News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Clarksburg, West Virginia man has admitted to a firearm charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Florida Businessman Pleads Guilty to Foreign Bribery Charges in Connection With Venezuela Bribery Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: HELENA- A Kennewick, Washington man was sentenced today for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Judge Sam E. Haddon sentenced Hector Ricardo Gonzalez, 30, to 260 months in prison, 5 years of supervised release, and a $100 surcharge. Gonzalez was part of a scheme by multiple ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Ana Delarosa, 57, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was sentenced to serve three years of probation, including six months of home confinement, for submitting forged affidavits to the National Visa Center, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun to implement new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items at airports across the country with the procedures being phased in at all upstate New...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Brian Reyes, age 29, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information with one count of conspiring to defraud the government with respect to tax claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - A Bridgeport, Ohio woman has admitted to her role in a crack cocaine distribution operation, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: A former Deputy Chief of Police for the Detroit Police Department was indicted today for bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery, in connection with the corruption of towing permits in Detroit, Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man who was working as a paid cooperator for the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with falsifying audio recordings in a federal investigation.
By State Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following remarks at the full Committee hearing on confronting the full range of Iranian threats...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss - On Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, D. Michael Hurst, Jr. was sworn in as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi by U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan in Jackson, Mississippi. Hurst was nominated by President Donald J. Trump on June 29, 2017, and was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on Oct. 3, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: HELENA- A Kennewick, Washington man was sentenced today for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Judge Sam E. Haddon sentenced Hector Ricardo Gonzalez, 30, to 260 months in prison, 5 years of supervised release, and a $100 surcharge. Gonzalez was part of a scheme by multiple...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Search Warrant at His Residence Led To Arrest.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is working closely with veterinarians to determine the cause of death for 22 wild horse foals that became ill this past week, while housed at the BLM’s Litchfield Corrals near Susanville.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Amna Cheema, 37, a Pakistani national, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Renee Harris Toliver yesterday and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Schools Employee Allegedly Helped Steer Nearly $300,000 in Contracts to Her Friend.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to news that Harvey Hollins, a senior advisor to Governor Rick Snyder, reportedly gave sworn testimony in a court of law that he informed...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the DEA; 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 FBI; and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management today announced it will hold a meeting of the Coeur d’Alene Resource Advisory Council (RAC), demonstrating that partnerships and inclusion are vital to managing sustainable, working public lands. The public is welcome to attend the meeting which will occur on Thursday, Oct. 19 at the BLM Coeur d’Alene District office located at 3815 Schreiber Way from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2017
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that yesterday in federal court, JUSTIN LAWRENCE DANIEL, 35, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was sentenced to 12 months and a day in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release following his prior...
