News from November 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
Release: DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun implementing new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at airports across the country including Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Defendant fled while released on conditions and remained a fugitive for nearly 18 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Defendant Ordered to Pay Funeral Costs for Juvenile Who Overdosed.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: BOISE - James Findlay, 33, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to one year of probation for negligent discharge of waste in violation of the Clean Water Act, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina------U.S. Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Brian Willie Benson Lewis, age 23, of Bishopville, South Carolina, Demetrius Jamal Cummings, age 24, of Greenville, South Carolina, Zanadro Miltaliano Neal, age 33, of Greenville, South Carolina, Darius Jacoby Brown, age 28...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Durrell Davenport, age 26, and Amod Phillips, age 27, both of Scranton, Pennsylvania, were indicted by a federal grand jury for interference with commerce by robbery and aiding and abetting, conspiracy to commit interference with commerce by robbery, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Connie Forrest, 57, of Pittsford, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington to three months of imprisonment following her guilty plea to a charge of Social Security fraud. Chief U.S. District Judge Christina...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced $98,495,397 in grant funding through the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). The Attorney General announced funding awards to 179 law enforcement agencies across the nation, which allows those agencies to hire 802 additional full-time law enforcement officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Jackson, TN - D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee and Tracey D. Montano, Special Agent in Charge, IRS-Criminal Investigation announced today that Joel Anthony Bunch, of Clifton, Tennessee has pleaded guilty to one count of Filing a False Federal Income Tax Return.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Gregorio Alexandro Landeros, 30, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 210 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea to one count of receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTIAN PAULINO RODRIGUEZ, 47, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 42 months of imprisonment for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: Two east Tennessee agencies received awards totaling $996,117.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: A Miami-area, Florida man pleaded guilty today for his role in a $63 million health care fraud scheme involving a now-defunct community mental health center located in Miami that purported to provide partial hospitalization program (PHP) services to individuals suffering from mental illness.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A registered sex offender from North Texas was sentenced Monday to 45 years in federal prison following his January 2017 guilty plea to producing child pornography and other related offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and the National Park Service (NPS) today announced that the NPS has resumed normal operations and public tours at the visitor center and Castillo San Cristóbal area of San Juan National Historic Site. Castillo San Felipe del Morro is expected to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: BOISE - James Findlay, 33, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to one year of probation for negligent discharge of waste in violation of the Clean Water Act, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: Travelers around Lake Crescent will not encounter any road work for the rest of this week as crews return home for Thanksgiving. Drivers should expect short delays for the traffic signals at the rock wall area around mile post 229 for alternating single-lane traffic.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, KY. - Robert M. Duncan, Jr. has taken the oath of office to become the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on Aug. 3, 2017, and confirmed by the United States Senate on November 9, 2017. Duncan took the oath of office from Chief Judge Karen K. Caldwell of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Ingham, 29, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute a controlled substance before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2017
News Release: A federal jury on Friday convicted Boynton Beach Police Sergeant Philip Antico for obstruction of justice during a federal investigation into the excessive use of force by officers after an August 2014 traffic stop, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg of the Southern District of Florida...
