News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher Whitford, 46, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of distribution of child pornography, was sentenced to 120 months in prison and 10 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Michael O’Neill, 47, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a destructive device before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita woman pleaded guilty Friday to robbing three local businesses, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: 77 of 103 Federal Defendants Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst" Anti-Violence Initiative have Pleaded Guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TRAVIS CARTER, age 38, of Marrero, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Indictment for bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced 65-year-old pilot Wayne Douglas Brunet to 37 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute between 50 and 100 kilograms of marijuana announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Western Kentucky native with deep law enforcement background assumes leadership of United States Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the guilty plea of JEREMY RICHARD LUNDIN, 30, for operating a Ponzi scheme through which he stole more than $1 million from individual investors. LUNDIN, who was charged via a criminal information on Sept. 1, 2017, pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul, Minn. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: BOULDER, Colo.-Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a potential new tactic for rapidly determining whether an antibiotic combats a given infection, thus hastening effective medical treatment and limiting the development of drug-resistant bacteria. Their method can quickly sense mechanical fluctuations of bacterial cells and any changes induced by an antibiotic.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces that Luis Quinones (33, Bradenton) has pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. He faces up to 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: DENVER - Two men, Calvin Terrell Stafford, age 23, and Napoleon Williams, age 23, were ordered held without bond today by U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya for firearm related crimes, the United States Attorney’s Office, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), the Springfield ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Greg Ramsey, age 55, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 355 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for use of fire to commit wire fraud, malicious destruction of property by fire, and attempted witness ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: Binghamton Jury Convicts Defendant on all Eight Felony Counts.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, NY-The Department of Justice today announced $58,800,000 to strengthen drug court programs and address the opioid epidemic nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On Sept. 21, 2017, Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Michael Scott Parker, 32, formerly of Davenport, Iowa, to 80 months in prison after pleading guilty to felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Parker was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A doctor with a medical practice in Margate, New Jersey, today admitted defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers by signing prescriptions for patients he never saw, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick and New Jersey Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to robbing five banks throughout April and June 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A Mexican woman was convicted Friday after pleading guilty to conspiring to smuggle prescription drugs into the United States, and receiving and delivering misbranded drugs with the intent to defraud.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The Bureau of Land Management and the Public Lands Council met today for a series of events promoting their shared stewardship activities throughout the West. The events took place at the annual fall meeting of the PLC, which represents more than 22,000 cattle and sheep producers who hold public lands grazing permits.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 22, 2017
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today recognized the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) for receiving a $500,000 competitive grant from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program. The grant will fund a research project focused on the “development of scalable coastal and offshore macroalgal farming."
