News from October 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
Release: FORT MYERS, Fla. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has implemented new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at Southwest Florida airports, including Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) and...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) joins The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, as well as local, national, and international organizations committed to the advancement of nuclear energy in celebrating Nuclear Science Week.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Interior, Energy, and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-TX) and Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Gary Palmer (R-AL) released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to end “sue and settle" practices.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A one-time sales representative for AFLAC was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison after being convicted of federal fraud charges related to a scheme that used bogus disability claims to bilk the insurance company out of more than $4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney G.F. Peterman, III announces that on Oct. 3, 2017 Kedrick Antwan Williams, age 31, and on Oct. 12, 2017, Zerrick Devon Tompkins, age 31, Jerry Lewis Rawls, Jr., age 44, Willie James Smith, age 64, and Gregory Willie Harris, age 46, all of Valdosta, Georgia, entered pleas of guilty in front of the Senior United States District Judge Hugh Lawson for conspiring to steal and to possess stolen mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney G. F. “Pete" Peterman, III announces that Arthur D. Clark, age 60 of Perry, Georgia, was sentenced on Oct. 16, 2017, by United States District Court Judge Leslie J. Abrams in Macon, Georgia to 10 years in federal prison for attempted online enticement of a minor. Mr. Clark was...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MICHAEL KWAN, age 33, and TRAM HOANG NGUYEN, age 31, both of Westwego, were charged last week in a four-count Indictment with violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Peter Fitzpatrick, 42, of Wheat Ridge, Colo., was arraigned this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., on an indictment charging him with three counts of stalking. During his arraignment hearing, Fitzpatrick entered a not guilty plea to the indictment, and was released pending trial under pretrial supervision and other conditions of release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Robert C. Stuart announced Monday that Joel Palmer, 39, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court for possession of child pornography. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, Chief Judge, sentenced Palmer to 12 years of prison. There is no parole in the federal system. After his release from prison, Palmer will begin a 15-year term of supervised release and will continue to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration will kick off its annual Red Ribbon Campaign, the nation’s largest drug prevention effort, on October 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man caught selling oxycodone in March 2017 pleaded guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Lurduea Appling, 37, entered his guilty plea to distribution of oxycodone.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, Oct. 16, 2017-Some Maryland deer might soon self-eradicate ticks, including those that carry lyme disease, in the next phase of a study evaluating tick control strategies in Howard County, Maryland. The project finds the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Howard County Department of Recreation & Parks and University of Maryland working together to eliminate this pest.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: A Williams County man was indicted on fireams and heroin charges, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - Federal authorities today arrested a west suburban man for allegedly enticing underage girls to produce sexually explicit images of themselves.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Huntley businessman pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to causing false statements to be made on forms required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to be filed, and failing to collect and pay Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA) taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO AND BOISE - The U.S. Attorney’s Office continued its district-wide focus on reducing violent crime last week with three separate defendants pleading guilty to drug or firearm offenses, U.S. Attorney Bart Davis announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - The DEA 360 “Power of You" event will be held on October 16th, 2017, at the Nutter Center on the campus of Wright State University, in Fairborn, Ohio. Register to attend at Eventbrite.com.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Oct. 13, 2017, Gabriel Nwanosike (45) of Milwaukee pleaded guilty to two-counts of aiding and assisting in the filing of false federal income tax returns, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The wife of the former Tabasco, Mexico, Secretary of Finance has been found guilty of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury in Corpus Christi returned its verdict late Friday against Silvia Beatriz Perez-Ceballos, 49, of Sugar Land, following 10 days of trial and approximately five hours of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
