News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael J. Adler and Paul C. Parisi, who handled the prosecution of the case, stated that on Nov. 3, 2015, members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force turned onto Sherman Street off Genesee Street to execute an arrest warrant when they observed a large group of people...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - In a first for this district, a 44-year-old former Richmond man has been found guilty for systematically torturing a former girlfriend by sending horrific images and threatening email messages, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. The jury returned its verdict just a short time ago against Heriberto Latigo following five days of trial and less than two hours of deliberations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DELTOINE SCOTT, age 24, JEROME KIEFFER, age 24, and JEROME’s father, ARMSTEAD KIEFFER, age 53, all of New Orleans, were charged yesterday in a nine-count Second Superseding Indictment. The Second Superseding Indictment includes charges of conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Cynthia Stiger, 52, of Dallas, Texas, who was convicted in April 2016 of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 120 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $23,630,777.26 in restitution, joint and several with all codefendants to Medicare and Medicaid, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Columbia District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017 from 10 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria man was sentenced today to three years in prison for running multiple scams that defrauded investors of over $2.3 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: HARRISBURG - U.S. Attorney Bruce D. Brandler of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania will join DEA on Oct. 28, 2017, for its 14th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The biannual event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at thousands of collection sites...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Wei Xiang, who is handling the case, stated that according to the complaint, between December 2016 and October 2017, the defendant sold opioids on multiple occasions in the Buffalo area during controlled purchases by the Drug Enforcement Administration. In total, the DEA obtained several thousand dollars worth of opioids from Jorge. Variations of the drugs contained combinations of heroin, fentanyl, butyryl fentanyl, furanyl fentanyl, and U-47700.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Defendant Groped Victim After Pushing Her Into Back Seat of Waiting Car.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - United States Attorney Brian J. Kuester announced today that three members of a violent Texas prison gang have been sentenced for their roles in the kidnapping and homicide of one of their fellow gang members. Brian Thomas Green, 45, Kalvin Kyle McCown, 44, and Travis Lee Hill, 28...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the establishment of six new enforcement teams focused on combatting the flow of heroin and illicit fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Oct. 11, 2017, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging JOHN J. McCARTHY, 63, of Newtown, with one count of armed bank robbery.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary Hargan: We write to request information about the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS or the Department) hurricane response efforts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Over the past few weeks, Hurricanes Maria, Irma, and Harvey have ravaged many of the nation’s...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Nevada Department of Wildlife and Bureau of Land Management are reducing catastrophic wildfire risk and improving wildlife habitat on thousands of acres of public lands directly south of Ely, Nev., by removing trees.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that THOMPSON CHRISTOPHER KYLE MANDRELL, age 30, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 97 months imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release for POSSESSION OF CERTAIN MATERIAL INVOLVING THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252(a)(4)(B) and 2252(b)(2).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Richard Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Joe Len Boman, 47, of Quitman, Mississippi, was sentenced this week in federal court for his participation in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy and for possession of stolen guns. Court documents reflects that...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Law Enforcement Seeks to Identify Any Additional Victims of Seattle Area Man who Posed as FBI Agent using Names from Novels and Movies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Columbus, Nebraska, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Possession of An Unregistered Firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) released the following statement on today’s news that President Trump will sign an order next week unilaterally attempting to shrink Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Bears Ears National Monument. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah)...
