News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kelly James, 35, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to three years of probation for her conviction on a misdemeanor child abuse charge. In addition to the mandatory conditions of her probation, James will be required to complete substance abuse counseling, childcare classes and refrain from the use of alcohol.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for violations of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 25-year-old Mission man has received a 10-year prison sentence for transporting cocaine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Mario Alberto Garrido pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute 23 kilograms of cocaine on Nov. 8, 2016.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Ranking Democrat of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Peter DeFazio (D-OR), delivered a fiery statement at a hearing of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit titled “Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America: Highways and Transit Stakeholders’ Perspectives".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: SAN JOSE - Hung Ha was sentenced today to 36 months’ imprisonment for threatening IRS employees at the San Jose Taxpayer Assistance Center, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Lucy Koh, U.S. District Judge, following a jury trial resulting in Ha’s conviction of the crime.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Valles Caldera National Preserve will initiate prescribed burn projects beginning the week of October 16th, dependent upon suitable weather and fuel conditions. The prescribed burn will take place within an approximately 2,330-acre project area in the Banco Bonito district of the preserve - north of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to federal drug offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Pecos, NM: - Pecos National Historical Park will honor National Hispanic Heritage Month with a free lecture by Dr. Adrian Bustamante on Saturday, October 21st titled “Race and Ethnicity: The Origins of Hispano Identity in New Mexico". Dr. Bustamante will explore why multiple ascribed and self-ascribed...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Revere man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for robbing 10 banks during a 19-day spree from late December 2016 to early January 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - A Mexican national and convicted sex offender, who was one of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Top 10 most wanted fugitives, was removed to his home country Tuesday by officers with ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced TACARLOS ANTIGO MILLER, 39, of Wilmington, NC to 132 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - David A. Hickman, 28, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court to five counts of damaging and destroying buildings used in interstate commerce by fire or explosive. Although Hickman pled guilty to five arson counts, in his plea agreement, Hickman acknowledged igniting...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - David A. Hickman, 28, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court to five counts of damaging and destroying buildings used in interstate commerce by fire or explosive. Although Hickman pled guilty to five arson counts, in his plea agreement, Hickman acknowledged igniting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Charles Brandeis, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service (“DSS"), and Philip Bartlett, the Inspector in Charge of the New York Division...
By State Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On International Day of the Girl, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will attend an event, sponsored by the Canadian Embassy and Together for Girls, to bring awareness to violence against girls and how we can stop the vicious cycle.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced today to five years of probation and ordered to pay $36,927 in restitution for Social Security fraud, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Thomas Bennett, 58, previously pleaded guilty to theft of public money.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: R. Trent Shores, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, announced two sentencings on Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) cases. PSN is the Justice Department’s national initiative to reduce violent crime, particularly gun violence. It is a results-oriented, collaborative approach...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - An indictment was unsealed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina charging Bobby Paul Edwards, 52, of Conway, S.C., with one count of forced labor, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John M. Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Beth Drake of the District of South Carolina.
