News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Keith D. Forney, 58, of Clinton, Md., was arraigned today on charges of engaging in corrupt election practices, second-degree fraud, perjury, making campaign contributions in excess of legal limits, and making campaign contributions through other persons, announced U.S. Attorney Channing...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Defendant Also Faces Charges in Two Separate Federal Indictments.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH - A North Texas man was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor to 15 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - The Department of Transportation Inspector General (IG) released a new assessment of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) efforts to modernize the air traffic control system under the over-budget and behind schedule NextGen program.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- Today at 5:30 p.m. Biscayne National Park closed facilities including the visitor center, campgrounds and island facilities, in preparation for the landfall of Hurricane Irma.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Pro se defendant twice attempted to escape custody while awaiting trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - Roy Collins, former executive director of the Kankakee Valley Park District, entered pleas of guilty this afternoon to defrauding the park district and a related not-for-profit organization for his personal benefit. Collins appeared before U.S. District Judge Colin S. Bruce, who scheduled sentencing on Jan. 19, 2018. Collins was allowed to remain on bond.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: MIAMI - A Cuban national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) died Friday at Larkin Community Hospital one week after he was found unresponsive in his hospital shower. The official cause of death has not yet been determined.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Columbus, Ohio, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in jail, to be followed by three years of supervised release on his convictions for burglary of a pharmacy and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a Schedule IV controlled substance, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston woman was sentenced today to a year and a day in federal prison for a drug charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Terri Mitchell, 26, previously pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute crack.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: MCALLEN, Texas - Five men who resided in the Mission, Texas, received lengthy federal prison sentences Tuesday for their involvement in an illegal alien hostage-taking scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Former Financial Manager/Bookkeeper Embezzled More than $550,000 from Law Firm.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Washington - The National Park Service has awarded a contract for the modernization of the Washington Monument elevator and the construction of a permanent screening facility for visitors entering the landmark. The contract, in the amount of $10.785 million, was awarded to Grunley Construction Company...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man pleaded guilty Tuesday to driving the getaway car during an armed robbery, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A North Texas man was sentenced Tuesday by Senior U.S. District Judge Terry R. Means to 84 months in federal prison for participating in a Ponzi oil and gas fraud scheme. He was also ordered to pay $32,222,291 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: A former member of the military was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 23 years in prison for two counts related to sexual molestation of a young child on two different military bases in Washington and Louisiana, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. KENNETH PAUL DESCOTEAUX, 42...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Several men who resided in the Mission area have been ordered to prison for their involvement in an illegal alien hostage taking scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Kansas City District Office, today announced that a Jefferson City, Missouri, man pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine in Columbia, Missouri. “This individual conspired to...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Molested Young Child at Two Military Bases.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2017
News Release: Defendant Also Ordered to Pay $1,036,547 in Restitution and to Forfeit $167,381 As Part of Sentence.
