News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Warren Stepney, Jr., 23, of East St. Louis, Illinois will serve ten years in federal prison for possession of firearms as a previously convicted felon, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. Following his prison sentence, Stepney will be on federal supervised release for three years. Stepney has been in custody since his arrest on July 28, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose announced today that a federal jury seated in Charlotte has returned guilty verdicts against three United Blood Nation (UBN or Bloods) gang members on multiple charges for crimes related to the gang’s racketeering activities, including three murders. U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. presided over the three-week trial, which began on Sept. 21, 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is demanding answers after government contractor TigerSwan-through its subcontractor-allowed thousands of files on U.S. military and intelligence personnel to be publicly accessed online. Files continued to be publicly available almost a month after TigerSwan discovered the security lapse.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: A free webinar called “Opportunities for Tribes to Work Together" will take place Wednesday, Oct. 25, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mountain Time. This webinar is part of the 2017 Expanding Tribal Energy Development Through Partnerships webinar series sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy and the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Six people were indicted for illegal reentry into the United States after being found in Ohio, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Beaumont man pleaded guilty Wednesday to kidnapping two girls after stealing the truck in which they were seated.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: DENVER, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Western Colorado Contractors Association (WCCA) have signed an alliance to provide the western Colorado’s construction industry with information, guidance, and access to training resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Jeremy Langston Alford, 34, of Niceville, was sentenced yesterday to serve 135 months in prison after pleading guilty on July 31, 2017, to unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, possessing stolen firearms, and theft of firearms from the premises of a federal firearms licensed dealer. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: A man who robbed the Citizens State Bank in Hopkinton, Iowa, was convicted by a jury yesterday after a three-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Scott Arnum, 28, of Providence, was arraigned and ordered detained on a 3-count indictment charging him with possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine, felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch, Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves, and Mickey Leadingham, Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of ATF.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following an announcement by the president and his administration ending cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments that reduce out-of-pocket spending for lower-income Americans...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Michael Kent Admits to Defrauding Timeshare Owners.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: (Richmond, CA) - Please join us at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park Visitor Education Center on Saturday, October 28th at 11:00am for a discussion and book signing with author David Helvarg, founder and Executive Director of Blue Frontier and co-founder of the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards, to discuss his latest non-fiction book, The Golden Shore: California's Love Affair with the Sea.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Winchester man was sentenced today to nearly 6 years in prison for defrauding a woman of approximately $377,000 based on false statements that included a fraudulent inducement of marriage.
By State Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Proposal Removes Sunset, Strengthens Enforcement and Provides Leverage to Administration
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jason Twiss, 29, of Albany, New York, was sentenced today to serve 80 months in prison for illegally possessing a loaded semi-automatic rifle and a loaded 9-milimeter handgun as a convicted felon, carrying firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and attempted possession ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Jesus Aldana Gutierrez, 33, a Cuban citizen, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater to 60 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy involving fraudulent purchases in North Texas using counterfeit bank cards, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that DUANE RAY BRYANT, age 31, of Pocola, Oklahoma, pled guilty to POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(C), punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, and up to a $1,000,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Angela Huskey, was sentenced to 63 months in prison on mail fraud charges in connection with her embezzlement of approximately $1.6 million from the Grandview R-2 School District. She was ordered to pay $1,813,900.63 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: Chief Financial Officer of Baltimore business defrauded employer of $700,000.
