News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KHADAFI CASTRO, 39, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to one count of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin and cocaine base (“crack cocaine").
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: The Department of Justice has awarded more than $500,000 to four Oklahoma cities to enhance law enforcement, announced Mark A. Yancey, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, and Brian J. Kuester, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a St. Joseph, Mo., in-home health care nursing assistant has been charged in federal court with stealing bank account information from one of her clients to illegally transfer more than $180,000 out of her account.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Sean Lamar Jordan, age 43, of Forest Heights, Maryland, to ten years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release on charges of Robbery, Attempted Robbery and Using, Carrying, and Brandishing of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Danielle Rose Escalante, age 32, of Garland, Texas pled guilty to Possession of a Counterfeit Obligation, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 472, punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, and up to a $250,000.00 fine or both.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: RAWLINS, Wyo. - In its ongoing effort to provide opportunities for responsible energy development and support the creation of jobs the Bureau of Land Management Rawlins Field Office today released four environmental assessments for oil and gas development in Carbon County.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: On Nov. 20, 2017, Julian V. Rodriguez, 22, of Johnston City was sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine offenses, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
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: DALLAS - Fifteen members and associates of the white supremacist organization, Aryan Circle, have been charged in a federal indictment with offenses stemming from their roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated from January 2017 through November 2017. U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas made the announcement today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: A third defendant pleaded guilty to his role in the multi-million dollar fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., today announced $3,125,000 in grant funding through the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) COPS Hiring Program (CHP). These funds have been awarded to the San Antonio Police Department and will allow for...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke released the following statement on the tragic death of Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2017
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today marked 16 years of safeguarding and protecting the nation’s citizens and transportation systems. Created in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, TSA continues to evolve and become more agile, dynamic, and risk-based to address vulnerabilities and prevent future attacks, allowing more than 2 million travelers daily to get to their destinations safe and sound.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2017
Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration’s Federal Security Director for upstate New York, Bart R. Johnson, was presented with the National Fusion Center Association’s (NFCA) Lifetime Achievement Award earlier this month at its annual conference in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeks Information on Missing and Endangered Prince William County Juveniles.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, President Donald Trump signed into law legislation introduced by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Mark Meadows, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, to add more flexibility for federal employees and retirees to withdraw funds from their accounts under the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP).
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2017
News Release: The Senate Finance Committee advanced a tax reform proposal this week that will create more jobs, increase paychecks, and make the tax code fairer for middle-class families...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2017
News Release: “The value of the new JPSS satellite cannot be understated after this tragic hurricane season," said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “JPSS offers an unparalleled perspective on our planet’s weather, granting NOAA advanced insights which will be used to guard American lives and communities."
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – On 17 November 2017, the U.S - EU Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs took place in Washington, D.C. The meeting reaffirmed the importance of the long standing partnership between the United States and the European Union in addressing common threats to security, and of practical outcomes of this cooperation.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2017 – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that USDA provided more than $1 billion in Fiscal Year 2017 to help improve access to health care services for 2.5 million people in rural communities in 41 states.
