News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Spokane- Joseph H. Harrington, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Peter J. Adams, age 40, of Kennewick, Washington, was sentenced today for Production of Child Pornography. United States District Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr. sentenced Adams to a 180-month term of imprisonment, to be followed by a lifetime of court supervision after he is released from federal prison. Adams will also be required to register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EDWARD DIAZ was sentenced in White Plains federal court to 210 months in prison on one count stemming from his sexual exploitation of a minor, related child pornography offenses, and attempts to hinder...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: This week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Regulatory Reform and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), and Regulatory Reform and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Ranking Member David Cicilline (D-R.I.) sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission asking it to investigate price gouging in the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Defendant will be Prosecuted under Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Newark, New Jersey and three residents of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, each have been sentenced in federal court to nine months of incarceration and three years of supervised release on their convictions for Contempt of Court, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: PHILADEPHIA - Special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Philadelphia Special Agents and Task Force Officers arrested a Belgian fugitive Wednesday, in Philadelphia, pursuant to an extradition request from the Federal Public Service of Belgium.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
Release: Washington - Families affected by Hurricane Harvey will soon be able to receive food packages containing nutritious, high-quality foods--100 percent grown and produced on farms in the U.S.--known as USDA Foods, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Texas Department of Agriculture announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Thursday, following a 10-month-long investigation targeting local criminal street gangs in Fresno conducted by several federal law enforcement agencies and the Fresno Police Department, 15 defendants were arrested on federal charges and at least 14 defendants were arrested on state...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Brattleboro, Vt., man has been sentenced in federal court for the aggravated sexual abuse of a 6-year-old child at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Beginning on Sept. 1, closures are in place for travel on foot or horse off established roadways or designated trails from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. These closures last through October 31 and are effective in Horseshoe Park, Upper Beaver Meadows, Moraine Park, Harbison Meadow and Holzwarth Meadow in Rocky Mountain National Park. Fishing in the Fall River, Thompson River or Colorado River within the posted areas and during the closure period is prohibited.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Clint Wade Green, 42, of Paducah, Ky., pled guilty to four counts of Receipt of Child Pornography and one count of Mail Fraud, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. Sentencing is set for Dec. 12, 2017 in Benton, Illinois. Green has been ordered detained pending sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. -Nine people have been indicted on federal charges of drug trafficking in Marshall County, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: MILLS, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Reclamation will be lowering the water level in Guernsey Reservoir as the 2017 irrigation season draws to a close.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Federal and local investigators, including special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), fanned out across Fresno Thursday morning to arrest 29 defendants suspected of trafficking drugs and weapons on behalf of a local street gang.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has accepted a request from U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), ranking member of the EPW Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee, to ...
By State Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Tillerson: In anticipation of the 72nd regular session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 12, 2017, we are writing to ask you to take steps to ensure that there is not another violent incident involving the security detail of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or other Turkish...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - A Russian cyber-criminal who sold stolen credit card data and other personal information through the identity theft and credit card fraud ring known as “Carder.su" pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of participation in a racketeering enterprise and one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Today Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) announced that after the committee received a briefing from Equifax, the committee will hold a hearing on the data breach compromising 143 million Americans’ personal data.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: ATLANTA - Roman Seleznev has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud for his role in the 2008 hack of RBS Worldpay. Seleznev was responsible for cashing out $2,178,349 associated with five hacked debit card numbers.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Today Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) announced that after the committee received a briefing from Equifax, the committee will hold a hearing on the data breach compromising 143 million Americans’ personal data.
