News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Defendant embezzled the money through stealing checks and forging signatures.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Derek Mountz, age 33, pleaded guilty today before Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo, to participating in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and methamphetamine in Schuylkill and Berks Counties.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ahead of tomorrow’s 2:00 p.m. Eastern hearing on a Republican proposal to study recombining the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), among other measures, Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) highlighted the long track...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Stacy B. Middleton, age 47, of Goose Creek, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, on two felony counts of Willfully Preparing and Filing a False Income Tax Return, in violation of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for selling crack cocaine, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
Release: SYRACUSE, 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 10, 2017
News Release: DENVER - Two Denver men were arrested late September for the Aug. 10, 2017 theft of firearms from the Cabela’s in Lone Tree, Colorado, Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and ATF Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Debora Livingston announced. A third man also charged with the Cabela’s theft is currently ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) will hold a joint forum to review recent studies highlighting the advances in sports research on traumatic brain injuries due to contact sports and pathways to address these injuries.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced today that U.S. District Court Judge John W. DeGravelles sentenced Justin Landry, age 36, of Central, Louisiana, to 128 months in federal prison as a result of his conviction for distribution of child pornography. The Court further sentenced Landry to ten years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeking Public Assistance for Two Bank Robberies in Broward County.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Thefts included Gift Cards Stolen From the U.S. Mail.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Washington - The National Park Service has concluded a successful test using laser ablation as a means of removing biofilm that has darkened the dome of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. The test paves the way to ultimately clean the rest of the memorial.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker of the District of Minnesota and Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division today announced the conviction of a former employee of Canadian Pacific Railway for causing intentional damage to Canadian...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Christina Hernandez, 39, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty today to embezzlement from a health care benefits program, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Also Sentenced To 120 Months Supervised Release For Possession Of Material Involving Sexual Exploitation Of Minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Jackson, TN - A local man has been sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that, on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, the group responsible for ATM thefts at several Anchorage banks were sentenced in U.S. District Court in Anchorage.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Richland Operations Office (RL) recently dedicated the Indigenous Restoration Area at the Volpentest Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency Response (HAMMER) Federal Training Center in honor of Tribal leaders.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Christina Hernandez, 39, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty today to embezzlement from a health care benefits program, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that United States District Judge William H. Steele sentenced David Lee Wesley, 60, of Theodore, Alabama, to 42 months imprisonment. The judge ordered that Wesley pay a $100 special assessment, undergo three years of supervised release after completing his prison term, and participate in drug and/or alcohol treatment as directed by the United States Probation Office.
