dealer who boasted he would kill a law enforcement officer to stay out of jail, will serve life plus 80 years in federal prison for killing a deputy sheriff in Millard County during a traffic stop in 2010. U.S. District Chief Judge David Nuffer ...
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS S&T Press Office (202) 254-2385 WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will introduce its newest research and development solicitation call during a May 25 Industry Day event at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.
By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Fund to Help Capitalize Small Rural Businesses WASHINGTON, May 18, 2017 – Acting Deputy Under Secretary Roger Glendenning today announced that USDA has certified the Innova Ag Innovation Fund IV LP as an investment pool for small and startup rural businesses.
By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C., May 18, 2017) – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue issued the following statement today after U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer notified Congress that President Trump intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): "While NAFTA has been an overall ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: A Church Hill, Maryland, resident was sentenced today to 20 years in prison to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release for enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and attempting to transfer obscene materials to a minor, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg of the Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: An Indiana man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Hammond, Indiana for conspiracy to defraud the United States, attempting to interfere with the administration of the internal revenue laws, and aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Two Southwest Missouri health care providers have agreed to pay the United States $34,000,000 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper financial relationships with referring physicians, the Justice Department announced today. The two Defendants are Mercy Hospital ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: An Alabama woman pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering for her role in liquidating and laundering victim payments generated through various telephone fraud and money laundering schemes via India-based call centers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions today welcomed the confirmation of Rachel Brand to serve as the Department of Justice’s Associate Attorney General: “I am pleased that the U.S. Senate has confirmed Rachel Brand to serve as Associate Attorney General, the third-ranking position in the Department of Justice. ...
By Fed Newswire | May 18, 2017
News Release: On May 18, 2017, the Federal Reserve conducted a floating-rate offering of term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. The operation offered seven-day term deposits with the rate set equal to the sum of the interest rate paid on excess reserves plus a fixed spread of 1 basis point.
By Commerce News Now | May 18, 2017
News Release: With this letter, we intend to notify not just Congress, but all our trading partners, that free and fair trade is the new standard for U.S. trade deals. Since the signing of NAFTA, we have seen our manufacturing industry decimated, factories shuttered, and countless workers left jobless. President Trump ...
