News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that AVINOAM LUZON pled guilty this morning to selling fentanyl that resulted in the overdose death of Gabriel Tramiel, 32, of Manhattan, on Oct. 22, 2016. LUZON pled guilty earlier today before Chief Magistrate Judge Debra Freeman.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 21-year-old Mission area man has been ordered to federal prison for his involvement in an illegal alien hostage taking scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Nov. 21, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Basil L. O’Kimosh (age: 39), of Keshena, Wisconsin. The indictment alleges that O’Kimosh used an internet chat app to attempt to exploit a minor female on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is in the initial planning stages of a trail expansion effort five miles north of Craig on Cedar Mountain and is looking for advice from local citizens and recreationalists on trail location, size, grade and design.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Qian Zheng, also known as “Cash," was sentenced by United States District Judge Carol Bagley Amon to nine years’ imprisonment for racketeering based on his role as the leader of the Zheng Organization, a violent criminal enterprise that operated in...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: For Possession With Intent To Distribute Heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: William Howard Taft National Historic Site located in the Mount Auburn neighborhood will celebrate a Victorian Christmas with free events and daily tours throughout the holiday season. This is the birthplace of our nation’s 27th President and 10th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Beginning Nov. 24, 2017, the boyhood home where William Howard Taft was born and raised will be beautifully decorated for the holidays.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that two Mission, South Dakota, women charged with child abuse have been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Mason County man pleaded guilty today to a federal gun crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Conrad D. Berkley, II, 37, of Gallipolis Ferry, entered his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Nov. 21, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Basil L. O’Kimosh (age: 39), of Keshena, Wisconsin. The indictment alleges that O’Kimosh used an internet chat app to attempt to exploit a minor female on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: Indianapolis, Indiana - Nov. 22, 2017: Chief U.S. District Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson and U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler warn the public of a nationwide scam in which the callers pose as U.S. Marshals or other government officials and claim that the victim is about to be arrested for not appearing for jury duty, but can avoid arrest by paying a fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York woman today admitted running an investment scheme that defrauded victims of hundreds of thousands of dollars, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today led a roundtable with her Senate colleagues in order to discuss the need to strengthen Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) enforcement against opioid distributors and her bill to repeal the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
Release: Washington - FAS Program Announcement FAS-ESR-094-17, issued at 9:00 a.m. on Nov. 21, which announced export sales of 130,000 metric tons of soybeans to China for delivery in the 2017/2018 was issued in error. The correct announcement is as follows.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
Release: LAREDO, Texas-The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has implemented new carry-on baggage security procedures at Laredo International Airport (LRD).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Karim Baratov, a/k/a “Kay," a/k/a/Karim Taloverov, a/k/a Karim Akehmet Tokbergenov, pleaded guilty today to charges returned by a grand jury in the Northern District of California in February 2017. The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch; Acting Assistant Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - The chief executive officer of a suburban pharmaceutical company was arrested today on a federal fraud charge for allegedly pocketing at least $1.5 million from investors and spending the cash on a luxury lake house in Michigan and golf and yacht club dues.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Sierra Front Field Office has approved the Pine Nut Mountains Herd Management Area Plan (HMAP) for the management of wild horses in the Pine Nut Mountains. The BLM has developed a 10-year plan to manage wild horses in the Pine Nut Mountains that could...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to armed bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 79 months in prison for robbing five banks in October and November 2016, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
