News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Alleged to have stolen millions from clients.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Enjoy a guided hike through the sage and learn about Nevada birds of prey at the California Trail Interpretive Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Kansas City, Mo., men have been charged in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to commit 10 armed robberies at local businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday as a result of a child pornography investigation that began in Germany, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: As the powerful category-4 storm slammed into the island, it rendered the Federal Aviation Administration’s two Doppler radars - which supported NOAA’s weather forecasts - inoperable. NOAA and the Department of Defense teamed up stateside with coordination through FEMA to deploy two U.S. Marine Corps radar units temporarily to the island while the FAA radars are being assessed and repaired.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Ida Mae Sam, 56, a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, was found guilty in U.S. District Court today on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon in the Pearl River Community of the Choctaw Indian reservation, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: “This country, with its abundant coastline, should not have to import billions of pounds of seafood each year," said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “These grants will promote aquaculture projects that will help us reduce our trade deficit in this key industry."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Richard Allen Evans (50), of Arvada, Colorado, pled guilty on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, to bank robbery, announced Louis V. Franklin, Sr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Two U.S. citizens have been convicted of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Oct. 30, 2017, Kenneth Lee Hall, 23, New Town, North Dakota, pled guilty before Chief United States District Judge Daniel L. Hovland to a charge of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. Judge Hovland sentenced Hall to serve 7 years and 6 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Renee Rodriguez, 33, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 63 months in prison for her conviction on methamphetamine trafficking and firearms charges. Rodriguez will be on supervised release for three years after completing her prison sentence.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - A Pottstown, Pennsylvania, man was charged with multiple child exploitation crimes following an investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Philadelphia with assistance from the Pennsylvania State Police, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office and the Schuylkill County District Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PETER HASKELL, 32, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin involved in the overdose death of a Winsted woman last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that two Kansas City, Mo., men have been charged in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to commit 10 armed robberies at local businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Richard D. Waterson II, 47, a registered sex offender living in Crestview, was sentenced yesterday to 480 months in prison after pleading guilty on Jan. 26, 2017, to attempted enticement of a minor, receipt of child pornography, and for committing a felony involving a minor, while a registered sex offender. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Joseph Meli Defrauded More than 130 Investors Who Invested More than $95 Million and Diverted Fraudulent Proceeds to His Own Use and to Repay Prior Investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, former Cayman Islands soccer official Costas Takkas was sentenced to 15 months of incarceration by United States District Judge Pamela K. Chen following his money laundering conspiracy guilty plea on May 24, 2017. Takkas was convicted of this offense in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Diane Cleversley, 68, of Williamsville, NY, who was convicted of theft of social security benefits, was sentenced to two years’ probation, to include one year home detention, by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jennifer Courton, 30, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute fentanyl, before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2017
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Richard Allen Evans (50), of Arvada, Colorado, pled guilty on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, to bank robbery, announced Louis V. Franklin, Sr., United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
