News from October 2017
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Operation Cross Country XI, Salt Lake City.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: To commemorate National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, Secretary Rick Perry drove one of the world's first commercial fuel cell electric vehicles at Department of Energy headquarters in Washington, D.C. Now commercially available, fuel cell vehicles are a part of America's transportation portfolio, bringing the country a wider range of clean transportation options.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: Lake Crescent Highway 101 will have 4-hour delays beginning Monday, October 30. These delays will occur Monday through Thursday, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and are anticipated to continue until the project shuts down for the winter in late November.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Claude Taylor, 38, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford, to robbing the Lexington Federal Credit Union at 1275 Lexington Avenue in Rochester. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Plea Agreement Requires 15-Year Prison Sentence; Defendant Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood and Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Three key players in a drug distribution ring that operated over a large swath of Washington State were found guilty this week following a ten day jury trial, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. Fourteen other co-conspirators charged in the case pleaded guilty in the months following their arrests...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On Oct. 17, 2017, Prince George’s County Liquor Board official David Dae Sok Son, age 41, of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with conspiracy, bribery, and obstruction of justice, in a scheme involving alcoholic beverage licenses in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Yesterday, Michael Shawn Garrett, 45, of Panama City Beach, Florida, a colonel in the Florida Air National Guard, was convicted of attempted enticement of a minor for sex. The trial lasted two days and was held in the U.S. District Court in Panama City. The verdict was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Defendant and others conspired to behead Americans and kill police.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: FBI Announces Results of Operation Cross Country XI.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Nael Ali, 53, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA) by selling counterfeit Native American-style jewelry out of two retail jewelry stores located in Albuquerque’s Old Town. Ali entered a guilty plea to two felony charges under a plea agreement that recommends up to 18 months of imprisonment followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A North Texas man pleaded guilty Oct. 17 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Renee Harris Toliver to one count of conspiracy to commit child sex trafficking.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Residents of West Virginia will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside the Yeager Airport (CRW) terminal during the week of Nov. 6 - 10, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" TSA Pre✓® enrollment center.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss - A Biloxi-based physician was charged today for his role in a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud TRICARE, the health care benefit program serving our nation’s military, veterans, and their respective family members.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: PHILADELPHIA -Mohammed Jabbateh, a/k/a “Jungle Jabbah,"51, a citizen of Liberia residing in East Lansdowne, PA, was found guilty of two counts of fraud in immigration documents and two counts of perjury, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen and Special Agent-in-Charge Marlon Miller...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Today, Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office statewide Anti-Violent Crime Strategy, which brings together municipal, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to combat the tide of rising crime in Alaska. Earlier this month, Attorney General Jefferson...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
News Release: FBI Announces Results of Operation Cross Country XI.
