News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Paul Donisthorpe, 62, pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to wire fraud and money laundering charges arising out of a fraudulent scheme to embezzle more than $4.8 million from client trust accounts managed by Desert State Life Management (DSLM), a trust company...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced today to four years and nine months in federal prison for a gun charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Markus Davis, 40, previously pleaded guilty to a single-count indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 32 indictments charging 41 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that an Anchorage man was sentenced in federal court to 20 years for distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - CHARLES DANIEL LYNN, 34, of El Reno, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty today to accepting a bribe as a federal correctional officer and conspiring to commit wire fraud, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun to implement new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at airports across the country with the procedures now in place at Charlottesville-Albemarle...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: Burlington, VT. - Christina E. Nolan has taken the oath of office to become the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont. Ms. Nolan was nominated by President Donald Trump on Sept. 28, 2017, and confirmed by the United States Senate on November 9, 2017. She took the oath of office in the chambers of Christina C. Reiss, Chief United States District Judge for the District of Vermont.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Charles M. Hallinan, 76, of Villanova, PA, and Wheeler K. Neff, 69, of Wilmington, DE, were found guilty today by a federal jury of two counts of conspiracy to violate the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO") relating to “payday lending" businesses, one count...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that David J. Freed was sworn in today to be the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The oath of office was administered by Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner of the United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: FBI Media Update: Armed Man Robs NE Albuquerque Bank.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: On Wednesday, November 29 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions will hold a hearing on "Financial Challenges Facing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: Implications for Pension Plans, Workers, and Retirees." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Anthony David Gentile, age 57, of Queens, New York, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: FARGO - U.S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Nov. 27, 2017, LORIE ORTIZ, age 33, of Crookston, MN, was sentenced before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve 70 months in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for her role as an Accessory After the...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is continuing to seek answers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) about Whitefish Energy Holdings’ contract to repair Puerto Rico’s electrical grid following conflicting information from FEMA about the agency’s role in the Whitefish contract.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - CHARLES DANIEL LYNN, 34, of El Reno, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty today to accepting a bribe as a federal correctional officer and conspiring to commit wire fraud, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Regis L. Walker, 31, of Pensacola, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison today, after pleading guilty on Jan. 17, 2017, to mailing threatening communications. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Field, who is handling the case, stated that Chester was convicted in 2007 in Washington, DC, for committing a sex crime involving a child. As a result, the defendant was required to register as a sex offender and keep that registration updated. In March 2015, Chester...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles E. Moynihan, who handled the case, stated that on September 9, 2016, Rochester Police Department officers were on patrol in the area of the David F. Gantt Community Center located on North Street in Rochester. Officers saw that the defendant, who was standing with two...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: This November, we’ve covered a variety of areas where S&T supports critical infrastructure sectors. Many of our projects throughout the year crosscut this mission area, and National Critical Infrastructure Month was an opportunity for us to have conversations about securing these sectors in the future.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - In the spirit of shared conservation stewardship on public land, the Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office recently collaborated with the Wyoming Department of Transportation, Wyoming Game and Fish Department and Friends of a Legacy to modify a stretch of fence east of Cody for the benefit of migrating pronghorn.
