News from October 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Adam Davis, 37, of Rockland, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to illegally importing from China the synthetic opioid U-47700, also known as “Pink" or “U4," and to illegally possessing a firearm while being a user of a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Senior United States District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Rigaud Colin (49, Apopka) to two years and three months in federal prison for wire fraud and making a false claim to the United States. He was also ordered to forfeit $189,409, which represents the proceeds Colin obtained as a result of his offenses. Colin pleaded guilty on July 25, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a former Lake Charles post office employee pleaded guilty last week to using U.S. Postal Service fuel cards for his personal vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Joyce Minton, 65, Aaron Brooke Warren, 43, and James Minton, 70, all of Nicholasville, Ky., have been sentenced, respectively, to 97 months, 46 months, and 18 months in federal prison, for defrauding a Nicholasville business. They were also ordered to forfeit the proceeds of their crimes and to pay restitution to their victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the DEA and Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced today the arrest of Cristian Rodriguez, who distributed through the U.S. mail heroin, oxycodone, and other counterfeit prescription drugs that were illegally sold over the Internet.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, today held a hearing examining the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) preparedness for, and response to, Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District Office is pleased to announce the selection of Mark E. Hall as the Field Manager for the Black Rock Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Pinecrest, Florida.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, today held a hearing examining the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) preparedness for, and response to, Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas-area school district human resources executive was sentenced Monday before U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 24 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $317,482 in restitution for falsifying immigration documents.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced it will markup three bills on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. John Conyers, Jr., the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to an announcement that Chairmen Trey Gowdy and Bob Goodlatte are opening a partisan Republican investigation into decisions made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2016...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - As part of its commitment to supporting healthy, productive public lands through shared conservation stewardship, the BLM Wyoming State Office will host two meetings to engage the public in the land-use planning process for the management of Greater Sage-grouse habitat.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - James S. Sedillo, 40, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 63 months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition. Sedillo will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced the largest oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: Vicente Adolfo Solano, 53, a citizen of Honduras residing in Miami, has been charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction in a planned attack at a shopping mall in Miami.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Daniel Alan Aran, 30, of Las Cruces, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 78 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on a cocaine trafficking charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: Southside Bank Robber Hits Again for Sixth Time in Two Months.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced today that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced NATHIAN D. HOSSLEY, age 51, of Baton Rouge, to serve 78 months in federal prison for defrauding a construction contractor out of over $800,000 in relation to the construction...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: SAN DIEGO - This Saturday, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the DEA and its local law enforcement, community and tribal partners will give the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.
