News from November 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Three Quad Cities area men are scheduled for sentencing in March after a jury convicted them this week for attempted armed robbery of a Rock Island home. The jury returned guilty verdicts against Deaunta Tyler, 30, and Dalvent Jackson, 25, both of East Moline, Ill., and Ledell Tyler, 36, of Silvis. Each was convicted on Nov. 15, of attempted robbery, discharging a firearm in furtherance of the attempted robbery, and being felons in possession of firearms.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today sent a letter to Equifax Interim CEO Paulino do Rego Barros, Jr., and Equifax Chairman Mark Feidler to follow up on the testimony provided by former CEO Richard Smith when he testified before the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee last month.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Today, SHAWN N. ANDERSON, Acting United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), announced that defendant YANG ZOU, age 38, from Susupe, Saipan, was sentenced in District Court to a 97-month term of imprisonment for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Daniel Avetta, also known as Jessica Gables, 28, of Catawissa, MO, appeared in the Federal District Court today to answer to child pornography charges contained in a federal grand jury indictment that was filed Wednesday but remained sealed until Avetta’s court appearance this afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that an Alaska man was found guilty on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The man possessed two rifles and many rounds of ammunition after having been convicted in Alaska State Court of three felonies, including assault in the third degree.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former U.S. Department of State employee pled guilty today to conspiring with others to sell vehicles belonging to the government, without authorization, for their own personal profit, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Steve A. Linick, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of State, and Andrew W. Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: ORLANDO, Fla. - An illegally present Mexican national was indicted in federal court Wednesday on a charge that he connived or conspired or took any other action designed to prevent or hamper, and with the purpose of preventing and hampering, his departure pursuant to the final order of removal. He was also indicted for illegal reentry after removal.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Defendant Sexually Assaulted and Strangled Victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that a Federal Grand Jury in Greenville, South Carolina, returned Indictments against the following.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Dwayne Hilton, 26, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a prison term of 61 ½ years for the 2011 slaying of a teenager in Northeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Orlando, FL - U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II today sentenced Luis David Huerta-Carranza (37, Mexico) to two years in federal prison for illegal re-entry into the United States. He pleaded guilty on Aug. 31, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of New York. Friday, Nov. 17, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Enrique Garcia Burgos, age 45, of Myrtle Beach, was sentenced in federal court to 85 months imprisonment followed by a three-year term of supervised release. On July 25, 2017, Burgos entered a guilty plea in federal court in Florence...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal grand jury sitting in Charleston indicted four defendants from McDowell County on Wednesday for federal insurance fraud crimes, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Windel Lester, 66, James Edward Lester, 47, Gregory A. Lester, 40, and Georgetta Lester, 41, all of Iaeger, were charged with federal crimes including conspiracy to commit money laundering, money laundering, and mail fraud. A copy of the indictment is attached.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Alan William Weber, 37, of Clovis, N.M., entered a guilty plea today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by possessing an unregistered sawed-off shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested without incident eight members of the Crips East Terrace Gangstas who call themselves the “Skinny Bloc Crew," including 40-year-old ringleader Alvin Clark (aka “Ray Ray"), on federal drug charges stemming from a “crack" cocaine distribution...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on November 9, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned a five-count indictment charging CHRISTINE MILES, 58, OSCAR MONTOYA, 62, and CHRISTY MILES, 33, all of Windsor Locks, with drug trafficking offenses stemming from the distribution of heroin and various prescription medications.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Spearfish, South Dakota, woman convicted of Second Degree Murder was sentenced on Nov. 17, 2017, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: “In recent months, hurricanes battered Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands and destroyed homes, businesses, infrastructure, and communities, as did raging wildfires in California.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 17, 2017
News Release: In Connection With The Town’s Towing Contract.
