News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina-------United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today a Federal Grand Jury in Columbia, South Carolina, returned a multiple-count indictment in connection with an armed robbery in Conway.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Regan Reedy Filed False Tax Returns Claiming Refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Rahil Mir and Alok Jaiswal Admitted to Selling Controlled Substances from India into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Louisville man recently charged by federal grand jury indictment with distribution of fentanyl that resulted in the death of another, is scheduled for jury trial on Nov. 13, 2017, before Senior Judge Charles R. Simpson III, today announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Mercer County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of wire fraud and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By State Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HECTOR RAUL CINTRON, also known as “G" and “Big G," 23, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Defendant Trafficked Marine Mammal Parts Worth as much as $400,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that MATTHEW DYLAN ERNST, age 24, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, pled guilty to DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), punishable by not less than 10 years imprisonment, and up to a $10,000,000.00 fine or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: POCATELLO Clay Ross, 55, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 132 months in federal prison for receiving sexually explicit images of minors, followed by 10 years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Ross to pay a $5,100 special assessment. Ross pleaded guilty to the crime on May 24, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Lights, camera, catalysis!. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made some of the first movies of the structural changes in tiny catalyst particles that may someday help them more efficiently build miniature electronic circuits and other nanotech devices. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - On Sept. 19, 2017, Gabriel Michael Alvarez, 25, of Sacaton, Ariz., a member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 262 months in prison. Alvarez had previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Also sentenced was Roger Matthew James...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: DALLAS - Jeffrey Wittman, 52, and his company JBJ Services, LLC (“JBJ"), appeared in federal court yesterday morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma Carrillo Ramirez and pleaded guilty to charges related to the ownership and operation of at least two businesses that were fronts for illegal brothels in Dallas, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 23-year-old woman has been sentenced for her role in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Guadalupe Vazquez, of Laredo, pleaded guilty May 5, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Beginning today, the public will have the opportunity to review and comment on the preliminary recommendations for the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act Round 17 expenditures. The BLM will accept written comments until Nov. 3, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - WILLIAM G. HORN, of Edmond, Oklahoma, pled guilty today to making false statements on federal tax returns for The Tommie Harris Foundation, a non-profit corporation, announced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ------ United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Cedric K. Reddick and Jonathan Donnell Thompson, a/k/a “Joe-Nae" were charged in a 4-count indictment with conspiracy to steal firearms, theft of firearms from a licensed federal firearms dealer, possession of a stolen...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: On Sept. 18, 2017, Roosevelt Miller, 20, of Ft. Lauderdale, was sentenced to a total of 121 months in federal prison by United States District Judge William P. Dimitrouleas, after having previously pled guilty to attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity, in violation of, Title 18, United States Code, Section 2422(b).
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: SEPT. 20, 2017 - In 2015, the nation’s 414,000 startup firms created 2.5 million new jobs according to data from the Census Bureau’s Business Dynamics Statistics. In contrast, this level of startup activity is well below the pre-Great Recession average of 524,000 startup firms and 3.3 million new jobs per year for the period 2002-2006.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2017
News Release: Indictment Alleges Drug Proceeds Laundered Through Banks and Western Union Transfers.
