News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Rudy Otoniel Alvarez-Esquivel, a/k/a “Rudy Vasquez," of Upper Darby, PA, was charged today by Indictment with illegal reentry after deportation, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen. The indictment alleges that on or about Aug. 15, 2017, Alvarez-Esquivel, an alien, and native and citizen of Honduras, was found in the United States after having been deported from the United States on or about Aug. 30, 2012, Jan. 16, 2013, and Nov. 18, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: A White Lake Township man was sentenced today to 60 years in federal prison on charges of producing child pornography, announced Acting United States Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: G.F. Peterman, IIII, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Quinn Morgan of Milledgeville, GA, age 60, was sentenced in Macon by the Honorable Marc Treadwell, United States District Judge, to 188 months imprisonment for multiple counts of bank robbery in this district and elsewhere. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that BLAKE ALAN MILLER, age 34, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, pled guilty to POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B), punishable by not less than 5 years and not more than 40 years imprisonment, and up to a $5,000,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Sept. 20, 2017, Andrea Rudd, 38, of Powell, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge, to consecutively serve 60 months for tax evasion and 36 months for mail and wire fraud, for a total of 96 months in federal prison. Upon her release...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that a federal jury convicted ROBERT RICKS, age 36, of New Orleans, for his role in conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and heroin, possessing heroin and crack with the intent to distribute, possessing a gun in furtherance of his drug-trafficking activities, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Following a two-day trial, the jury found RICKS guilty of all five counts with which he was charged.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced Thursday that United States District Court Judge James M. Moody, Jr., sentenced Francine Leon, 49, of Wheatley, to prison for her role in a scheme to steal money intended for feeding children in low income areas.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price requesting the agency grant additional leeway for the upcoming open enrollment seasons for both Medicare and Marketplace Enrollment due to the historic damage inflicted on a number of states and territories over the past few weeks.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement continuing to urge Republican leaders to reverse course on Cassidy-Graham-Heller, the latest version of Trumpcare, and allow bipartisan negotiations between her and Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) to move forward...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Donald Q. Cochran was sworn in today as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. In a brief ceremony, Chief U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, Jr., administered the oath of office, making Cochran the District’s top federal prosecutor.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned two separate indictments today against Maurice Darnell Jones, Jr. 21, of Vacaville, and Jerry Lyle Andrews, Jr., 34, of Vallejo, charging each with one count each of being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $277.5 million in airport infrastructure grants to 67 airports in 22 states across the United States as part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Rivas, age 40; Jose Luis Santiago Almonte, age 37; and Ryan Espinosa Ogando, age 30, all natives of the Dominican Republic living in New Jersey, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life and a fine of $10,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Man with Lazy Eye, Neck and Cheek Tattoos, Robs Albuquerque Bank.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $15.2 million contract on August 30 to Northbank Civil & Marine, Inc., a small business based in Vancouver, Washington, to build a fish passage tunnel at Cle Elum Dam in Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Washington - During a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) trade mission to São Paulo and Recife, Brazil, Sept. 25-29, leaders from 24 U.S. agribusinesses and trade organizations will explore opportunities to expand their agricultural exports and further develop their business relationships in Brazil.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - The park has begun winterizing procedures to prepare for the fall and winter season.
By State Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the below statement on today’s executive order regarding North Korea...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2017
News Release: Third Largest-Ever Global FCPA Resolution. Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY"), Kenneth A. Blanco, the Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ"), Don Fort, Chief of the Criminal Investigation...
