News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Pennsylvania announced that Adrian Smith, age 22, of New York City, was sentenced to 78 months’ imprisonment today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard P. Conaboy, for his role in the attempted sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Congressional Staffer Charged With Filing False Security Clearance Form.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: A former congressional staffer pleaded guilty today for his role in orchestrating a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from charitable foundations and the individuals who ran those foundations to pay for personal expenses and to illegally finance a former congressman’s campaigns for public...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: RUSSELLVILLE-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Anthony Lemons, Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock District Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), William McCrary, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, New Orleans Field Division, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, a Charlotte woman pleaded guilty to wire fraud for embezzling money from a non-profit organization that provides charitable assistance to individuals experiencing financial hardships, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Leah S. Belk, 48, of Charlotte, entered a plea of guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
Release: McALLEN, Tex. - A temporary TSA Pre✓® application center will be open at McAllen International Airport (MFE) from Tuesday, October 31 - Thursday, November 2.
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: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s selection of Kirstjen Nielsen to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: The Red Olive Restaurant in St. Clair Shores and ANK Enterprises, Inc., the owner of the Harper/Little Mack Shopping Center, have taken steps to improve physical accessibility for individuals with disabilities, Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Gang Members Allegedly Committed Four Murders, Extortions, and Engaged in Drug Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Jose Perez, 52, of Philadelphia, PA was sentenced today after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. Perez was sentenced to 51 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay $814,981 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Ryan L. Childs, age 29, of West Columbia, was sentenced in Columbia to 66 months imprisonment followed by a five-year term of supervised release. On June 7, 2017, Childs entered a guilty plea in federal court to one count...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Moynihan, who is handling the case, stated that King was arrested on Oct. 19, 2015, following a search by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision of his residence at 161 Conkey Avenue in Rochester. During the search, officers recovered...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: RIVERSIDE, Calif - A Mexican national who was previously designated as an important target because of his links to international drug trafficking was indicted today by a federal grand jury on narcotics charges related to a meth lab in Hesperia where multiple pounds of methamphetamine were seized. The indictment is the result of an ongoing investigation being conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: ALLENTOWN, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), PA-OSHA Consultation Program, and HealthWorks’ Safety Peer Group - a consortium of Lehigh Valley area employers - have established an alliance to enhance workplace safety and health.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - Dr. Gurunath Thota Reddy, Memorial Hermann Endoscopy and Surgery Center North Houston, United Surgical Partners International and Digestive & Liver Disease Consultants P.A. have entered into an agreement to pay $1,575,000 to settle allegations of Medicare fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Herman Rosario, 34, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Yatska Melendez, 22, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were charged today by Indictment[1] with one count of conspiring to distributed one kilogram or more of heroin, and 28 grams of more of crack cocaine, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: “The new JPSS satellite will join GOES-16 as we are confronting one of the most tragic hurricane seasons in the past decade," said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “The JPSS satellite system will provide advanced forecasting on not only hurricanes, but also dangerous weather events threatening communities across the United States."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Joseph Felix Strevell, 56, of Castleton, New York, was sentenced today to serve 30 months in prison, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release, in connection with his guilty plea to five counts of perjury.
