News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Thursday, Oct. 19, U.S. Senior District Judge Anna J. Brown sentenced Jose Antonio Mejia, 33, of Woodburn, Oregon, to 15 years in federal prison followed by lifetime supervised release and sex offender registration. Mejia previously plead guilty to a federal Indictment charging him with Transportation of a Minor Across State Lines with the Intent to Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that TERENCE GARRETT, 46, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a loaded handgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Felipe Rodolfo Baez-Romero, 46, was indicted today in federal court in Boston on one count of illegal reentry of a deported alien.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 19, 2017 - The House Committee on Natural Resources hearing titled “Examining Challenges in Puerto Rico’s Recovery and the Role of the Financial Oversight and Management Board" scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017 has been postponed until further notice, at a date and time to be determined.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 24-year-old resident of Benavides has been ordered to federal prison for assaulting a Border Patrol agent by use of a deadly or dangerous weapon, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury sitting in Laredo convicted Oscar David Gonzalez II on April 12, 2017, after a two-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Nabiu Mansaray, a member of a Coney Island-based gang known variously as “Mermaid Boys," “Mermaids," “Rival Impact," “R.I.," and “33rd Street Crew," will be arraigned this afternoon in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, on a superseding indictment charging him with crimes including racketeering, murder...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: A Cleveland Heights woman was sentenced to more than three years in prison for fraudulently claiming false tax refunds for more than $700,000, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and IRS Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Korner.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Northeast Ohio - Cuyahoga Valley National Park and James A. Garfield National Historic Site were selected to receive a 2017 field trip grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks. The grant will help them reach upwards of 8,000 northeast Ohio fourth grade students.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Sobeida Maria Laboy, age 47, of Germantown, Maryland was sentenced today by United States District Judge Peter J. Messitte to 27 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for bank fraud arising from a scheme to defraud the financial institution for which she worked of more than $1 million. Laboy was also ordered to pay restitution in the full amount of the loss to the victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Sewell, New Jersey, man and the former president of a linens supply company today admitted defrauding his employer of $245,000 that he disguised as legitimate business expenses, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., sex offender was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: All About Giving, Inc. Probe Results In More Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: Defendant Fatally Stabbed Victim On Board a Metrorail Train.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 30-year-old Longview, Texas man has been convicted of federal violations for his role in a student financial aid fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - Three men pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to their roles in a widespread heroin and fentanyl trafficking conspiracy operating in Lawrence.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) released the following statement tonight after Senate passage of H. Con. Res. 71, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Budget Resolution...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - United States Magistrate Judge Camille L. Vélez-Rivé authorized a criminal complaint against Franklin Martínez-Rodríguez, charging him with attempted Hobbs Act robbery and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, said U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez for the District of Puerto Rico. The FBI and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) are in charge of the investigation.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement after the Trump administration announced the nominations of Joseph Simons as chairman and Rohit Chopra as commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dracut attorney was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for filing false federal tax returns.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today sent a letter to Nuance, a computer software technology corporation that works in the health care space, regarding the NotPetya malware outbreak. The letter follows letters last month from the committee that were sent to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Merck on this issue.
