News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Oct. 11, 2017, Gregg Paul Smith, 48, of Kingsport, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 151 months in federal prison as a result of his July 2017 guilty plea to receipt of child pornography and possession of stolen firearms. Upon his release from prison, he will be supervised by U.S. Probation for 15 years. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Frederick A. McShan, 37, of Steubenville, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 288 months in prison for his role in running a heroin trafficking organization in greater Steubenville.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- A new photography exhibit Celebration! by Kirsten Hines, opens in the Dante Fascell Visitor Center gallery at Biscayne National Park on Oct. 18, 2017. An opening reception takes place from 1 to 3 p.m. on Oct. 22, 2017, that features an opportunity to meet the artist along with fellow author James A. Kushlan. The free exhibit and reception mark the beginning of the park’s 50th anniversary celebration.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa M. Marangola, who is handling the prosecution of the case, stated that according to the complaint, in March 2017, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) received information from the Belgian Federal Police that a Belgian citizen...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed the first miniature laser in which the light is guided along the floor of an open metallic trench. The laser could act as a nanoscale device to sense minute amounts of pollutants and other chemicals in the environment, or detect the surface binding of biomolecules for medical diagnostics.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
Release: On the first-ever FAS trade mission to Brazil, 22 U.S. companies and farm groups made great headway to expand their agricultural exports and develop their business relationships in Recife and São Paulo. Over the course of five days, as a result of more than 275 one-on-one business meetings, participants secured $6.7 million in projected sales of U.S. farm and food products to Brazil over the next 12 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Oct. 11, 2017, Gregg Paul Smith, 48, of Kingsport, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 151 months in federal prison as a result of his July 2017 guilty plea to receipt of child pornography and possession of stolen firearms. Upon his release from prison, he will be supervised by U.S. Probation for 15 years. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Another member of an armed crew involved in stealing 246 kilograms of marijuana has been ordered to prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Damien Anthony Jerome, a/k/a "Dey-Dey", 31, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on Oct. 12, 2017, for distribution of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Jerome was arrested in Cheyenne...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - David Ayotte, 46, of Maribel, Canada, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two people were charged in connection with a drug distribution conspiracy after U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found more than six kilograms of cocaine in neck pillows following their arrival at Newark Liberty International Airport, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Camden, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for sex trafficking of a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 44-year-old Porter man has entered guilty pleas to distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Eric Furzland is a sex offender who has been required to register since his conviction for indecency with a child in 1997 in Harris County.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Sept. 21, 2017, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned a four-count indictment charging ELIJAH CHIN, 27, of Federal Way, Washington, with fraud and identity theft offenses.
By State Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed H.R. 1698, the Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act. Introduced by Chairman Royce, the legislation expands sanctions against Iran for its illicit ballistic missile program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Field, who handled the case, stated that the defendants worked together to prepare false mortgage applications in the names of straw buyers and used fraudulent supporting documents. Louissaint and Johnson worked together with another individual, against whom charges remain...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: MOOSE, WY- To accommodate road maintenance, a brief travel closure will be in place Tuesday, October 17 on the unpaved section of the Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park. The section of road will be closed beginning at 7:00 a.m. and will reopen by 5:30 p.m. The road will be graded and rolled to improve conditions which have deteriorated recently due to wet weather.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: Ranking Member Pallone's statement in response to President Trump’s executive order designed to undermine the Affordable Care Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Nicaraguan man pleaded guilty Wednesday to reentering the United States illegally after having been previously removed.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that Carlin Jimi Jewett, Jr., a/k/a Jimmy Jewett, Jr., age 37, of Eagle Butte, South Dakota, was found guilty of Simple Assault as a result of a federal jury trial in Pierre, South Dakota.
