News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brian Woodhams, 40, of Wayland, NY, who was convicted of making false statements to a federal agent, was sentenced to time served and one year supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY LEE PAROWSKI, 30, of Stratford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced today that a federal grand jury had indicted the following four men for retaliating against an individual they believed to be a federal informant: Jose E. Lazcon (22) and Rashawn T. Bumpus (22) of Racine, Wisconsin, Derrick L. Harris (26) of Chicago, Illinois, and Michael A. Bonds (29) of Dolton, Illinois.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OR - As of November 1st the park is charging its winter entrance fee. The fee is $10 per car, is good for 7 days, and can be paid at the Steel Information Center at park headquarters. It is also possible to purchase an annual pass for Crater Lake National Park and Lava Beds National Monument...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A federal inmate already serving a lengthy sentence for a child pornography conviction today admitted possessing images of child pornography while in prison, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Christopher Curry, 39, Madison, Wis. was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to four years in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine on Feb. 24, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Defendant Joined ISIS and Recruited Extremists to Serve as Foreign Fighters in ISIS-Controlled Territories in Syria and Iraq.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Hampton woman was sentenced today to nine years in prison for tax refund fraud and identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that DAMIEN NOWELL of Raleigh was convicted following a jury trial of two federal firearms violations. The charges arose from a search warrant executed at NOWELL’S residence at 2416 Evers Drive in Raleigh on February 4, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Wednesday, November 1st, U.S. Senior District Judge Robert E. Jones sentenced Raul David Alvarado, 39, of Kelso, Washington, to 25 years in federal prison followed by 5 years of supervised release. On May 25, 2017, Alvarado was found guilty following a jury trial to Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances involving 1 kilogram or more of heroin and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Vincent Graham, a/k/a “Shawn" and “Mac," 33, of Bronx, New York, was indicted yesterday by a grand jury and charged with sex trafficking, drug distribution and transporting individuals in interstate commerce intending that they engage in prostitution.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Shulkin: We write to thank you for listening to veterans and rescinding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) previous proposal to gut a decades-old law designed to prevent conflicts of interest with VA employees who have a financial relationship with for-profit colleges. We urge...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate HELP committee, helped lead Senate Democrats in highlighting the first day of open enrollment and President Trump’s ongoing efforts to sabotage health care for millions of Americans, including his efforts to undermine community outreach prior to the start of the open enrollment period to purchase coverage beginning today, November 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Kyle Stevens, age 27, formerly of Baltimore, Maryland, and currently a federal inmate at the United States Penitentiary at Lewisburg, was sentenced on Oct. 31, 2017, by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann, to serve an additional 110 months in prison for two separate assaults on other inmates with a homemade weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Justin M. Brady-Muller, 28, of Manchester, was sentenced to serve 72 months in federal prison for bank robbery, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Mirsad Kandic, a legal permanent resident of the United States, with one count of conspiring to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a foreign terrorist organization...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Sold Unregistered Securities, Purportedly Backed by Real Estate and Diamonds Which Did Not Exist.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Mississippi man was sentenced Monday to 48 months in prison for possessing child pornography on a computer at a Lake Charles RV park.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Clarksburg, West Virginia man admitted to a firearms violation, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a federal grand jury returned a second superseding indictment on Oct. 31, 2017, against Mark Cook, age 39, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, charging him with an additional count of sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion.
