News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Acting U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss of the District of Delaware announced today that Robert Z. Hollingsworth, 27, of Bryon, Illinois, was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard G. Andrews of the District of Delaware.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers Jr. (D-MI.) delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s markup of H.R. 4010 the Congressional Subpoena Compliance and Enforcement Act of 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Michael Marks, 47, of Beaver Dam, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 80 months in federal prison for attempting to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. This term of imprisonment is to be followed by four years of supervised release. Marks pleaded guilty to this charge on July 26, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Defendant to be Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Two Raleigh County felons pleaded guilty today to federal gun charges, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Jerry Wayne Phillips, Jr., 40, of Beckley, entered his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm. In a separate prosecution, Don Edward Christy, Jr., 42, of Prince, also pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: He Has Been Removed From the USA on Two Previous Occasions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: ST. LOUIS - James P. Shroba, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA St. Louis Division, today announced that Ricky E. Shull, 51, of Marion, Illinois, was sentenced to 168 months in prison after being convicted on the charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and the distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: An Akron man was sentenced to life in prison for shooting a woman in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park last year, law enforcement officials said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Oct. 11, 2017, Christopher Horton, a.k.a. “Slim," 30, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 150 months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base “crack,"...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) sent a letter to Governor Rick Snyder (R-MI) requesting that he clarify, amend or supplement his previous testimony before the Committee regarding when he first learned about the outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Flint, Michigan.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers Jr. (D-MI.) delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s markup of H.R. 2228, the “Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act of 2017"
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: LAKEVIEW, Ore. -- Bureau of Land Management Lakeview District Office is seeking your diverse views.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - The leader of MS-13’s East Boston Loco Salvatrucha clique was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for RICO conspiracy involving an aggravated assault, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Initiative. ALBUQUERQUE - Eric Matthew Reddick, 22, of Albuquerque, N.M., made his initial appearance in federal court this morning on a criminal complaint charging him with violating the Hobbs Act and federal firearms laws. The charges against Reddick arise out of the alleged armed robbery of a convenience...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Abner Joe, 55, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 33 months in prison for assaulting a federal officer. Joe will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By State Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following statement about the Trump Administration’s reported plans to withhold certification of Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act (H.R.1698 ), which the Committee marked up this morning...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California State University, Chico chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Craig M. Kellison to 9,800 hours of community service, a three-year term of probation, and a $4,000 fine after pleading guilty to illegally cutting or otherwise...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: FBI is Seeking Assistance for Bank Robbery in Plantation, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a Herndon man with threatening to murder officials, officers, and employees of the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. State Department, as well as Virginia law enforcement officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: MONROE, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a man from West Monroe pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegally possessing four firearms and ammunition.
