News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Michael Shane Riley, 45, an enrolled member and resident of Laguna Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Riley will be sentenced to 37 months of imprisonment followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS -The Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada District Office asks motorists to be careful of wild horses and burros along our roadways, as the end of Daylight Saving Time brings earlier darkness and lower visibility to Southern Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with a 2014 shooting in Chelsea and a 2015 conspiracy to kill a suspected cooperating witness.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 34-year-old Nigerian man who was residing in Houston has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Dear Inspector General Roth: We understand that you are currently reviewing the contract between the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) and Whitefish Energy Holdings, LLC. We write to ask that you specifically determine whether costs incurred by PREPA under this contract may be eligible expenses...
By State Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
Release: Foreign Military Training in Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - A Honduran national wanted in his native country for attempted murder was repatriated Wednesday, Oct. 25, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Felix Alfredo Rivas was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Callie V. Granade to 235 months confinement for heroin and methamphetamine trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714, Phillip L.B. Halpern (619) 546-6964, Helen Hong (619) 546-6990, Billy Joe McLain (619) 546-6762.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with a 2014 shooting in Chelsea and a 2015 conspiracy to kill a suspected cooperating witness.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senate HELP Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), joined by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), ...
By State Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming committee event...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for trafficking fentanyl.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) led a briefing with federal and local law enforcement partners to discuss the coordinated enforcement strategies being used in Northern Virginia to reduce the supply of fentanyl and other opioids. The briefing, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: A Lake Stevens, Washington man who used fake credentials in the names of fictional characters or famous fraudsters to commit crimes was charged with seven federal felonies today, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. STEVEN W. FISHER, 43, was transferred from the King County Jail to federal custody...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Richard Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Zachery Joseph Cooley, 35, of Quitman, Mississippi, was sentenced today in federal court on charges involving his participation in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine ice, four counts of possession with intent...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Lieutenant Gregory McLeod, a senior correctional officer at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, has been arraigned following an investigation of an allegation that McLeod used excessive force against an inmate in 2016. McLeod was indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 24, 2017, and has been charged with unnecessarily assaulting the inmate, writing two false official accounts about the encounter, and lying to federal investigators about his conduct.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
Release: DULLES, V.A. - 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 now starting to be phased in at airports...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Defendant Embezzled More than $1.3 Million from United States Council for International Business.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Peter Skladzien, 58, of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 236 months in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst. Skladzien was also ordered to pay restitution to victims in the amount of $119,000.
