News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A real estate investor, a builder, a mortgage loan officer, and a real estate settlement attorney were arrested today and charged with using “straw buyers" to fraudulently obtain mortgage loans from a bank, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project, a Federal Law Enforcement Initiative to Combat Corruption, Fraud, and Abuse in South Dakota.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
Release: WENATCHEE, Wash. - When Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Wenatchee’s Pangborn Memorial Airport (EAT) learned of an opportunity to help a TSA employee in Puerto Rico who was impacted by Hurricane Maria, they mobilized.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges involving the possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine and the unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOVANNI REYES, 23, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Defendant sold the stolen items on Amazon using a page he named “Robin Hood Literature".
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - Bureau of Land Management law enforcement officers will be conducting driving under the influence and registration checkpoints at several locations within Imperial County from Oct. 26 through Oct. 29, between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
Release: On Oct. 18, 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture also announced the availability of credit guarantees under the Facility Guarantee Program (FGP) for fiscal year 2018. The FGP provides credit guarantees to facilitate the financing of manufactured goods and U.S. services to improve or establish...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Massachusetts Man Convicted of Supporting ISIS and Conspiring to Murder U.S. Citizens.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
Release: ALTOONA, Pa. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun implementing new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at Altoona-Blair County Airport (AOO). The new procedures, which were announced earlier...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Holman Brown was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute at least one kilogram of heroin, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - As the rest of the world buttons up for winter, the Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office is also preparing its recreation sites for the change in seasons.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp today sentenced Jaime H. Fort (36, Orlando) to 5 years and 5 months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and bank fraud. He pleaded guilty on July 26, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Julian Thomas, 41, Madison, Wis., was found guilty today of armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during that crime of violence. The jury reached its verdict after 10 hours of deliberation following two days of testimony in federal court in Madison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Federal and Local Law Enforcement Combat Commercial Child Sex Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Ashish Bahl (52, Jacksonville), who also resides in Atlanta, Georgia, today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging 12 individuals with selling heroin mixed with fentanyl in Oakland County and elsewhere, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch. Seven of the defendants were charged with distributing fentanyl and heroin resulting in overdose death and serious bodily injury.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Calling all ghosts and goblins, witches and wizards, pirates and princesses! On Saturday, October 28 and Sunday, Oct. 29, Steamtown National Historic Site will host “Spooky Spectacular" special Halloween events at the park!.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Louis D. Lappen, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, announced a series of agreements to resolve the U.S. Attorney’s Office Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance review of twelve Philadelphia restaurants. The restaurants are operated by Garces Restaurant...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: On Saturday, Oct. 28, Fort Stanwix National Monument will offer a special nighttime tour through the fort. This candlelit program, called Mysteries, Myths, & Mayhem, explores the more terrifying aspects of life for the soldiers and their families along the New York frontier.
