News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A former Army Reservist has pleaded guilty to stealing six machine guns and 10 handguns from a U.S. Army Reserve facility, escaping from federal prison, and attempting to rob two banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Director Christopher A. Wray Travels to Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced that Peter Morency, 34, of Derry, New Hampshire pleaded guilty today to three counts of producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - United States District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Boris Rubizhevsky, age 67, of Closter, New Jersey to 12 months and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering in connection with his role in arranging corrupt payments to influence the awarding of contracts with the Russian state-owned nuclear energy corporation. Judge Chuang also ordered Rubizhevsky to forfeit $26,500.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Shawn Justin Fischer, age 36, of Durant, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 3 years of probation for Delay or Destruction Of Mail By Postal Employee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1703.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: A Mexican man who had previously been deported four times was sentenced on November 9, 2017, to five months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the appointment of nine new U.S. Attorneys to serve two-year terms on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys (AGAC). Utah U.S. Attorney John W. Huber will serve as the Vice Chair of the AGAC.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Raymond Mireles Jr., 45, of Lamont, was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 15 years and three months in prison, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man was sentenced to 34 years in prison today for his role in five armed robberies of Tidewater businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: FBI Releases 2016 Hate Crime Statistics.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today announced that the committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, November 15 at 10 a.m. on “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Labor". The Honorable R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, will testify. The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - William Douglas Warwick, 53, of San Clemente, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating federal drug trafficking and firearms laws. Warwick entered the guilty plea under a conditional plea agreement under which he reserved the right to appeal from the court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence, and with the understanding that if he prevails on his appeal, he will be permitted to withdraw his guilty plea.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Two Men Rob Albuquerque Bank, Flee in Toyota Sienna Minivan.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Jeff Jensen, Eastern District of Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Galloway, New Jersey, man today admitted defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers out of nearly $500,000 by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick and New Jersey Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 28-year-old man from Houston has entered a guilty plea to bribery of a federal employee, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez along with Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner of the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A concert promoter who operated in Dallas, Texas and West Hollywood pleaded guilty this morning to a federal fraud charge for defrauding investors, promoters and performers who invested in concerts and World Wrestling Entertainment events.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2017
News Release: Park law enforcement rangers have determined the report from tourists of being robbed at gunpoint near the Lady Bird Johnson (LBJ) trailhead of Redwood National and State Parks on Nov. 3 was not true. No armed robbery took place within the parks and visitors should not be concerned about exploring the wonders of their public lands.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement in response to the announcement of an agreement in principle for a new Asia-Pacific trade agreement today...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 11, 2017
News Release: This week, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) announced a bold tax reform proposal that will provide middle-class tax relief, bring down tax rates across the board, and enhance America’s global competitiveness. With a markup beginning on Monday, Finance Committee Republicans are all-in on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Here’s a look at what they’re saying...
