News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: AMARILLO, Texas - This afternoon, U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater sentenced Noel Cuellar, 37, of Amarillo, Texas, for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in the Amarillo area, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Four more defendants have been sentenced in federal court this week for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute more than $1 million worth of methamphetamine in southern Missouri and in the Kansas City, Mo., area.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: SEATTLE - This weekend DEA and its partners will host one of the most popular DEA community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday April 28th, 2018, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the public can dispose of their unused and unwanted prescription medications at one of the 182 collection sites in the Pacific (PNW), operated by 153 local law enforcement agencies and other community partners.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - With the sentencing of the leaders today, seven members of a smuggling group that harbored and/or transported more than 200 undocumented aliens from the Rio Grande Valley to Houston have all been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Columbia, SC - A federal jury convicted Michael Young Jr. and Vance Volious Jr. of dealing drugs and plotting to kill Young’s ex-wife with a mail bomb they bought with bitcoin from the Dark Web’s Alpha Bay Market. United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Young, 32, and Volious, 36, both of Columbia...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Last week, Desmond Anthony Lomayaktewa, 27, of Second Mesa, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 105 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release. Lomayaktewa, an enrolled member of the Hopi Tribe, had previously pleaded guilty to four counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: FBI and NOPD Investigating Capital One Bank Robbery Located at 2700 South Claiborne Avenue.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Identifying Innovative Practices and Technology in Health Care." The hearing will focus on innovative practices and technologies used in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A grand jury returned a seven-count superseding indictment today charging six members of the violent street gang MS-13, including one who is incarcerated in El Salvador, with various gang-related offenses, including racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, and conspiracy...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Americans across the country are continuing to see Republicans’ promises of higher wages, more jobs and stronger economic growth come to life as tax reform is implemented. From higher wages in South Dakota, the creation of opportunity zones in distressed communities, and renewed small business optimism,...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore has scheduled open house meetings in Munising and Marquette to update the public and gather feedback on the lakeshore’s Visitor Use Management (VUM) project. The project, which focuses on analyzing visitor use issues at high visitation areas from Sand Point to Spray Falls, began in 2017 and will continue through 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia-area political consultant today admitted evading taxes on $393,359 in income from his consulting business, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On April 24, 2018, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Scott Randell Whitehead, age 54, and others with defrauding Vermeer Corporation of Pella, Iowa, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. According to the indictment, Whitehead was Vermeer’s maintenance...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith (R-NE) announced today a hearing on “Jobs and Opportunity: Employer Perspectives on the Jobs Gap." The hearing will take place on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 in 1100 Longworth House Office Building at 11:30 AM. This...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Possessed the Gun in Furtherance of Drug Sales.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: SAN ANGELO, Texas - Lorenzo Hale, 52, of Coleman, Texas, appeared in federal court this afternoon and pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge E. Scott Frost to one count of convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Brandon Royce Phillips, 34, of Panama City Beach, was sentenced yesterday in the U.S. District Court in Panama City to 204 months in prison after being convicted on January 23 of production, receipt, and possession of child pornography. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) will highlight champions of the trail through original paintings and giclee prints by Utah artist Julie Rogers. Narratives of heroic subjects will accompany displayed artwork and will be available during normal business hours May 2 through June 27.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing. I have appreciated your willingness to hear from a range of voices, including returning citizens who are often left behind by the economy and left out of our conversations. I also hope we will have the opportunity to hear testimony in response to specific...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Former Detroit Police Department Officers James Robertson and Marty Tutt were sentenced yesterday to 24 months imprisonment (Robertson) and 12 months imprisonment (Tutt) for accepting bribes from automobile collisions shops in exchange for referring stolen and abandoned vehicles recovered in the City of Detroit to the shops, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
