News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Arkansas man, formerly of Marshall, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will offer Christmas tree permits for sale starting Nov. 24, 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: As DHS’s research and development arm, the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) looks to envision the future of our nation’s security, while supporting current operational needs. With our Biosurveillance Systems program, we work to provide local officials with new ways to identify potential biothreats, in order to improve response times and minimize impact to public safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- A federal grand jury indicted eleven people including eight alleged associates of the Hells Angels Sonoma County chapter (HASC), one alleged associate of the Fresno Hells Angels chapter, and one alleged associate of the Salem/Boston Hells Angels chapter for their respective roles in a...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
Release: ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A Cape May County, New Jersey, man was arrested at Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) Sunday morning, Nov. 19, after Transportation Security Administration officers caught the man trying to carry a butterfly knife that he had affixed beneath the lining of his roller bag in an effort to artfully conceal the knife from the TSA officers who were working at the checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that HECTOR RIVERA was found guilty on Friday of ordering the 2004 murder of Eduard Nektalov, a Manhattan diamond dealer. RIVERA was convicted on all counts following a six-day trial before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - On Nov. 15, 2017, a federal grand jury charged SAMUEL OKERE, 61, of Oklahoma City, with Medicaid fraud, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, and Mike Hunter, Oklahoma Attorney General. The indictment was unsealed today at Okere’s arraignment.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr. announced today Barrett Johnson, 34, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute MDA, also known as “Molly," a Scheduled I controlled substance, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $1,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Ryan “Bubba’ Granger and Megan Thomas Purchased Pseudoephedrine to Manufacture Methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management and United States Forest Service have determined that the 2017 Helena Fire was started on public lands managed by the BLM after a tree branch came in contact with a power line operated by the Trinity Public Utilities District. The fire then burned onto...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - Suraj Patel, 38, of Long Beach, Calif., was sentenced in U.S. District Court today for his role in a $3.5 million scheme involving distribution for Macy’s. As part of his sentence, Patel was ordered to pay approximately $925,000 in restitution to the company.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that $500,000 in grant funding through the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP) was made to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department ($250,000 for two officers)...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 33-year-old man from Duncanville has been ordered to prison following his convictions for receipt and possession of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. William Sonak pleaded guilty June 26, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Bergen County, New Jersey, woman today admitted using bogus litigation support companies to obtain millions of dollars from two law firms where she was a partner.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former executive director of a Newark-based childcare and community program and a partner in a political fundraising and consulting company today admitted committing wire fraud and tax evasion, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Friday evening, President Trump signed H.R. 304, the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017, into law.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that EFRAIN VARELA-TOLENTINO, age 31, a citizen of Mexico, was charged in a one-count Bill of Information for illegal use of a Social Security Number in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A $500,000 grant from the justice Department will pay for four police officer positions in Olathe, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: UTICA, N.Y. - Ryan Granger, a/k/a Bubba Granger, 38, formerly of Lewis County, New York, was sentenced to serve 108 months imprisonment for possessing pseudoephedrine knowing it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine, and for manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine, announced Acting United...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Noel Rodriguez, age 56, formerly of Dover, Del., pleaded guilty to one count of federal program theft before U.S. District Judge Richard G. Andrews. Rodriguez is scheduled to be sentenced on March 30, 2018.
