News from April 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House passed by unanimous consent H.R. 1512, the Social Security Child Protection Act, and passed 420 - 1 H.R. 5192, the Protecting Children from Identity Theft Act. These bipartisan bills, sponsored by Ways and Means Members Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX) and Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) respectively, take important steps to protect children from the harm of identity theft.
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 DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Brendon M. McCullough, age 22, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on July 20, 2017, to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. United States District Judge Salvador...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A jury today voted to convict Zhi “David" Zeng, age 33, of Brooklyn, New York, of transporting aliens in the United States for the purpose of financial gain, following a 3-day trial.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Congratulations to the four participants in the Artist-in-Residence (AiR) program at Capitol Reef National Park in 2018. Each artist brings a unique talent and will share their interpretations of the park’s resources and meanings in ways that engages the public through a variety of artistic mediums such as music, painting, or photography. The goal of this program is to share artistic expression of National Parks like Capitol Reef.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: 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 Northwest (PNW), operated by 153 local law enforcement agencies and other community partners.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: A man who manufactured counterfeit twenty dollar bills was sentenced today to two years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a Federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned a three-count indictment charging HASAN EMINOF, age 20, of Wilmington, North Carolina, with two counts of Making False Statements to a Federal Firearm Licensee and one count of Possession of a Firearm by a Person Adjudicated Mentally Defective or Committed to a Mental Institution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina-------United States Attorney Beth Drake announced the indictment and arrest of fourteen former employees of the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) on federal charges related to accepting bribes and bringing contraband into South Carolina prisons.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Mexican national was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison for being an illegal alien in possession of a rifle.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced that one of the leaders of the violent Bronx gang known as “18 Park," Marquis Wright was sentenced yesterday...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Albert Angelucci and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray from the District of New Hampshire today announced that 45 individuals have been charged with participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. Also participating in the announcement was Mary...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Jerry Oliver, age 52, of Lexington County, South Carolina, who plead guilty in January of this year to Murder for Hire was sentenced today in federal court in Columbia. United States District Judge Terry L. Wooten sentenced Oliver to the statutory maximum of 10 years in prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday and today, the House passed multiple bills to redesign the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the first time in over two decades.
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: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Travis J. Stinson, 40, of Milford, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 7½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for stealing firearms from a licensed firearms dealer and for being a felon in possession of firearms. He was also ordered to pay $3,657 in restitution. Stinson pleaded guilty on July 21, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Committee Member Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), and Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) issued the following statements on this week’s four-year anniversary of the Flint water crisis...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Defendant faces up to 30 years in federal prison and up to life on federal supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Charles Oliver, 36, of Thayer, Missouri was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for distribution of child pornography. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 25, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) sent a letter to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel today requesting an investigation into whether there is a pattern of prohibited personnel practices taking place at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
