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: WILKES-BARRE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Tyrone Greene, age 43, formerly of New York City, was convicted on Oct. 17, 2017, of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition after a two-day jury trial held before U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Christopher Bradley-Bey was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute at least 100 grams of heroin, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Gemere Bey was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute at least 100 grams of heroin, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: FBI Announces Results of National Child Sex Trafficking Operation in Oregon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an Ames, Iowa sex offender was indicted by a federal grand jury today on child sexual exploitation charges.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has announced the availability of the Invasive Plant Management Plan/Environmental Assessment for Redwood National Park and Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area for public review and comment.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - An Indian national, who has pending charges for assault, forcible touching, sexual abuse and harassment, is among five aliens from as many countries recently arrested in the New York-metropolitan area after detainers filed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) were ignored.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced today that a former executive board member of the Old Agency District of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe was sentenced in federal court to 6 months of imprisonment. Leslie Barse, Sr., 74, of Peever, South Dakota, was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $147,312, and to serve three years of supervised release after serving his prison sentence.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will convene a hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, to consider the nomination of Kevin K. McAleenan to serve as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Maryland man has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced today to two years in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Hershel Vanhoose, 43, was also ordered to serve 10 years of federal supervised release following the completion of his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - Two men have been indicted in a wire fraud conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - On Oct. 17, 2017, Carmela Marvelle Lopez, 28, of Sacaton, Ariz., and a member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 57 months in prison, followed by a term of three years of supervised release. Lopez had previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: The United States annually imports nearly $1 billion worth of tilapia while producing another 30 million pounds ourselves. This makes tilapia the U.S.'s fourth most consumed fish. Worldwide, farmed-raised tilapia is nearly an $8 billion yearly industry. Those same tilapia farmers lose about $1 billion annually due to streptococcosis. The main culprits are two bacteria, Streptococcus agalactiae and S. iniae.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Christopher 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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Joseph Torrez, 31, of Las Cruces, N.M., pled guilty yesterday afternoon in federal court to violating federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition while being subject to a protective order. Torrez’s plea agreement recommends a sentence within the range of 15 to 18 months in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS MANUEL RODRIGUEZ BURGOS, 36, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 15 months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 43-year-old Zapata man and his common-law wife have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of being felons in possession of firearms, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Jesus Jose De Jesus and Amira Elizabeth Saenz, 35, each pleaded guilty March 21, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: CINCINNATI - U.S. Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman and Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot K. Isaac united with middle school students this morning in taking a stand against violence.
