News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - SBM Offshore N.V. (SBM), a Netherlands-based company specializing in the manufacture and design of offshore oil drilling equipment, and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, SBM Offshore USA Inc. (SBM USA), have agreed to resolve criminal charges and pay a criminal penalty of $238 million in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - Jerry Lynn Gragg, 40, a former police officer with the Savanna Police Department in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Muskogee, Oklahoma, to one count of violating the civil rights of a female whom he sexually assaulted during a routine traffic stop.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: On Nov. 30, 2017, five members of the team that investigated the May, 2011 killing of Tony Canfield were recognized for their efforts with the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) national group achievement award. The award ceremony took place at the Sioux City Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Don Charles Owens, age 35, of Elma, Washington was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice to 18 years in prison for Armed Bank Robbery and Discharge of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence. Owens plead guilty to these offenses on Aug. 31, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Prairie Village man was indicted Wednesday on charges he robbed a shoe store, and attempted to rob a credit union, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Daryl Davis, age 20, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Nov. 29, 2017, by a federal grand jury on a firearms charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that Deborah Joy Durand, a 55-year-old resident of Fruitland, Idaho, was sentenced to 15 months in prison, two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $903,316.48 in restitution and forfeiture. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris Morris presided over the sentencing hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DORIAN GIVENS, age 30, of New Orleans, pled guilty yesterday to an Indictment charging him with violating the Federal Gun Control Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office in St. Louis has announced that Seiler Instrument & Manufacturing Company, Inc., a Kirkwood-based defense contractor, will pay the United States $1,500,000.00 in forfeiture based on the company’s use of optical materials imported from China in the weapons sights which...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: NOV. 30, 2017 - In 2016, the median household income for all counties ranged between $22,045 and $134,609, with a median county-level value of $47,589, according to the new Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The 95th National Christmas Tree Lighting will be held on Thursday, November 30th beginning at 4:30 p.m. on the Ellipse in President’s Park. The National Park Service, United States Park Police and United States Secret Service are working in collaboration with local and federal law enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Defendant admits responsibility for the murder of a 15-year-old in East Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - A 49-year-old man from Bushland, Texas, Thomas Roy Clark, who pleaded guilty in August 2017 to one count of health care fraud, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 41 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $514,576.29 in restitution, joint and severally with his codefendant. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: TUSCALOOSA - A federal judge today sentenced the leader of a drug ring trafficking methamphetamine and cocaine in Tuscaloosa County to 25 years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives Special Agent in Charge Steven L. Gerido and West Alabama Narcotics Task Force Captain Phil Simpson.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
Release: FARGO, North Dakota - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is implementing enhanced carry-on baggage security screening procedures at all airports in North Dakota including Hector International (FAR) in Fargo.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which is being considered on the floor of the U.S. Senate, will put money back in the pockets of middle-class families, raise wages, grow the economy, and make America more globally competitive. This bill includes strong, pro-family provisions like doubling the child tax credit, nearly doubling the standard deduction, and lowering rates for working- and middle-class families.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ryan Peltan, 32, of East Aurora, NY, pleaded guilty to brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of seven years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is happy to announce the winner and runners-up of the kids’ artwork contest. The contest was open from August through October for anyone 12 years of age or younger. A total of 154 entries were received at park headquarters in Empire, Michigan...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An individual identified as a member of the Orchard Park Trailblazers Gang pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to selling crack cocaine in and around Roxbury’s Orchard Gardens Housing Development.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotic laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
