News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Seligman, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for possessing methamphetamine to distribute following a high-speed pursuit by law enforcement officers that ended at a chicken farm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JUSTIN CRAFT, age 29, of New Orleans, pled guilty to several drug and firearms charges, including conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute one hundred grams or more of heroin and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Medford, New Jersey, pharmacist was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for illegally distributing and dispensing oxycodone from two pharmacies located in Medford.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that the Madoff Victim Fund...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL), Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, today introduced the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act (H.R. 5480). The bipartisan legislation seeks to address gender-related barriers to economic growth and supports women-led enterprises.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Elizabeth, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 115 months in prison for robbing four banks in January 2017, including a TD Bank in Bergen County, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Gregory A. Douglas, Jr. (40, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to submitting a false claim. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Three Illegal Alien Passengers Plead Guilty to Unlawful Return After Removal.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in a drug trafficking organization that operated in Taunton and Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Defendant Posed as HBO Documentary Film Producer to Recruit his Victims, and then used Blackmail and Threats to Coerce them to Work as Prostitutes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that the Department of Justice recognized the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act as Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the nationwide rollout of an initiative aimed at increasing awareness...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: First Cases Brought in Erie under the Federal Drug Distribution Resulting in Death or Serious Bodily Injury Statute.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today announced his decision to support the confirmation of Mike Pompeo to serve as Secretary of State following a committee hearing on the nomination.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - The founder of an Erie non-profit organization and current Erie City Council President has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of wire fraud, theft of government property and false writing or document to the government, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Rafael Caro Quintero is added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.: Today, as the Department of Justice recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the nationwide rollout of an initiative aimed at increasing awareness and reporting of sexual harassment in housing. The announcement includes an interagency...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - With the deadline for filing income tax returns rapidly approaching, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia Field Office, IRS Criminal Investigation Division, jointly announced a warning to those who are thinking about breaking the law by committing tax crimes including listing recent tax fraud prosecutions and sentences.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Brady. Today’s hearing is an important opportunity to discuss the tariffs that the Administration has started imposing recently as a result of its Section 232 investigations and the tariffs that the Administration has announced that it will impose as part of the Section 301 investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: BOISE - A federal grand jury indicted David Brannum, 55, of Washougal, Washington, and formerly of Caldwell, Idaho, for preparing false income tax returns, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that Olympic National Park will modify its entrance fees beginning June 1, 2018 to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs that enhance the visitor experience. Effective June 1, 2018 the park entrance fee will be $30 per vehicle or $25 per motorcycle. An annual park pass will cost $55.
