News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Rodrigo Villanueva-Yanez, age 40, and a citizen of Mexico, pled guilty today to illegally reentering the United States after being previously deported. Villanueva-Yanez was also sentenced today to serve 4 months in prison, to be followed by a 1-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul C. Parisi, who is handling the case, stated that between 2014 and Feb. 2, 2017, the defendant is accused of conspiring with others to possess and distribute illegal narcotics, including heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine. According to the indictment and a previously filed complaint, an individual working with the Drug Enforcement Administration made a controlled purchased of approximately 10 grams of suspected heroin from the defendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced to 15 years in prison today for conspiring with others to conduct six armed robberies of banks and other financial institutions in Portsmouth and Chesapeake.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Cuban national formerly residing in St. Joseph, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges in two separate indictments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man was sentenced today to 16 1/2 years in prison for the armed robbery of Ricco’s Pizza in Hampton.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: Former Employees of Southern California Ambulance Company and Dialysis Center Plead Guilty to Medicare Fraud Charges.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: Roseburg, Ore. - The Roseburg Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has received notice that active timber harvest will be taking place along the access road to Red Top Pond, beginning Nov. 27, 2017, and lasting for up to two weeks. This activity will cause some delays to travel, to and from the Red Top Pond area. This timber sale helps in the effort to get America back to work by promoting job creation and supporting working landscapes.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has issued the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) second Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs for Fiscal Year 2018. The Phase I Release 2 FOA, with approximately $16 million in available funding, will provide funding for innovations that address multiple research and development programs throughout DOE.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: For Heroin Distribution. HAMMOND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Tido Kirby, 37, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by District Court Judge Joseph Van Bokkelen for distribution of heroin. Kirby was sentenced to 60 months imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: Faces Mandatory Minimum 5 Years in Prison for Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracies.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An attorney who lives in El Monte pleaded guilty today to federal fraud and money laundering charges for participating in a multi-faceted scheme that collected more than $50 million from foreign investors seeking “Green Cards" through the EB-5 visa program.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - An indictment was unsealed today against Wu Yingzhuo, Dong Hao and Xia Lei, all of whom are Chinese nationals and residents of China, for computer hacking, theft of trade secrets, conspiracy and identity theft directed at U.S. and foreign employees and computers of three corporate victims...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management would like to remind the public of the annual seasonal road closure of upper Eighth Street in the Boise Foothills to prevent road damage during wet conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DARIS SNOW, also known as “Eagle," 25, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to a federal robbery charge stemming from the armed robbery of a Hamden store in April 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Kyle Rossi, who is handling the case, stated that between 2012 and 2017, Young sexually abused a minor female, beginning when the child was only four or five years old. By the time the victim turned nine years old, the defendant produced child pornography depicting the victim...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: A former Seattle Police Officer pleaded guilty today for his role in a drug ring smuggling hundreds of pounds of marijuana from the Seattle area to Baltimore, Maryland, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. ALEX CHAPACKDEE, 44, of Seattle, was a 16-year veteran of SPD, who resigned shortly after...
By State Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - R. Andrew Murray was sworn in today as United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Mr. Murray was nominated by President Donald Trump on Sept. 11, 2017, and was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on November 9, 2017. Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney administered the oath of office to U.S. Attorney Murray this morning.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - Paintings by Sandra L. Meyer will be featured at Cape Cod National Seashore’s Salt Pond Visitor Center in December. The exhibit is part of the seashore’s ongoing series - Perspectives: Seeing Cape Cod National Seashore through Art.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2017
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