News from October 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - A Mexican national wanted in his native country for kidnapping was deported Friday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: Sneaky Cyclist Bandit. The Westminster, Louisville, and Lafayette Police Departments and the FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force are investigating three bank robberies and an ATM robbery believed to have been committed by the same individual. Vectra Bank. 3300 West 72nd Avenue. Westminster, Colorado...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Los Angeles man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to traffic five kilograms of cocaine and four kilograms of heroin that were smuggled inside large pieces of hydraulic machinery, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Los Angeles man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to traffic five kilograms of cocaine and four kilograms of heroin that were smuggled inside large pieces of hydraulic machinery, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On October 19 and 20, 2017, Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Muscatine residents, Danielle Graves, 35, to 135 months in prison, Nathan Wagner, 36, to 300 months in prison, and Charles Rhoades, 39, to 106 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
Release: Washington, DC, Oct. 23, 2017 - Households impacted by recent wildfires in Northern California could be eligible for help buying food through USDA's Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Two men from Idaho pleaded guilty today in federal court to obstructing a federal court order during the impoundment of Cliven Bundy’s cattle in Bunkerville, Nev., in 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: Leon Roberts was sentenced by United States District Judge James I. Cohn to 292 months in prison, to be followed by 25 years of supervised release for sex trafficking a minor.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) launched a newly designed website today that improves access to information about ARS research. The new site features mobile responsiveness allowing users to better navigate and view information on both mobile and desktop devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Mark Gonzalez, 22, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, was sentenced to time served (24 months) by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: Media Contacts: Leni Fortson, 215-861-5102, uddyback-fortson.lenore@dol.gov. Joanna Hawkins, 215-861-5101, hawkins.joanna@dol.gov. Release Number: 17-1376-NEW (OSHA 17-029 Mane Concepts). -------------------------------. U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - After 14 years on the run, a 42-year-old Roma man has pleaded guilty to charges filed against him in 2002 for conspiring to possess and possession with intent to distribute more than 1000 kilograms of marijuana, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Two men from Idaho pleaded guilty today in federal court to obstructing a federal court order during the impoundment of Cliven Bundy’s cattle in Bunkerville, Nev., in 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - After 14 years on the run, a 42-year-old Roma man has pleaded guilty to charges filed against him in 2002 for conspiring to possess and possession with intent to distribute more than 1000 kilograms of marijuana, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement on Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ decision to rescind guidance outlining rights for students and workers with disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for producing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: Valles Caldera National Preserve will initiate a prescribed burn project on October 25th, dependent upon suitable weather and fuel conditions. The prescribed burn will take place within an approximately 2,330-acre project area in the Banco Bonito district of the preserve - north of NM State Road 4 near...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) implemented new, stronger screening procedures for carry-on items today at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI). The new procedures, which were announced earlier this year, require travelers to place all electronics larger than a cell phone in bins for X-ray screening in standard lanes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 29-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction on two counts of sex trafficking by the use of force, fraud and coercion, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Roger Maldonado pleaded guilty Sept. 13, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Dallas this month, and unsealed last week, charges Tim Jones, 46, of Dallas, Texas, with offenses related to a scheme to illegally solicit payments from probationers, announced John Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
