News from September 2017
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - A former local attorney was sentenced Friday to 10 years in federal prison in connection with a multi-million dollar wire fraud and money laundering scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PREBERR RAMOS-PALMA, age 24, pled guilty yesterday to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KENNETH MARTIN, age 43, of Slidell, was charged yesterday in an eleven-count Indictment for conspiring to distribute and to possesses with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and 100 grams or more of heroin, and for possession of three firearms in furtherance of his drug trafficking.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry formally proposed that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) take swift action to address threats to U.S. electrical grid resiliency. Pursuant to his authority under Section 403 of the Department of Energy Organization Act, the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Victim -12 Years Old - Was Grabbed While Entering Aquatic Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Nathan Crowder, age 28, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Sept. 28, 2017, by a federal grand jury for possession of heroin with intent to distribute and conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that KENNETH MARTIN, age 43, of Slidell, was charged yesterday in an eleven-count Indictment for conspiring to distribute and to possesses with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and 100 grams or more of heroin, and for possession of three firearms in furtherance of his drug trafficking.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules, sent a letter requesting documents and information relating to the decision by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to schedule outages of HealthCare.gov during the upcoming open enrollment season.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Michael Hegarty, 40, an Irish national, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami to fraudulently facilitating the transportation and concealment of a Libation Cup carved from an endangered Rhinoceros horn, that was smuggled from the United States to Great Britain contrary to the provisions of the Endangered Species Act, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 554 and 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daniel J. Sullivan, 39, Webster, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Washington man was sentenced Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, in federal court in Springfield for his role in an ATM card skimming scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Washington, DC - A new GAO report released today by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) reveals that four of the nation's largest banks - JP Morgan, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, and Bank of America - have been allowed to retain...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - An immigration fugitive from El Salvador, who was wanted for aggravated homicide in his home country, was deported Thursday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Laredo, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on Sept. 28, 2017, Robert Benussi, III, age 26, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 107 months’ imprisonment by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley, for his participation in a conspiracy to distribute alpha-pvp, commonly known as “bath salts.".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: American Citizen Convicted of Conspiring to Murder U.S. Nationals in Bombing Attack Against Military Base in Afghanistan.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney and U.S. Marshal Conrad E. Candelaria announced that a federal grand jury has charged Nathan Jensen, 34, of Albuquerque, N.M., with assaulting a federal employee. Jensen entered a not guilty plea to the indictment this morning during an arraignment hearing in federal court.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, announces the October 9, 2017, seasonal closing of the BLM campground adjacent to Indian Creek Reservoir in Alpine County, California. The campground will close at noon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: Charlottesville, VIRGINIA - A Charlottesville man was charged this week with federal child pornography charges, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Millville, New Jersey, man was charged today with threatening to assault and murder a congressman and the congressman’s staff, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 29, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Charles Carstersen, 54, of Manteca, pleaded guilty today to one count of sex trafficking a minor, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
