News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice has designated Robert W. Patterson as the Drug Enforcement Administration acting administrator.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: H.R. 36, the “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," is a dangerous and far-reaching attack on a woman’s constitutional right to choose whether or not to terminate a pregnancy - a right that the Supreme Court guaranteed more than 44 years ago in Roe v. Wade.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Raynham woman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for her role in a Taunton-based heroin trafficking operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - An inmate at the McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Bradford, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to defraud the government and aggravated identify theft,, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Baraboo, Wisconsin, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on Oct. 2, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Monterey man pleaded guilty Monday to possessing a revolver after having been convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Guatemalan national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Three New York residents were indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of conspiracy, identity theft and false statements to a bank, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office is now able to receive calls via its usual telephone number on St. Thomas: (340) 774-5757. Until further notice, please use this number to call the St. Croix office as well.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Chief United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Jabriel Bell and Fortune Hoppins to 46 months and 57 months of prison, respectively, in a gun burglary case. The judge ordered that Bell, 25, and Hoppins, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Former Philadelphia Judge Pleads Guilty to Causing False Statements to the Federal Election Commission.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Oct. 2, 2017, Gene B. Schneider (age: 52) of Albany, Wisconsin, was sentenced by Chief District Judge William C. Griesbach to 15 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a minor in violation...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Three New York residents were indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of conspiracy, identity theft and false statements to a bank, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national charged with a federal immigration crime pleaded guilty and was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ahead of a Wednesday markup at 10:00 a.m. featuring five bad bills weakening the Endangered Species Act (ESA), among other measures under consideration, Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and national conservation leaders called on Republicans to drop their constant attacks...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of interstate transportation of a minor for purpose of engaging in unlawful sexual activity, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: Company Will Pay $1 Million in Damages and Implement Compliance Measures.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of DuBois, Pa., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of conversion of government funds, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) proposal to dramatically change how Medicare pays for Part B drugs...
