News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 28-year-old Ben Wheeler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: SAN DIEGO - DEA Special Agent in Charge William R. Sherman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Eric S. Birnbaum invite the community to attend the screening of an impactful documentary film created to educate the community about opiate addiction.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK -Interstate methamphetamine traffickers and local producers face federal and state charges in a series of cases that resulted in the arrests of 31 people in September.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - United States Attorney Brian J. Kuester hosted approximately 150 law enforcement officers and agents from across Eastern Oklahoma today for the annual Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council meeting and training. The audience, comprised of law enforcement from a wide range of state, local, tribal, and federal agencies, heard powerful presentations from the prosecution team who tried the Emanuel A.M.E. Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Acting EM Assistant Secretary Jim Owendoff pledged a sense of timeliness and urgency necessary to tackle decisions within the cleanup program during an address at this year’s National Cleanup Workshop, held here earlier this month.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: BALTIMORE - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore Field Division requested the activation of ATF’s National Response Team (NRT) to assist and support the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the Baltimore City Fire Department and the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) with ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - United States Attorney Brian J. Kuester hosted approximately 150 law enforcement officers and agents from across Eastern Oklahoma today for the annual Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council meeting and training. The audience, comprised of law enforcement from a wide range of state, local, tribal, and federal agencies, heard powerful presentations from the prosecution team who tried the Emanuel A.M.E. Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina.
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, chaired by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), passed nine measures, including two measures to further sanction Hezbollah (H.R. 3329 and H.R. 3342 ) and a measure to strengthen U.S.-Africa trade (H.R. 3445 ).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jimmie Joe Lucero, 51, of Albuquerque, N.M., was arraigned today in federal court on an indictment charging him with violating the federal firearms laws. Lucero entered a not guilty plea to the indictment and remains detained pending trial, which has yet to be scheduled.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Expressing pride for EM progress, Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette told participants in this year's National Cleanup Workshop held here earlier this month he is committed to completing cleanup more quickly and safely at less cost to taxpayers.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Monday, Oct. 16, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in partnership with the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, will present a free, 45 minute program exploring Camp Contraband and what it was like for the formerly enslaved African Americans who stayed there. This...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Hani Kabbara, a Canadian citizen, was sentenced by United States District Judge Margo K. Brodie to 30 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Kabbara was originally arrested and charged in August 2016, after traveling to the United States from Canada, and pleaded guilty in April 2017. In addition, as part of the sentence the court ordered Kabbara to pay $8,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: Wilmington, Del. - The United States has intervened in a lawsuit against Orthopaedic and Neuro Imaging LLC (ONI), and the company's owner, Richard Pfarr, that alleges they submitted false claims for Medicare reimbursement. The announcement was made today by Acting United States Attorney David C. Weiss of the District of Delaware.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Price: We write regarding your decision to repeatedly charter private planes for your official travel, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill. This decision is particularly shocking as you serve in an administration that routinely calls for draconian spending cuts and a reduction in government...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - At top, West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Director Bryan Bower addresses the audience at a recent celebration marking the start of the Vitrification Facility demolition. At center, the celebration, from left, Willis Bixby, past WVDP project director; Bill King, former Town...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: Kings Canyon National Park & Sequoia National Forest, Calif. Sept. 28, 2017 - Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and Sequoia National Forest personnel have successfully completed the Sequoia Creek Prescribed Burn. The completed acreage is 264-acres. The planned acreage was 264-acres, with 55-acres...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit summary order below.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that LEANDA JOANNE PRATHER, age 37, of Canadian, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 3 years probation for EMBEZZLEMENT OF MAIL BY POSTAL EMPLOYEE, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in Bridgeport returned an indictment yesterday charging OMAR VILLARREAL, 26, of La Puente, California, with fentanyl trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Sept. 21, 2017, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Wilfred Wallace Bryant, 55, of Vacaville, charging him with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Bryant was taken into custody today and the indictment was unsealed.
