News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Additional Resources to Share Gun Intelligence and get Trigger Pullers Off the Streets.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Lesandro Perez (a/k/a “Toast") 22; Joshua Brown (a/k/a “Jash") 22; Hugh Wyatt (a/k/a “Hugh Pace"), 43; Jose Lopez (a/k/a “Los", “Hos" and “Lil Hos"), 23; Dwayne Cooper (a/k/a “Bookie" and “Boop") 26; Hasan Jones (a/k/a “Tiny") 36; and Lavar Smith (a/k/a “Var"), 30, each of Philadelphia, PA were arrested...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Nov. 29, 2017, United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Nelson Soto, age 44, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to 10 months’ imprisonment for his role in a drug trafficking organization operating in Luzerne County.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today raised concerns with the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) over contracting decisions for hurricane recovery efforts after reports that FEMA awarded...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted two men today for their role in a conspiracy to import heroin and cocaine into the United States from El Salvador.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
Release: NEWARK, NJ - A Chester County, Pennsylvania, man was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport today Nov. 30 after a Transportation Security Administration officer detected a loaded semi-automatic handgun in the traveler’s carry-on bag.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Seth J. Blewitt, 30, of Oakville, Connecticut pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to bank robbery and brandishing a firearm while committing a Hobbs Act robbery. The charges arose from the robberies of a TD Bank branch and a Dollar Tree store.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged David L. Dobbins, 38, of Urbancrest, Ohio, with seven charges related to distributing heroin, fentanyl and cocaine - including distribution that resulted in death - in a superseding indictment returned here today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Durham resident was sentenced on Nov. 28, 2017, for carrying out a scheme to defraud Durham businesses and aggravated identity theft, announced Sandra J. Hairston, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - On Dec. 1, the Bureau of Reclamation will begin another series of 11-day controlled pulse flows from New Melones Dam into the Stanislaus River for flood control purposes. This follows a similar schedule implemented Nov. 3.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: WHO: The Sites Project Authority (Authority) and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. (Reclamation) are hosting two public meetings to solicit input from the. public, Tribes and agencies on the Draft Environmental Impact Report/. Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIR/EIS) for the Sites Project. In preparing...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Two men were arrested and charged with attempted possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Bank Robbery Press Release and Crime Alert.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Dr. Rafael Beier, 63, of Kingston, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 192 months in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release for unlawfully distributing oxycodone and hydrocodone, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Dr. Beier to pay a $63,000 fine and to forfeit proceeds of $732,800.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MAURICE GEORGE, age 45, of Napoleonville, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and David E. Beach, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service, New York Field Office (“USSS"), announced charges today against 13 individuals in connection with a scheme to defraud drivers of two ride-sharing...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Mauri Gourneau was sentenced to 40 months in prison, four years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris presided over the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Memphis, TN - After two days of the trial before U.S. District Judge John T. Fowlkes, Jr., the defendantM. Cleve Collins entered a plea of guilty to the indictment charging him with one count of major fraud against the United States. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the conviction today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James P. O’Neill, the Police Commissioner of the City of New York (“NYPD"), announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes announced today the expansion of the Project Safe Neighborhood program in the Puget Sound region, with additional focus on crime gun intelligence in South King and Pierce Counties. The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $500,000 to the program which will enhance intelligence sharing between law enforcement agencies so that guns used in crimes can be linked, helping law enforcement build cases for prosecution.
