News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Bradford, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of mail fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Lance Wilson, 30, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an assault charge. Wilson’s plea agreement recommends a prison sentence within the range of 60 to 72 months followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ashan M. Benedict, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Geary County man was sentenced Monday to 16 years in federal prison for taking part in the kidnapping of a Junction City woman who was killed during the abduction, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the mass shooting in Las Vegas last night...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO - Lucio Juarez, 36, of Burley, Idaho, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bart M. Davis, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 39-year-old Dallas tax preparer has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. The defendant Shannon Tecoko Mays pleaded guilty to federal tax violations and failure to appear for his trial on that charge in early 2015. Mays entered his guilty plea to two felony indictments today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Zack Hawthorn.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - ROBERT SHANE APGAR, 34, of Oklahoma City, has pled guilty to falsely and maliciously reporting that his estranged ex-wife intended to blow up the Grady County Courthouse, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma. Apgar has also entered a guilty plea to sending child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Atlanta PD Subject Arrested by FBI at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: DENVER -- Justin Manning, age 40, of Aurora, Colorado, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Sept. 26, 2017 on charges of wire fraud, money laundering and filing false tax returns, Acting United States Attorney Bob Troyer and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Steven Osborne announced. Today, Oct. 2, 2017, Manning is scheduled to appear before a U.S. Magistrate Judge where he will be advised of his rights and the charges pending against him.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Lance Wilson, 30, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to an assault charge. Wilson’s plea agreement recommends a prison sentence within the range of 60 to 72 months followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former director of South Korea’s Earthquake Research Center at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) has been sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for using a Southern California bank account to launder bribes he received from two seismological companies, including one based in Pasadena.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MACKENZY NOZE, 33, a citizen of Haiti last residing in Norwich, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Alker Meyer in New Haven to 48 months of imprisonment for staging car accidents for the purpose of defrauding automobile insurance companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that John R. Canney III, an attorney in Rutland, Vermont, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Burlington after convictions for filing false tax returns. Chief U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Bradford, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of mail fraud, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Madison, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of Child Pornography was sentenced on Sept. 25, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on Sept. 18, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Today, federal agencies and non-profit river partners release the next video in the #FindYourWay series to celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and National Trails System Act on Oct. 2, 2018. #FindYourWay invites visitors from all backgrounds to explore America’s rivers and trails.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2017 -- Individuals receiving benefits under Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP), who have been displaced due to the recent hurricanes, can apply for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in the area where they currently reside, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced.
