News from November 2017
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, at 10 a.m., House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) will headline a discussion about the opioid crisis and Congress’ ongoing efforts to combat the opioid epidemic.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Activities Planned at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in November.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: The FBI Boston Division’s Violent Crimes Task Force, Massachusetts State Police, and the Fall River Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an unknown male bank robber allegedly responsible for three armed bank robberies in Fall River, Massachusetts. The ‘Faceless’ Bandit, named for the mask he wore to obscure his face during the robberies, is considered armed and dangerous.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Man Sentenced to Over 27 Years for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists and Soliciting the Murder of a Federal Judge.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - In one week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York deportation officers arrested five individuals, each after being released from local custody with an active immigration detainer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Robert Romasiewicz, age 25, of Exeter, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley, to unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Christopher Jacob Rankins, 33, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced on Friday to serve 18 months in prison after pleading guilty on June 16, 2017, to twelve counts of aiding or assisting others in the preparation of false tax returns. In addition, Rankins was ordered to pay restitution to the IRS in the amount of $356,172. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bayonne, New Jersey, man today admitted robbing Bayonne Community Bank in Jersey City, New Jersey, on May 25, 2016, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Yankton, South Dakota, man convicted of Bank Robbery was sentenced on November 6, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark woman today admitted evading taxes while operating her political fundraising and consulting business in 2015, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT ABEL, 55, of St. Augustine, Florida, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of bank robbery and also admitted to two armed robberies in Florida and a carjacking in South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Vance Cayford, 46, of Norridgewock, Maine pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to being a felon in possession of ammunition and attempted possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced the unsealing of an Indictment regarding the Dec. 18, 2013 murder of Loomis Armored US Guard Hector Trochez as he made a cash delivery to the Chase Bank at Carrollton and Claiborne Avenues in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Charles Cory Thornton (37, Yulee) has pleaded guilty to using hidden cameras in his bathroom to produce pornographic images and videos of an unsuspecting child. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, up to 30 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Christmas tree tags are available now from the Bureau of Land Management in Elko. The BLM tree permits are $4.00 each with a limit of 10 per individual. Permits for tree cutting on BLM administered lands can be obtained at the Elko BLM Office, 3900 Idaho Street, during regular office hours...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan today announced that it has reached a resolution under the Americans with Disabilities Act with 11 municipalities in Isabella County, MI to ensure access for individuals with disabilities at polling places. The case was commenced under the U.S. Justice Department’s compliance review authority.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: Vehicles allegedly financed tied to drug trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Elias J. Sawalha, age 63, of Baldwinsville, New York, was arraigned today on an obstruction charge for submitting false documents to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 38-year-old Houston woman has been ordered to federal prison for her role in a marriage fraud ring between Nigerian nationals and U.S. citizens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez along with Special Agent in Charge Mark B. Dawson of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2017
News Release: MAURY CO, TN - On Sunday, November 5, 2017, at approximately 4:30 p.m., emergency responders were dispatched to a collision involving a motor vehicle and a bicyclist on the Natchez Trace Parkway near mile post 418. Randall Singleton, 58, of Charlotte, TN, was riding his bicycle north on the Parkway, when he was struck by a ’65 Ford Falcon. As a result of the impact, Singleton sustain significant head and leg injuries and was transported to Vanderbilt Medical by air ambulance.
